About Council's Education and Care Guiding Principles
The Guiding Principles below have been developed in consultation with the Children, Youth and Families' management team within Council's Education and Care Services department. Staff and families were also closely involved in the development process.
These principles adhere to the Children (Education and Care Services) National Law (NSW), National Quality Framework, Education and Care Services National Regulations and National Quality Standards.
List of Guiding Principles
- (CCFDC) Educator Assistant
- (CCFDC) Educator Meetings
- (CCFDC) Educator Selection and Recruitment
- (CCFDC) Educator Training and Development
- (CCFDC) Monitoring, Support and Supervision of FDC Educators
- (CCFDC) Managing Non-Compliance
- (CCFDC) Overnight Care
- (CCFDC) Relocation / Emergency Care
- Acceptance and refusal of authorisation
- Access, arrival and departure
- Accident, incident and trauma
- Animals in the environment
- Biting
- Bullying
- Child safe environment
- Children’s Clothing
- Cleanliness and hygiene
- Collaborative partnerships with families
- Communication with families
- Confidentiality
- Educational Program Planning and Practice
- Educators professional standards
- Electronic archiving
- Electronic entertainment
- Emergency response / critical incident
- Enrolment, Orientation and Waiting List
- Environmental sustainability
- Excursions
- Fees
- First aid
- Governance, Management and Leadership
- Guiding Children's Behaviour
- Healthy lifestyles and wellbeing
- Immunisation
- Inclusion in education and care services
- Infectious diseases and illness exclusion
- Late pick up
- Medical conditions
- Medication
- No smoking
- Oral health
- Pest control
- Policy and guiding principle development and review
- Privacy Information collection and statement
- Sleep/Rest
- Social media
- Staff and FDC Educator Uniforms
- Staff educators children in care
- SunSmart
- Supervision and Interaction
- Transition to school
- Transport on excursions and Road Safety
- Visitors and contractors
- Water safety