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CHCECE049 — Embed environmental responsibility in service operations

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What an assessment for CHCECE049 must cover

70 assessable components: 3 elements (14 performance criteria), 8 performance evidence and 45 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Enhance children’s environmental responsibility.

  • 1.1Develop innovative strategies that promote environmental responsibility in consultation with children.
  • 1.2Support children to take the lead in identifying practices that are environmentally responsible at the service.
  • 1.3Encourage children to exchange thoughts and ideas about environmental responsibility.
  • 1.4Ensure environmentally sustainable practices are embedded in daily practices of the service.
  • 1.5Encourage children to learn about Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ environmental responsibility practices.

2 Promote environmental responsibility in the service.

  • 2.1Review the service philosophy, policies and procedures in relation to different aspects of environmental responsibility.
  • 2.2Consult with stakeholders to identify potential changes in the service philosophy, policies and procedures regarding environmental responsibility.
  • 2.3Contribute to the development of an environmental responsibility plan for the service, based on the review and consultation.
  • 2.4Develop strategies that encourage the participation of both adults and children in the service’s sustainable practices.
  • 2.5Identify and include ways to evaluate improvements in environmental responsibility within the service.

3 Implement and evaluate environmental responsibility plan.

  • 3.1Investigate how children and adults engage with the service’s environmental responsibility plan.
  • 3.2Encourage children to engage in environmentally responsible practices with families and the community outside the service.
  • 3.3Seek feedback from children and adults about the service’s practices.
  • 3.4Use feedback and critical reflection to inform changes and improvements to plan.

Performance evidence

  • observe and document three examples of practices that demonstrate children’s understanding of environmental responsibility
  • design, implement and evaluate a plan to enhance two aspects of environmental responsibility for an education and care service, including:
  • researching contemporary practice relating to environmental responsibility
  • reviewing service operations in line with contemporary practices
  • consultation with stakeholders
  • identifying opportunities for improvement
  • documenting outcomes of implementation
  • sharing outcomes and evaluation of plan implementation with supervisor.

Knowledge evidence

  • requirements of the following National Quality Standard and related regulations and laws applicable to this unit including:
  • physical environment
  • overview impacts of key global issues relating to the environment and their relationship to environmental practices at a local level
  • relationship between human and animal activity and the environment
  • the importance of supporting children to develop a sense of environmental responsibility
  • importance of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures and environmental responsibility.
  • importance of community as a source of knowledge, skills and values
  • environmental sustainability planning in a children’s education and care context:
  • key areas of focus and associated sustainable practices:
  • biodiversity
  • curriculum
  • eco-friendly material usage
  • eco-literacy for children
  • energy
  • water
  • natural environment
  • recycling
  • toxins
  • upcycling
  • waste (including food waste)
  • potential ethical dilemmas
  • tools for identifying potential improvements
  • models of best practice
  • methods for developing the plan
  • key stakeholders to involve in developing the plan:
  • children
  • families
  • service personnel
  • ways of integrating environmental sustainability across all areas of practice
  • qualitative and quantitative evaluation processes
  • principles of change management:
  • barriers and drivers for behavioural change
  • sphere of influence
  • strategies for improving children’s experiences and understanding of the natural environment and skills for environmental sustainability:
  • growing and preparing food
  • recycling
  • waste reduction
  • reduction of water usage
  • reduction in energy usage
  • critical reflection:
  • what is critical reflection
  • why and how educators use critical reflection
  • what makes for meaningful critical reflection
  • service standards, policies and procedures for:
  • physical environment.

Foundation skills

  • Reading skills: interpret service philosophy, policies and procedures for environmental responsibility.
  • Oral communication skills: ask open and closed questions and actively listen to seek information and confirm understanding.
  • Technology skills: document sustainability plans using digital media.

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What does an assessment tool for CHCECE049 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CHCECE049 needs to address all 70 unit components: 3 elements with 14 performance criteria, 8 performance evidence requirements, 45 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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