Professional Collaboration

NQS 4.2.1 Professional Collaboration - Management, educators and staff work with mutual respect and collaboratively, and challenge and learn from each other, recognising each other's strengths and skills.

We noticed...

that moments for reflection and collaboration between educators was rare across the service.

What are we trying to achieve?

We seek to create embedded routines for educators that promote collaboration between staff.

How will we do this?

Implement and embed room leader meetings to foster collaboration between rooms
Organise networking and various professional development events to allow educators to learn and foster relationships with other educators.

When will we do this by?

November 2024

How will we measure our success?

Educators hold a mutual respect for each other, seeking out other educators for advice and reflecting with each other.

Observe in practice:

Educators attend regular staff meetings
Lead Educators attend regular lead educator meetings
Educators engage in reflective discussion throughout the day
Impacts of meetings, determined actions, are visible throughout the centre
Educators engage in professional development and networking events.

Sight Documentation:

Records of meetings are kept including reflective discussions, research, actions and outcomes.
Records of professional development and networking meetings are kept

Who is responsible?

Leadership

Progress Notes

October 2023

The Educational Leader and the Centre Manager attended a networking meeting with other ELs and CMs to collaborate on Quality Area 1. We examined other centres programs and self assessed our quality area 1 implementation.

EL and CM Meeting Oct 2023.pdf

Room Lead 160124.pdf

January 2024

We held our first 2024 Room Leader Meeting with the intentions of this becoming a regular and embedded practice. We do these on Tuesdays to ensure that all room leader's are able to attend. If a room leader is away we continue with the meeting and a representative from their room attends in their place. We record the meetings to ensure that we are accountable and consistent.

Evidence: Meeting Minutes

April 2024

On April 20 our Management Team and Lead Educators were invited to attend a Professional Development workshop with Leeza Browne. This worksop focused on how to be an effective leader with an early learning service.

Evidence: PD Slideshow

Phoenix Support Package.pdf

May 2024

Our team worked with Phoenix Cups support for Educators to support our behaviour guidance within the room. The Phoenix Cups framework is informed by latest educational theories

July 2024

Our ECT attends meetings with other Eden ECTs to collaborate and discuss strategies for Kindergarten learning, Kindy Funding and other incursions/excursions.

ECT Meeting.pdf

Moving into 2025

Our goals for Professional Collaboration in 2025:

continue to facilitate room leader meetings with the Educational Leader and director to promote collaboration between rooms
find ways to facilitate more collaboration between all educators