Elements and Performance Criteria
- Elements define the essential outcomes.
- Support the physical development of students
- Identify the stages of physical development required for each phase of the current curriculum framework
- Use appropriate strategies, materials and resources to support physical development according to the school/centre policy and procedures
- Report concerns about a child’s physical development to the teacher in accordance with the school/centre policy and procedures
- Support the social and emotional development of students
- Identify the stages of social and emotional development required for each phase of development in the current curriculum
- Use appropriate strategies, materials and resources to support social and emotional development
- Report concerns about a child’s social and/or emotional development to the teacher in accordance to the school/centre policy and procedures
- Support the cognitive and language development of students
- Identify the stages of cognitive and language development required for each phase of development in the current curriculum
- Use appropriate strategies, materials and resources to support cognitive and language development
- Report concerns about a child’s cognitive and/or language development to the teacher according to school/centre procedures
- Contribute to the inclusion of all students in the classroom and community
- Encourage students to recognise and affirm differences in personal learning styles and abilities according to established guidelines
- Liaise effectively with the teacher or other appropriate person concerning special requirements for an individual student
- Assist students from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds in orientating themselves to formal and informal school/centre structures
- Implement language programs for students from linguistically diverse backgrounds
- Identify various approaches to study and learning by culturally diverse students and those with different abilities