Essay Early Childhood Education and Care – Case Study – Child Education Assignment Help

Assignment Task:

Part B – Case studies

Student instructions

• Consider the following situations and explain what you would do and why. (100-200 words)
• To help you explain what you would do and why, you may refer to applicable legislation including the National Quality Standard and Education and Care Services National Regulations, along with the Belonging, Being and Becoming – The Early Years Learning Framework, the Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics, policies and procedures common to early childhood education and care services, position descriptions detailing an educator’s duty of care responsibilities, and/or other sources such as professional readings along with the course textbook and identified key resources.
• Ensure you acknowledge and cite your sources accordingly. This is important whether you use your own words or quote the author’s words. For more information on referencing and plagiarism, refer to the ‘Academic reference guide’ in the Student Handbook.

Case Study 1

1. Imagine that you are an educator in a family day care setting supervising the three children in the photograph.

Describe, in the table, what you would do to meet your legal and ethical obligations to these children playing in the water trough in the back yard and who you would report these to.

Case Study 2

A mother asks you that her children not be released into the care of their father. You review the information provided upon enrolment and see that a formal parenting plan has been provided to the service which list both parents as eligible carers. 

1. Where would this confidential information be stored? 
2. How would you respond to this situation?

Case Study 3

A father makes a complaint to you that his 4 ½ year old, Jacob, is not learning enough at the service. He is frustrated that the educators let him get dirty during the day when they could be ensuring he is ready for school. What would you do and why?

You have a disagreement with a co-worker where you work. The problem has been left unresolved, and is now impacting your interactions and daily communication with each other leading to further misunderstandings and frustration. What would you do and why?

Case Study 4
You are friends with a co-worker on a social networking site. Over the past few weeks you have noticed posts on her page about other staff where you work. These posts are derogatory and inappropriate. 

Case Study 5

1. How would you respond to the actions of your co-worker?  What would be the appropriate action to take? 
2. What could you do to educate staff about appropriate social media behaviour?  What 2 simple actions you would take to inform your team about appropriate social media behaviours?