CHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care

The CHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care teaches the skills and knowledge required to be responsible for supervising others in an early childhood education and care environment.

It teaches students to plan, implement and manage programs in accordance with legislative requirements and reflects the role of educators working within the National Quality Framework, the Education and Care Services National Law and the National Regulations.

This qualification covers:

✓ Designing and implementing curriculum

✓ Coordinating the work environment

✓ Working in partnership with families

✓ Providing leadership to develop teams and individuals

✓ Reflecting on and improving professional practice

✓ Facilitating compliance in education and care services

✓ Providing quality care for children

✓ Children’s health & safety

✓ Workplace practices: health and safety, policy and procedures

✓ Culture & diversity

✓ Sustainable practice

Units of Competency

This qualification is made up of 15 units, 12 core and 3 electives which have been selected with the support of ACA Queensland members.


CHCPRP003	Reflect and improve own professional practice	Core
CHCECE042	Foster holistic early childhood learning, development and wellbeing	Core
CHCECE047	Analyse information to inform learning	Core
CHCECE050	Work in partnership with children’s families	Core
CHCECE048	Plan and implement children’s education and care curriculum	Core
CHCECE043	Nurture creativity in children	Core
CHCECE049	Embed environmental responsibility in service operations	Core
CHCECE046	Implement strategies for the inclusion of all childen	Core
CHCECE045	Foster positive and respectful interactions and behaviour in children	Core
CHCECE041	Maintain a safe and healthy environment for children	Core
BSBTWK502	Manage team effectiveness	Core
CHCECE044	Facilitate compliance in an education and care service	Core
CHCMGT003	Lead the work team	Elective
CHCECE057	Use collaborative practices to uphold child protection principles	Elective
BSBHRM413	Support the learning and development of teams and individuals	Elective

Prerequisites

Must hold CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care or CHC30121 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care.

All prospective students are required to undertake a comprehensive language, literacy and numeracy assessment to ensure that specific LL&N demands of the course are able to be met and if required, relevant support mechanisms are identified and in place at the time of enrolment.

All employees in early childhood must hold a blue card or an exemption card to comply with the requirements of the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 and the Child Care Act 2002.

Duration

The total course duration is dependent on a range of factors specific to each student, such as, existing skills, knowledge and experience, credit transfer or recognition of prior learning and current employment. Typically the course will take 18-24 months. An individual Training Plan will be developed in collaboration with the student and their place of work that clearly sets out the duration and sequence of delivery to achieve the qualification. There will be 280 vocational placement hours to be completed in a regulated children’s education and care service that cares for children aged birth to 6 years.

What we do

College for Australian Early Childhood Educators will:

Assign a trainer who has extensive current industry experience in both the early childhood and training sectors.
Develop a training plan to suit student and employer needs.
Determine and assist with the individual support needs of each student through to successful completion.
Provide current high-quality learning materials, ensuring there is a good balance of both theory and practical assessments.
Support the service’s supervisor in their role of supporting the student on the job.
Support the student with scheduled workplace visits and on-demand phone, email and student portal support.
Maintain records of assessments and provide progress updates to the service.
Effectively coordinate scheduled workplace visits with the service to ensure student availability and timing align with the service’s business needs.
Issue the qualification upon completion.