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Week 5: Quality Area 7: Governance and Leadership Standard 7.1:…
Week 5: Quality Area 7: Governance and Leadership
Standard 7.1: Governance, service philosophy and purpose
Governance: structures and processes used to ensure an early childhood service is effectively guided, responsible and improving continuously
Good governance enhances
Transparent and ethical decisions
Effective leaderships
Reliable quality practices
Staff wellbeing and stability
Accountability
Family and community trust
Clear direction and purpose
Continuous improvement
Children's safety and well being
Sustainability
Requirement of good governance: Higher percentage of services rated as Working Towards NQS in Quality area 7. Therefore, it is highly recommended for the services to have effective governance, leadership, management system, clear roles and continuous improvement
Governance Responsibility
Assessing and managing risk
Clear operational structure
Compliance and accountability
Policies and procedures
Setting the organisation's vision, mission, and values
Working ethically
Difference between Governance, Management and Leadership
Management: coordinates daily operations, allocates responsibilities, implement systems, respond to operational issues
Leadership: influence people, establish shared purpose, create collaborative culture, change and improvement
Governance: defines organisational structure, establishes accountability, determines delegations, manage strategic risk
Service philosophy: Shared statement that demonstrates the value, beliefs, and understandings that guide early childhood education and care operations.
Role of service philosophy
Influences relationships
Supports consistency
Shapes curriculum and pedagogy
Reflects community values
Guides decisions
Drives continuous improvement
Characteristics of strong service philosophy
Collaborative
Inclusive
Authentic
Contemporary
Clear
Reflective
Action-oriented
Evidence-based
Reflection of service philosophy: children, pedagogy, families, equity and inclusion, environment, community, educators, theoretical and professional frameworks