CHCSAC005 - Foster the holistic development and wellbeing of the child in school age care Competency Mapping Template
Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
CHCSAC005 Mapping and Delivery Guide Foster the holistic development and wellbeing of the child in school age care
Version 1.0 Issue Date: April 2024
Qualification
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Unit of Competency
CHCSAC005 - Foster the holistic development and wellbeing of the child in school age care
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to foster and enhance the holistic development and wellbeing of children from 5 to 12 years of age.This unit applies to educators working in a range of education and care services.The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.
Duration and Setting
X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Skills must be demonstrated in a regulated education and care service.
In addition, simulations and scenarios must be used where the full range of contexts and situations cannot be provided in the workplace or may occur only rarely. These are situations relating to emergency or unplanned procedures where assessment in these circumstances would be unsafe or is impractical.
Simulated assessment environments must simulate the real-life working environment where these skills and knowledge would be performed, with all the relevant equipment and resources of that working environment.
Assessment must ensure use of:
National Quality Framework
the relevant approved learning framework under the National Quality Framework
Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners
Student Learning Resources
Handouts Activities
Slides PPT
Assessment 1
Assessment 2
Assessment 3
Assessment 4
Elements of Competency
Performance Criteria
Element: Elements define the essential outcomes.
Element: Foster physical development
Evaluate and monitor children’s physical skills and development
Plan and provide appropriate experiences and opportunities to foster each child’s fine and gross motor and fundamental movement skills through play
Plan and provide experiences which challenge the physical skills and abilities of children and promote physical fitness
Element: Foster social development
Evaluate and monitor children’s social skills and development
Plan and provide opportunities for different forms of social interaction between children during play with respect for each child’s interests, goals and development stage
Plan and provide opportunities for children to participate in meaningful ways in group discussions and shared decision-making
Structure experiences in a way that promotes cooperation and conflict resolution
Promote a sense of community within the service
Arrange the environment to encourage interactions between children, as well as accommodating a child’s need for privacy, solitude or quiet
Provide opportunities for children to investigate ethical issues relevant to their lives and their communities
Element: Foster emotional development
Evaluate and monitor children’s emotional development
Plan and provide opportunities for children to experience individual strengths and successes during play
Plan and provide opportunities through play that challenge children’s emerging skills and capabilities
Present opportunities for children to engage independently with tasks
Create opportunities for children to explore self-image and identity through play
Provide opportunities for children to release feelings and express emotions through suitable experiences
Element: Foster cognitive development
Evaluate and monitor children’s cognitive skills and development
Engineer and provide opportunities for children to participate in science, mathematics and technology experiences
Plan and provide opportunities through play for children to experience the consequences of their choices, actions and ideas
Create learning environments with appropriate levels of challenge where children are encouraged to explore, experiment and take appropriate risks in their learning
Provide opportunities for involvement in experiences that support the investigation of ideas, complex concepts and thinking, reasoning and hypothesising
Facilitate opportunities through play for children to explore concept development
Provide opportunities for children to both construct and take apart, as a strategy for learning
Provide children with a wide range of everyday materials that they can use to create patterns and to sort, categorise, order and compare
Element: Foster communication development
Evaluate and monitor children’s language skills and development
Plan and provide developmentally appropriate experiences and opportunities to foster language and literacy development through play
Provide opportunities for children to listen and respond to language
Value the child’s linguistic heritage and encourage the use and acquisition of home languages
Provide opportunities for children to engage with familiar and unfamiliar culturally constructed text
Provide a literacy-enriched environment including displaying home languages and Standard Australian English
Provide resources that encourage children to experiment with images and print
Element: Foster an environment for holistic learning and development
Support and initiate inquiry processes, try new ideas and take on challenges
Provide resources and materials that offer challenge, intrigue and surprise
Assist to promote children’s sense of belonging and connectedness
Engage children in sustained shared conversations to extend their thinking
Provide the opportunity for scaffolding learning and development
Assist children to see their mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow
Facilitate families’ diverse contributions to the learning community
Share information with colleagues about child development and wellbeing
Create learning environments where children are able to immerse themselves in self-directed play
Recognise spontaneous teachable moments as they occur and use them to build on children’s learning
Provide a balance between child-initiated and educator- supported learning
Provide learning environments with appropriate levels of challenge where children are encouraged to explore, experiment and take risks in their learning
Facilitate team collaboration of assessment and evaluation in relation to child development and wellbeing
Evidence Required
List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.
