Planning a Child-centred Curriculum (ICQAW Accredited)

Programme Introduction

Welcome to the training programme ‘Seeing Every Child’ child-led documentation for early learning!

The Learning Objective of the full programme (4 modules) is to introduce child-centred documentation as an instrument to recognise, support and enhance children’s wellbeing, learning and development. This is Module 4.

COST: The cost of each individual module includes:

  • The cost of your accredited certificate from ICQAW 
  • 7 components of learning and reflective tasks
  • Anytime access - access to the programme on multiple occasions until complete
  • Educator's Handbook with summaries, graphics, planning templates, blogs
  • Engaging slides with audio for ease of participation.  

 

This is Module 4 - Planning a Child-centred Curriculum

This module is designed to support educators to streamline their curriculum planning practice through the documentation of Long-term, Medium-term and Emergent Plans.  7 individual components are contained within the module as follows:

Component 1: A Reflective Cycle of Planning and Assessing

Component 2: Capturing and responding to child voice (ASH)

Component 3: The LT, MT and Emergent (ST) Planning Framework

Component 4: Topic Scaffolds

Component 5: The Emergent Plan

Component 6: The Invisible Thread of linked Documentation

Component 7: Emergent Planning on MOSAIC Educator

This programme is created by MOSAIC Digital Solutions for Early Education and is accredited by International Certification in Quality Assessment (ICQAWUK).

An  accredited certificate is awarded on completion of each of the 4 individual modules.

*PLEASE READ NOTES FOR THIS COURSE

 

Programme Content

  • The rationale of a reflective cycle of planning and assessing for early education
  • The 4 components of the reflective cycle of planning and assessing for early education
  • How the cycle is related to the wellbeing, needs and interests of the individual child
  • The various ways that children communicate their voice
  • The ASH response to child voice
  • How to document and respond to child voice in everyday practice
  • The Planning Framework
  • The Curriculum Statement
  • The broad range of Base Activities required for curriculum implementation
  • The rationale and structure of the Topic Scaffold
  • Suitable learning topics related to children’s lived experience
  • How the child's voice, interests and needs are responded to on the emergent plan
  • The individual learning headings on the emergent plan and how this relates to the holistic curriculum
  • The different stages of reflection and evaluation of the emergent plan.
  • The characteristics of a systematic, linked documentation system
  • How the child’s voice/interests/needs are visible through documentation
  • How the planning framework is represented in the ongoing reflective cycle of planning and assessing
  • What the MOSAIC platform is and its broad functions
  • The underpinning principles of MOSAIC and notice how they align to child centred practice.
  • How MOSAIC emergent planning functions enable the educator to implement principles of good practice.
Key Learning Outcomes

'Child-centred curriculum planning is an approach in which educators design learning experiences based on children’s interests, strengths, and developmental needs, rather than adhering to a fixed sequence of pre-planned activities. This approach promotes children’s participation and agency in their own learning while recognising and responding to the unique needs of each child'.

On completion of the module, learning outcomes include the ability to:

  • Understand the key components of a reflective cycle of planning and assessing in early education.
  • Recognise, capture and respond to child voice.
  • Analyse and construct a Curriculum Statement.
  • Interpret and employ a Long Term, Medium Term and Emergent Planning system.
  • Understand the curriculum planning functionality of MOSAIC educator. 
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04 Hours

€60.00

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Presentation with video/audio

Easy to follow components

Downloadable reference documents

Test multiple choice questions

Certificate of Completion

Notes for the course

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