Effective Self Evaluation in Childcare Settings - Completing the SEF
Course Overview
This course focuses on the importance of practitioners working on self-evaluation within their own early years settings. It considers how self-evaluation should become embedded in practice and how this is closely linked to the development and maintenance of quality, which is in turn related to the inspection process.
Having completed this course the learner will have developed a greater appreciation of the benefits of self-evaluation, why it can be an effective process and how they can use this within their own working environment.
Related Courses
- Enriching play and learning for 0-2 year olds
- Enriching play and learning for 3-5 year olds
- Nutrition, healthy eating and wellbeing
- Working in partnership with parents
- Quality Management in childcare settings
- Observing to inform in childcare settings
Course Objectives
On completion of this module learners will:- Understand the benefits of self-evaluation
- Identify effective processes to be used in self-evaluation
- Develop underpinning skills and knowledge to enable them to analyse existing practice
- Develop knowledge and skills about critical thinking and objectivity
- Develop strategies for continuous improvement and quality assurance
- Develop knowledge and skills regarding self-evaluation in relation to inspection
- Understand the completion process for the self-evaluation form
Course Details
Lesson Plan
- Course aims and learning intentions
- An introduction to self-evaluation
- Effective processes
- Self-evaluation skills
- Continuous improvement and quality assurance
- Self-evaluation and inspection
- Unpicking the Self-evaluation form
Target Audience
Produced by the National Day Nursery Association (NDNA) this course is aimed at practitioners who are working in an early years setting.
However, the learning content is suitable for anyone interested in learning more about child care best practice including those working in playgroups, pre-school and child minders.
Duration
It is estimated that this module will take approximately 2-3 hours to complete (depending on learning speed). As an e-learning module you can complete this training in convenient stages and revisit whenever you wish. The system will record your progress throughout.Certification
On completion of this e-learning course you will be able to download a NDNA/Virtual College certificate.Duration
As an e-learning course learners are able to work at their own pace, breaking off and resuming their study as appropriate, but it is expected that the e-learning material will take approximately 2-3 hours to complete. Learners can then choose to take that learning into a workplace setting and enhance with associated activities to be done in the workplace, assisted by resources contained within this e-learning package. Total time would be approximately 30 hours.CPD Accreditation
The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelinesEntry Requirements
There are no specific entry requirements needed for this course.What our customers have said
'I like online learning because I can do it at my pace. I like the range of courses on offer' SL-E, NDNA 07/02/09Cost and Discounts
£50+ VAT - This cost is for a single user.£40+ VAT - This cost is a single user fee if your organization is a member of the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA)
To claim your special NDNA member rate - go the members only area of the NDNA website, click here , login and select the 'professional development' link where you will find your e-learning member discount code - then use this when purchasing.
Additional discounts are available for multiple users (10 or more) for more information please email info@virtual-college.co.uk, or telephone us on 01943 885088.
* please note: your information may be shared between the Virtual College and the National Day Nurseries Association for the purpose of administration, monitoring and evaluation, to help keep the course current and up-to-date.
How it Works
The information below is specific to this particular course. If you would like a more general guide to how our purchasing and learning works please visit the Four Easy Steps page which should tell you all you need to know.
Alternatively: if you have a specific question or concern why not contact us directly?
What
This is an online course, all the training will be taken through your browser window. There will be no face-to-face sessions with instructors nor will you receive any training material through the post. If you wish you may print out any page of the training material, and may also print the notes you took during the training.
You can also revisit the training material at any time, even after you have completed the course.
How
The material for this course has been broken down into several smaller lessons, each lesson dealing with a specific area of the overall subject.
The lesson consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk you through the lesson material at a pace that suits you. Pages may also include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help you keep in touch and interested in the material.
Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be PAUSED and RESUMED at any stage. When all lessons in the course have been completed our system will realise and automatically record that you have successfully completed the course
When
This course is delivered fully online allowing you to learn at your own pace, however an average duration would be 2-3 hours.
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