Below is a list of free resources that has been complied to complement and extend on ideas presented within the NSW Outside School Hours Care Quality Development Program.
Approved Framework
Department of Education and Training. (2011). My Time, Our Place – Framework for School Age Care in Australia
Quality Area 1
ACECQA (2018). National Quality Standard Quality Area 1 – Educational program and practice poster.
ACECQA (2018). Information Sheet: Quality Area 1 – be part of reconciliation.
ACECQA (2018). Information Sheet Quality Area 1 Developing a culture of learning through reflective practice.
ACECQA (2018) Information Sheet Quality Area 1 Supporting agency: involving children in decision making.
Department of Education and Training (2011). My Time, Our Place – Framework for school age care in Australia.
Department of Education and Training (2011). My Time, Our Place – Educators’ Guide to the Framework for school age care in Australia
Network of Community Activities (2018). Play resources
Network of Community Activities (2018). Encouraging children outdoors
International Play Association – General comment of Article 31 – United Nations Convention on the rights of the child – video
Quality Area 2
ACECQA (2018). Information sheet: Quality Area 2 – Active Supervision
ACECQA (2015). We hear you: health and wellbeing.
Alberta Family Wellness. (2014). Brain builders: Executive function.
Australian Institute of Family Studies. (2018). Australian child protection legislation.
ECA Learning Hub. (2018). Asthma and Asthma management
Network of Community Activities. (2018). Child safe fact sheets
Quality Area 3
ACECQA (2018). Information sheet: quality area 3 – keeping pets in education and care services
ACECQA (2018) OSHC Quality Area 3 – poster.
ACECQA (2015). We Hear you: Physical Environment.
ACECQA (2015). We Hear you: supporting indoor and outdoor play
Vichealth (2012). What at the Consequences of limited play – video.
Quality Area 4
ACECQA. (2018). OSHC National Quality Standard Quality Area 4 – staffing arrangements – poster
ACECQA. (2018). Information sheet – Nominated supervisors.
ACECQA. (2018). Information sheet: Quality Area 4 – Belonging, being and becoming for educators.
Community Child Care (CCC). (2013). Conducting staff meetings – agendas and outcomes. Designed for Outside School Hours Care (OSHC).
Early Childhood Australia. (2018) Code of Ethics – web page/Printable version of the ECA Code of Ethics (2017)
Network of Community Activities. (2013). OOSH Development Factsheet – Top tips for team building.
Network of Community Activities. (2013). OSHC Code of Professional Standards
Network of Community Activities. (2013). Recruitment, selection and appointment of staff.
Network of Community Activities. (2013). Creating a Less Stressful Work Environment.
NSW Department of Education. (2018). Operating an early childhood education service – children above preschool age at OSHC.
NSW Department of Education. (2018). Operating an early childhood education service – staff ratios and adequate supervison.
NSW Department of Education. (2018). Operating an early childhood education service – preschool aged children in outside school hours care
Quality Area 5
ACECQA. (2018) OSHC Quality Area 5 – relationships with children poster.
ACECQA. (2018) Information sheet: Quality Area 5 – Relationships with children
ACECQA. (2018) Information sheet: Quality Area 5 – Supporting children to manage their own behaviour
ACECQA. (2018). Information sheet – supporting children to regulate their own behaviour.
Network of Community Activities. (2018). Including children with disability in Outside School Hours Care: A Guide
Quality Area 6
ACECQA. (2018). Engaging with Aboriginal Communities – Where do we start?
ACECQA. (2018) Information sheet – Building partnerships with families
ACECQA. (2081). National Quality Standard – Quality Area 6 – Poster
ACECQA. (2018). We Hear You – Collaboration, respect and support: Relationships and partnerships with families and communities.
Big Fat Smile. (2018). Honouring Indigenous Connections – linking culture to education and care practice.
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. (2011). Promoting Collaborative Partnerships between School Age Care Services and Schools.
ECA Learning Hub Reconciliation resources – a comprehensive list of resources and online information about supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander educators, cultural awareness, events and celebrations, relationships with families, creating culturally welcoming spaces and more.
KU Children’s Services. (2018) NSW/ACT Inclusion Agency – Information sheet
Network of community activities. (2018). Including children with disability in Outside School Hours Care: A Guide
Network of Community Activities. (2013). Talking to Parents About the Hard Issues
NSW/ACT Inclusion Agency – web page
Quality Area 7
ACECQA (2018). Assessment and Ratings Process
ACECQA (2018). Information sheet – Nominated Supervisors
ACECQA (2018). Information Sheet – Reviewing your Quality Improvement Plan
ACECQA (2018). Information sheet: Quality Area 7 – Educational leadership and team building
ACECQA (2018). Information sheet: Quality Area 7 – The role of the educational leader
ACECQA. (2018). National Quality Standard – Quality Area 7 (OSHC) poster
ACECQA. (2018) Newsletter Issue 6 2018 – Governance in education and care
ACECQA. (2018). Quality Area 7 – Information sheet: Using complaints to Support continuous Improvement
ACECQA. (2018). Quality Improvement Plan
ECA Learning Hub. (2012). The role of educational leader
Network of Community Activities (2013). Effective Leadership
NSW Department of Education. (2017). Early Childhood Education and Care Service – Quality Improvement Plan.
NSW Department of Education. (2018). Operating an early childhood education service – Preschool age children at outside school hours care.
NSW Department of Education. (2018). What’s happening in the early childhood education sector – Quality Improvement Plan template.