ELEMENT
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements define the essential outcomes.
Performance criteria specify the level of performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1. Foster physical development
1.1 Evaluate and monitor children’s physical skills and development
1.2 Plan and provide appropriate experiences and opportunities to foster each child’s fine and gross motor and fundamental movement skills through play
1.3 Plan and provide experiences which challenge the physical skills and abilities of children and promote physical fitness
2. Foster social development
2.1 Evaluate and monitor children’s social skills and development
2.2 Plan and provide opportunities for different forms of social interaction between children during play with respect for each child’s interests, goals and development stage
2.3 Plan and provide opportunities for children to participate in meaningful ways in group discussions and shared decision-making
2.4 Structure experiences in a way that promotes cooperation and conflict resolution
2.5 Promote a sense of community within the service
2.6 Arrange the environment to encourage interactions between children, as well as accommodating a child’s need for privacy, solitude or quiet
2.7 Provide opportunities for children to investigate ethical issues relevant to their lives and their communities
3. Foster emotional development
3.1 Evaluate and monitor children’s emotional development
3.2 Plan and provide opportunities for children to experience individual strengths and successes during play
3.3 Plan and provide opportunities through play that challenge children’s emerging skills and capabilities
3.4 Present opportunities for children to engage independently with tasks
3.5 Create opportunities for children to explore self-image and identity through play
3.6 Provide opportunities for children to release feelings and express emotions through suitable experiences
4. Foster cognitive development
4.1 Evaluate and monitor children’s cognitive skills and development
4.2 Engineer and provide opportunities for children to participate in science, mathematics and technology experiences
4.3 Plan and provide opportunities through play for children to experience the consequences of their choices, actions and ideas
4.4 Create learning environments with appropriate levels of challenge where children are encouraged to explore, experiment and take appropriate risks in their learning
4.5 Provide opportunities for involvement in experiences that support the investigation of ideas, complex concepts and thinking, reasoning and hypothesising
4.6 Facilitate opportunities through play for children to explore concept development
4.7 Provide opportunities for children to both construct and take apart, as a strategy for learning
4.8 Provide children with a wide range of everyday materials that they can use to create patterns and to sort, categorise, order and compare
5. Foster communication development
5.1 Evaluate and monitor children’s language skills and development
5.2 Plan and provide developmentally appropriate experiences and opportunities to foster language and literacy development through play
5.3 Provide opportunities for children to listen and respond to language
5.4 Value the child’s linguistic heritage and encourage the use and acquisition of home languages
5.5 Provide opportunities for children to engage with familiar and unfamiliar culturally constructed text
5.6 Provide a literacy-enriched environment including displaying home languages and Standard Australian English
5.7 Provide resources that encourage children to experiment with images and print
6. Foster an environment for holistic learning and development
6.1 Support and initiate inquiry processes, try new ideas and take on challenges
6.2 Provide resources and materials that offer challenge, intrigue and surprise
6.3 Assist to promote children’s sense of belonging and connectedness
6.4 Engage children in sustained shared conversations to extend their thinking
6.5 Provide the opportunity for scaffolding learning and development
6.6 Assist children to see their mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow
6.7 Facilitate families’ diverse contributions to the learning community
6.8 Share information with colleagues about child development and wellbeing
6.9 Create learning environments where children are able to immerse themselves in self-directed play
6.10 Recognise spontaneous teachable moments as they occur and use them to build on children’s learning
6.11 Provide a balance between child-initiated and educator- supported learning
6.12 Provide learning environments with appropriate levels of challenge where children are encouraged to explore, experiment and take risks in their learning
6.13 Facilitate team collaboration of assessment and evaluation in relation to child development and wellbeing
The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be demonstrated evidence that the candidate has completed the following tasks:
planned and provided opportunities for at least three children ranging between the ages of 5 to 12 years, including:
facilitating and supporting emotional and psychological development in children
encouraging self-help and independence of children
planning opportunities to foster children’s positive self-concept and self-esteem
providing a positive and safe environment to encourage children to express thoughts, feelings and ideas
performed the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 240 hours of work in at least one regulated education and care service.
