Elements and Performance Criteria
- Elements define the essential outcomes.
- Reflect on own cultural identity and biases
- Identify significant events in own family background or history which may influence current values, beliefs and attitudes
- Define aspects of the environment which influence own cultural identity
- Reflect on potential impact own background may have on interactions and relationships with people from other cultures
- Identify any knowledge, attitudes or skills to be developed to ensure cultural competency
- Identify and develop cultural competency
- service, their families and the local community
- activities
- be developed to ensure cultural competency
- Research Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities
- Support individual cultural identities
- Identify and consult with appropriate persons to obtain knowledge of local cultural groups
- Support activities within the service to encourage and promote participation by all cultural groups
- Process information in a culturally sensitive way including identification of how and with whom information can be shared
- Provide opportunities for all families to share their context and cultural knowledge
- Provide opportunities for children and families to enhance their experience of cultural diversity
- Demonstrate respect for all home languages and expose children to different language and dialects, and encourage appreciation of linguistic diversity
- Create environments to support children’s cross-cultural understanding and relationships
- Plan and implement experiences that foster positive attitudes to inclusion
- Explore with children the culture, heritage, backgrounds and traditions of each child within the context of their community
- Promote establishment of constructive relationships with all children and families based on trusting relationships, respectful interactions, understandings of alternate world views and celebration of diversity
- Use oral communication skills to role-model open, inclusive, ethical interactions with all children, families and colleagues
- Observe children’s interactions and participation to identify the need for additional cultural support and cross-cultural understanding
- Support the implementation of inclusive learning experiences
- Implement experiences that build on the diverse backgrounds of children and families within the service, broaden children’s perspectives and encourage appreciation of diversity
- Plan and implement experiences that focus on events, customs and beliefs that are relevant to the service’s children and families
- Support children in developing confidence and strength in personal and cultural identity
- Support experiences and environments where secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships between children, families and other adults can be established
- Communicate and interact with children to help them work towards a strong sense of identity, wellbeing and of being connected with and contributing to their world
- Implement group activities to allow children to use collaborative processes to solve problems
- Engage with peers, mentors or others to support individual children with specific cultural needs as appropriate
- Follow community protocols when engaging with community members
- Create environments to support children’s cross-cultural understanding and relationships
- Plan and implement experiences that foster positive attitudes to inclusion
- Explore with children the culture, heritage, backgrounds and traditions of each child within the context of their community
- Promote establishment of constructive relationships with all children and families based on trusting relationships, respectful interactions, understandings of alternate world views and celebration of diversity
- Use oral communication skills to role-model open, inclusive, ethical interactions with all children, families and colleagues
- Observe children’s interactions and participation to identify the need for additional cultural support and cross-cultural understanding