Highlighting the Exceeding themes in your Quality Improvement Plan

Now more than ever before, your Quality Improvement Plan is key to making a claim for an exceeding rating during the Assessment and Rating Process. Your QIP helps to self-assess your performance in delivering quality education and care and to plan future improvements. But sometimes we do way too much, and our QIP can become unmanageable and a huge burden! Here's where we can help! We've got a tried and tested method to get your QIP on track, by:

1. Providing a method of self-assessment against the NQS to determine your exceeding practice.

1. Highlighting the exceeding themes through key practice examples.

1. Deciding on sensible and manageable areas to focus on for improvement.

1. Building a system to keep your QIP developing authentically and consistently, as part of your day-to-day processes.

Currently, Regulatory Authority approaches to Assessment & Rating include:

• an enhanced focus on the service’s Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) as part of its continuous quality improvement, rather than as a point in time preparation for assessment and rating.

• a shorter notice period of 1 - 5 days for most assessment and rating visits.

So, what does this mean for you?

1. You simply cannot afford to wait for your notice of Assessment and Rating to get your QIP into shape.

2. You will need to have an ongoing, embedded system to maintain up to date documents, ready for the RA to review at any time.

3. You need this session! You will learn how to effectively assess your practice against the National Quality Standard, how to identify strengths (exceeding) and areas for improvement, and how to articulate them clearly and succinctly in your QIP.

Here’s what past participants have had to say about this session:

"I just wanted to reach out and say thank you for the workshop you did. We recently went through assessment and ratings and have been rated as exceeding across all 7 areas. The workshop gave me the understanding and confidence." - Steph Selmes - Director Kin ELC Queanbeyan

"Thank you so much. The day was brilliant. We got so much from it BRILLIANT!" - Robyn Skene - Director Boolaroo Speers Point Community Kindergarten, Inc.

"Thank you, Jennifer. It was a great workshop! "- Melinda Lynch Nominated Supervisor Blackalls Park Preschool

If you are an educator, educational leader, provider, manager, or anyone who contributes to self-assessment and Quality Improvement Planning, you won't want to miss this session.

Jennifer Ribarovski has over thirty-five years’ experience in the education and care sector. Her roles have included NSW State Operations Manager for the NSW Regulatory Authority, with her work largely focussed on the roll out and implementation of the NQF in NSW, and training Authorised Officers to assess and rate centres against the National Quality Standard. Following this role, she was contracted to work for the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) as a senior advisor. Her work included developing online training modules for authorised officers nationally, face to face training of authorised officers nationally and professional development of authorised officers in relation to assessing and rating services against the NQS. Jennifer also trained authorised officers across Australia in the assessment and rating process and worked with state and territory governments on national policy in the implementation of the National Quality Framework.

As Managing Director of JR Education Consulting Services, Jennifer provides support, guidance, professional development and conference presentations for the education and care sector across Australia and internationally. She has delivered professional development sessions to tens of thousands of educators across Australia and has a unique ability to translate educational theory into practice in accessible and supportive ways. Jennifer is also currently contracted to the University of Sydney to design and deliver units of study to both undergraduate and postgraduate students in early childhood education programs. Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) and a Master of Educational Leadership and Management with Distinction.

Jennifer co-authored Professional Communication for Early Childhood Educators (2020), published by Oxford University Press, with Marianne Fenech from the University of Sydney. Her experience and interest in communication as an essential professional tool for teachers and educators led to the publication of this resource, the first of its kind in Australia.

Jennifer is the inaugural winner of the 2024 State of Our Sector Award for most significant contribution to educators and teachers.

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