The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. These include knowledge of:
how to access:
the National Quality Framework
the National Quality Standards
the relevant approved learning framework
how to navigate through framework and standards documents to find areas relevant to this unit of competency
relevant aspects of theories of children’s emotional and psychological development as they apply to the educator’s role
the links between social and physical development, and between psychological and cognitive development
an in-depth level of a range of developmental theories for children between 5 and 12 years of age
contextual factors which influence the children’s emotional and psychological development
factors which enhance the development of self-esteem and self-identity
core principles of child development and associated developmental tasks
organisation standards, policies and procedures.
Submission Requirements
List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assignment, checklist) and due date here
Assessment task 1: [title] Due date:
(add new lines for each of the assessment tasks)
Assessment Tasks
Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
ELEMENT
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements define the essential outcomes.
Performance criteria specify the level of performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1. Foster physical development
1.1 Evaluate and monitor children’s physical skills and development
1.2 Plan and provide appropriate experiences and opportunities to foster each child’s fine and gross motor and fundamental movement skills through play
1.3 Plan and provide experiences which challenge the physical skills and abilities of children and promote physical fitness
2. Foster social development
2.1 Evaluate and monitor children’s social skills and development
2.2 Plan and provide opportunities for different forms of social interaction between children during play with respect for each child’s interests, goals and development stage
2.3 Plan and provide opportunities for children to participate in meaningful ways in group discussions and shared decision-making
2.4 Structure experiences in a way that promotes cooperation and conflict resolution
2.5 Promote a sense of community within the service
2.6 Arrange the environment to encourage interactions between children, as well as accommodating a child’s need for privacy, solitude or quiet
2.7 Provide opportunities for children to investigate ethical issues relevant to their lives and their communities
3. Foster emotional development
3.1 Evaluate and monitor children’s emotional development
3.2 Plan and provide opportunities for children to experience individual strengths and successes during play
3.3 Plan and provide opportunities through play that challenge children’s emerging skills and capabilities
3.4 Present opportunities for children to engage independently with tasks
3.5 Create opportunities for children to explore self-image and identity through play
3.6 Provide opportunities for children to release feelings and express emotions through suitable experiences
4. Foster cognitive development
4.1 Evaluate and monitor children’s cognitive skills and development
4.2 Engineer and provide opportunities for children to participate in science, mathematics and technology experiences
4.3 Plan and provide opportunities through play for children to experience the consequences of their choices, actions and ideas
4.4 Create learning environments with appropriate levels of challenge where children are encouraged to explore, experiment and take appropriate risks in their learning
4.5 Provide opportunities for involvement in experiences that support the investigation of ideas, complex concepts and thinking, reasoning and hypothesising
4.6 Facilitate opportunities through play for children to explore concept development
4.7 Provide opportunities for children to both construct and take apart, as a strategy for learning
4.8 Provide children with a wide range of everyday materials that they can use to create patterns and to sort, categorise, order and compare
5. Foster communication development
5.1 Evaluate and monitor children’s language skills and development
5.2 Plan and provide developmentally appropriate experiences and opportunities to foster language and literacy development through play
5.3 Provide opportunities for children to listen and respond to language
5.4 Value the child’s linguistic heritage and encourage the use and acquisition of home languages
5.5 Provide opportunities for children to engage with familiar and unfamiliar culturally constructed text
5.6 Provide a literacy-enriched environment including displaying home languages and Standard Australian English
5.7 Provide resources that encourage children to experiment with images and print
6. Foster an environment for holistic learning and development
6.1 Support and initiate inquiry processes, try new ideas and take on challenges
6.2 Provide resources and materials that offer challenge, intrigue and surprise
6.3 Assist to promote children’s sense of belonging and connectedness
6.4 Engage children in sustained shared conversations to extend their thinking
6.5 Provide the opportunity for scaffolding learning and development
