QUALITY AREA 4

Staffing Arrangements

Qualified and experienced educators, who develop warm, respectful relationships with children, create predictable environments and encourage children’s active engagement in the learning program.

The aim of Quality Area 4 under the National Quality Standard is to ensure the provision of qualified and experienced educators, coordinators and nominated supervisors who are able to develop warm, respectful relationships with children, create safe and predictable environments and encourage children’s active engagement in the learning program.

Professional Support

NSW Family Day Care Association provides support to the Family Day Care and In Home Care sectors in NSW and Australia-wide. Our aim is to support and promote high quality programs and environments for children by developing the skills and knowledge of Family Day Care staff and educators.

If you have any questions related to your Family Day Care or, if you are looking for suitable training or professional support, call us 02 9779 9999.

PD IN YOUR POCKET

PD in your pocket is a professional development program for Family Day Care educators that lives in your pocket, in your phone, or your iPad. Choose how to engage, whenever you have the time.

This program has been funded through the NSW Government’s Sector Development Program.

 

GREAT SPACES, SAFE SPACES

Resources to help educators meet Quality Area 2 (Children’s Health and Safety) and Quality Area 3 (Physical Environment).

PEAK Training calendar 2023

Peak Training

NSW Family Day Care Association is here to support and promote high quality programs and environments for children by developing the skills and knowledge of Family Day Care educators. You can easily enhance your professional development by booking into one of the short courses, run by our in-house Registered Training Organisation, PEAK Training.

PEAK Training is a Registered Training Organisation, offering nationally accredited and recognised training qualifications as well as professional development workshops for all service types in early education and care. We equip learners with the academic skills and knowledge required to experience the joy of working within the childcare industry.

PEAK Training is the training and education arm of NSW Family Day Care Association and is accredited by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) and registered under the relevant legislation for RTOs under the 2015 National Standards. (RTO Number 90869)

We provide training to the entire early education and care sector.

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MORE RESOURCES

General Resources

NSWFDCA has a wide offering of downloadables, useful links, advice and support for Educators and Services in Family Day Care.

These resources may sit outside of the Quality Areas or cover more than one Quality Area.

NSWFDCA Shop

One of our most popular resources is an 100 page guidebook that links all the 58 elements of the National Quality Standard to the questions, “What would I see?“, “What would I say?“, “What would I show?“. Please visit our online shop to order this and many other useful resources which are delivered via post.

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