{"id":2336,"date":"2021-07-28T10:15:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T10:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kradle2krayons.com.au\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2021-07-28T10:15:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T10:15:11","slug":"national-quality-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kradle2krayons.com.au\/blog\/national-quality-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"National Quality Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NQS is designed to help those working in childcare centres understand and apply the requirements of the Australian standards.<\/p>\n<p>There are 7 quality areas that the NQS include:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Educational program and practice:<\/strong><br \/>\nEducational program and practice of educators are child-centred, stimulating and maximise opportunities for enhancing and extending each child\u2019s learning and development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Children&#8217;s health and safety:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Children have the right to experience quality education and care in an environment that safeguards and promotes their health, safety and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Physical environment<\/strong>:<br \/>\nPhysical environment is safe, suitable and provides a rich and diverse range of experiences that promote children\u2019s learning and development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Staffing arrangements<\/strong>:<br \/>\nQualified and experienced educators, who develop warm, respectful relationships with children, create predictable environments and encourage children\u2019s active engagement in the learning program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relationships with children:<\/strong><br \/>\nRelationships with children are responsive, respectful and promote children\u2019s sense of security and belonging.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collaborative partnerships with families and communities<\/strong>:<br \/>\nCollaborative relationships with families are fundamental to achieving quality outcomes for children, and community partnerships based on active communication, consultation and collaboration are essential.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Governance and leadership<\/strong>:<br \/>\nEffective leadership and governance of the service contributes to quality environments for children\u2019s learning and development. Effective leaders establish shared values for the service and set clear direction for the service\u2019s continuous improvement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Call us on (02) 4721 7607 if you have any questions\/concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(Source: Australian Children\u2019s Education &amp; Care Quality Authority)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NQS is designed to help those working in childcare centres understand and apply the requirements of the Australian standards. There are 7 quality areas that the NQS include: &nbsp; Educational program and practice: Educational program and practice of educators are child-centred, stimulating and maximise opportunities for enhancing and extending each child\u2019s learning and development. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-childcaretips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kradle2krayons.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kradle2krayons.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kradle2krayons.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kradle2krayons.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kradle2krayons.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kradle2krayons.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kradle2krayons.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kradle2krayons.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kradle2krayons.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kradle2krayons.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}