What is your image of the child? • What are our expectations of children within the Education and Care community? • How does the young child learn and develop? • What are the child’s goals, needs, interests and rights and how do we establish these? • What role do these play in service curriculum and learning environment? • What is the role if the family and community in child development? How do you view your role within an Education and Care service? Within the profession? • How do you want families to see you? • What is your role among the wider community? • How do you view yourself in regards to other staff? • What are your obligations regarding your own ongoing professional development? • What do you believe your role should be in advocating for children’s rights? Provide a reference list with your philosophy. End of Task 1 Task 2 Curriculum Planning Formats (total: 45 marks) As part of your work placement within your on-the-job assessments you will be required to develop and implement a curriculum that serves to enhance all aspects of children’s development and learning. You will be implementing this program across a five (5) day period. To assist you in preparing for the on-the-job requirements, you will need to complete the following tasks for this assessment: a) Collect three (3) curriculum planning formats that can be used to program for a large number of children. You may access these from planning textbooks, unit notes and reputable Internet websites; however you are encouraged to visit local services and collect authentic examples. b) Analyse each of the collected planning formats and discuss.

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