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 National Quality Framework, relevant Education and Care Services regulations and the National Quality Standard.
List of Guiding Principles
- (CCFDC) Educator Assistant
- (CCDFC) Educator Meetings
- (CCFDC) Educator Selection and Recruitment
- (CCFDC) Educator Training and Development
- (CCFDC) Home visit
- (CCFDC) Managing Non-Compliance
- (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
- Educators professional standards
- Electronic archiving
- Electronic entertainment
- Emergency response / critical incident
- Enrolment and orientation
- Environmental sustainability
- Excursions
- Fees
- First aid
- Governance and management
- 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
- Reflection and documentation framework
- Responsible person
- 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
- Waiting list
- Water safety