Examining the Professional Standards for Outside School Hours Care Educators
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Background The Professional Standards for Educators (The Standards) were developed by the Queensland Children’s Activity Network (QCAN), who are the peak representative body for SAC in the state of Queensland. QCAN developed The Standards to try and capture what professional practice looked like for SAC practitioners at 4 different stages of their career, commencing with ‘Foundation’ for new practitioners and culminating with ‘Lead’ for service leaders. They were developed in consultation with Queensland practitioners to better represent contemporary professional practices in an Australian context. The Standards aim to provide a clearer, shared understanding of what professional practice in SAC looks like and therefore promote improved practices with children. In 2018, the Standards were introduced to Queensland educators through a professional development program. Griffith University is conducting a small, qualitative research project to gain an insight into how the Standards are influencing practice within the sector. The project was based on a methodology proposed by Guskey (2016), which uses a combination of qualitative methods to try and provide a deep understanding of the effects of participation in professional development. In the first phase of the research, all training participants (83) participated in a survey on the day of the training to share their first impressions (Guskey, 2016). In the second phase, approximately 12 months after the training, a smaller sample of 10 practitioners participated in an online semistructured interview to provide insights into
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© 2020 National Outside School Hours Services Alliance. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of its publisher the Association for Accountancy & Business Affairs. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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Specialist studies in education
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Cartmel, J; Hurst, B, Professional Standards for Educators - Research Findings, All about OSHC, 2020, Edition 2, pp. 16-17