The National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education
Ensuring inclusive decision-making requires consultation that promotes participation and seeks out, listens to and acts upon the views and opinions of children, parents and staff, and other stakeholders, as appropriate.
Component 4.1 - The setting actively invites contributions to decision-making processes and strategies for the development and delivery of the service from a wide range of interested stakeholders.
Signposts for Reflection
4.1.1How do you encourage consultation with staff, parents, children and other appropriate stakeholders?
Think about (e.g.)
What plans have been developed to ensure that the sharing of views and opinions is actively encouraged and appropriately recorded? See 10.2
Think about (e.g.)
What can you/your school do to develop children's capacity to contribute their views and opinions on issues relating to their daily experiences? See 5.4
Think about (e.g.)
What opportunities are available to children to make plans and indicate these plans to adults? See 7.3
How does your school show respect for parents' goals and preferences for their child? See 3.3
How is the input of children, parents, families and other relevant stakeholders recorded so as to inform decisionmaking processes?
How does your school give feedback to the participants that are consulted?
Component 4.2 - The setting acts upon contributions to decisionmaking processes and strategies for the development and delivery of the service from a wide range of interested stakeholders, as appropriate.
Signposts for Reflection
4.2.1How are the views and opinions gathered through consultation with stakeholders used to regularly review and revise all aspects of practice?
How are staff encouraged to take responsibility for the implementation of agreed actions? See 10.5
In your school plan, do you have a section on policies and procedures devised in consultation with parents, staff, management, and, where appropriate, the children in the setting?
How do you ensure that your policies and procedures are working documents and are revised and updated on a regular basis? See 8.1
How does consultation influence the design and development of the school plan?