Embedding ELLA practices

Has the ELLA program helped you to make curriculum decisions that consider cultural diversity? Have you become a co-learner with the children? What do these shifts mean in terms of your personal philosophy for teaching preschoolers?

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Principle 4: Respect for Diversity

Principle 5: Ongoing Learning and Reflective Practice

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7.1.1 Service philosophy and purpose

7.2.1 Continuous improvement

Consider your group. Have some children used the ELLA apps for longer than others? Think about why this might be. Review the way children access the ELLA apps during your preschool sessions. Are the learning outcomes that you planned being met? Document your findings in your program reflection.

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Practice: Responsiveness to children

Practice: Assessment for learning

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1.3.1 Assessment and planning cycle

1.3.2 Critical reflection

Look at the ‘I can’ statements and choose one that you feel would help you assess the children’s learning. Complete and share the statement with your families and the children’s Foundation year teachers.

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Principle 2: Partnerships

Practice: Continuity of learning and transitions

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6.2.1 Transitions

6.2.3 Community engagement

Include aspects of learning through ELLA in the children’s transition statements. This could be within the overview of your program and setting, and/or in the descriptions of the children’s learning outcomes.

Explain the ways you have used the ELLA program to the children’s Foundation year teachers.

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Principle 5: Ongoing learning and reflective practice

Practice: Continuity of learning and transitions

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1.1.3 Program learning opportunities

1.3.1 Assessment and planning cycle

6.2.1 Transitions

Invite the language teacher from your own school or from the local primary school to observe your preschool program or join in by reading or singing with the children.

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Practice: Cultural competence

Practice: Continuity of learning and transitions

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1.1.3 Program learning opportunities

6.2.3 Community engagement