6.6 Assist children to see their mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow
6.7 Facilitate families’ diverse contributions to the learning community
6.8 Share information with colleagues about child development and wellbeing
6.9 Create learning environments where children are able to immerse themselves in self-directed play
6.10 Recognise spontaneous teachable moments as they occur and use them to build on children’s learning
6.11 Provide a balance between child-initiated and educator- supported learning
6.12 Provide learning environments with appropriate levels of challenge where children are encouraged to explore, experiment and take risks in their learning
6.13 Facilitate team collaboration of assessment and evaluation in relation to child development and wellbeing
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist
Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice
Yes
No
Comments/feedback
Evaluate and monitor children’s physical skills and development
Plan and provide appropriate experiences and opportunities to foster each child’s fine and gross motor and fundamental movement skills through play
Plan and provide experiences which challenge the physical skills and abilities of children and promote physical fitness
Evaluate and monitor children’s social skills and development
Plan and provide opportunities for different forms of social interaction between children during play with respect for each child’s interests, goals and development stage
Plan and provide opportunities for children to participate in meaningful ways in group discussions and shared decision-making
Structure experiences in a way that promotes cooperation and conflict resolution
Promote a sense of community within the service
Arrange the environment to encourage interactions between children, as well as accommodating a child’s need for privacy, solitude or quiet
Provide opportunities for children to investigate ethical issues relevant to their lives and their communities
Evaluate and monitor children’s emotional development
Plan and provide opportunities for children to experience individual strengths and successes during play
Plan and provide opportunities through play that challenge children’s emerging skills and capabilities
Present opportunities for children to engage independently with tasks
Create opportunities for children to explore self-image and identity through play
Provide opportunities for children to release feelings and express emotions through suitable experiences
Evaluate and monitor children’s cognitive skills and development
Engineer and provide opportunities for children to participate in science, mathematics and technology experiences
Plan and provide opportunities through play for children to experience the consequences of their choices, actions and ideas
Create learning environments with appropriate levels of challenge where children are encouraged to explore, experiment and take appropriate risks in their learning
Provide opportunities for involvement in experiences that support the investigation of ideas, complex concepts and thinking, reasoning and hypothesising
Facilitate opportunities through play for children to explore concept development
Provide opportunities for children to both construct and take apart, as a strategy for learning
Provide children with a wide range of everyday materials that they can use to create patterns and to sort, categorise, order and compare
Evaluate and monitor children’s language skills and development
Plan and provide developmentally appropriate experiences and opportunities to foster language and literacy development through play
Provide opportunities for children to listen and respond to language
Value the child’s linguistic heritage and encourage the use and acquisition of home languages
Provide opportunities for children to engage with familiar and unfamiliar culturally constructed text
Provide a literacy-enriched environment including displaying home languages and Standard Australian English
Provide resources that encourage children to experiment with images and print
Support and initiate inquiry processes, try new ideas and take on challenges
Provide resources and materials that offer challenge, intrigue and surprise
Assist to promote children’s sense of belonging and connectedness
Engage children in sustained shared conversations to extend their thinking
Provide the opportunity for scaffolding learning and development
Assist children to see their mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow
Facilitate families’ diverse contributions to the learning community
Share information with colleagues about child development and wellbeing
Create learning environments where children are able to immerse themselves in self-directed play
Recognise spontaneous teachable moments as they occur and use them to build on children’s learning
Provide a balance between child-initiated and educator- supported learning
Provide learning environments with appropriate levels of challenge where children are encouraged to explore, experiment and take risks in their learning
Facilitate team collaboration of assessment and evaluation in relation to child development and wellbeing
Forms
Assessment Cover Sheet
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