RPL - Recognition of Prior Learning

Do you or your staff need to gain a qualification to meet the new NQF standards?

One of the key changes under the National Quality Framework is the introduction of new requirements for early childhood education and care services to have more highly qualified staff. These new requirements must be met by 1 January 2014 and are listed below:

• Within each long day care centre or preschool, half of all staff will need to have (or to be actively working towards) a diploma-level early childhood education and care qualification or above, and the remaining staff will all be required to have (or be actively working towards) a Certificate III level early childhood education and care qualification, or equivalent.
• All family day care coordinators will need to have a diploma-level early childhood education and care qualification or above. All family day carers will be required to have (or be actively working towards) a Certificate III level early childhood education and care qualification, or equivalent.

ECTARC offers a range of training and assessment pathways to achieve a children's services qualification.

If you or your staff have worked in the early childhood field for a number of years, RPL - Recognition of Prior Learning is an assessment pathway that you should consider.

The NSW Community Services & Health ITAB have just released a fantastic new web based resource that will assist early childhood educators to assess whether they are eligible for RPL. The resource called ALL IN A DAYS WORK also gives scenarios and examples of evidence that would be required to be collected and given to an ECTARC Training Officer if they were conducting an RPL Workplace Assessment. Click on the link below to access the ALL IN A DAYS WORK website - you will be required to register but this is a very simple process that takes 2 minutes to complete. If you need help with this process call ECTARC on 02 4223 1111 for assistance.

http://workplaceskills.com.au/moodle/

ECTARC RPL Information Flyer

ECTARC RPL Assessment Pathways Flyer

ECTARC Training and Course Guide