Wesley College Melbourne Glen Waverley Early Childhood Learning Centre recognised for Excellence
Date first awarded: 02 July 2014
Date re-awarded: 31 August 2017
Valid until: 30 August 2020
Wesley College Melbourne Glen Waverley Early Childhood Learning has been awarded the Excellent rating by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), the highest rating a service can achieve under the National Quality Framework. This is the second time this service has achieved the Excellent rating.
Services that receive an overall rating of ‘Exceeding National Quality Standard’ can apply for the Excellent rating. The Excellent rating is awarded for three years. After this time services have the option to re-apply.
The Glen Waverley based service was recognised for its inclusive partnerships with children and families, practice and environments that enhance children’s learning and growth, sustained commitment to professional development and support of educators.
Examples of exceptional practice at the service include:
- Learning experiences that are guided by the approved learning frameworks, as well as the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) which is designed for children between the ages of three and twelve to develop a global mindset to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding, acceptance and respect.
- A strong commitment to early intervention, inclusion and supporting children to participate fully in the service’s programs through its alignment with a number of external specialists and professionals such as paediatricians, occupational therapists, applied behaviour analysis therapists, speech pathologists and psychologists.
- A sustained commitment to professional development through a variety of high quality professional development opportunities and programs to support educators in their daily work such as the weekly ‘Wednesday Afternoon Professional Development Program’ and ‘Teaching and Learning Cycle’ which provides an opportunity for educators to engage in action research, exploring their teaching practice and its impact on children’s learning.
- Providing children with a multitude of opportunities to interact with increased resources by utilising the wider facilities of the school such as swimming lessons, library sessions, music lessons, yoga lessons and investigation session.
- Creating opportunities for children to take responsibility and ownership for their learning so they can develop independence, agency and a sense of belonging such as the ‘Student Led Conferences’ which provides an opportunity for children to showcase the work and inquiries they have undertaken and enables children to reflect on their own development as learners. As a leader in the sector, Wesley College Melbourne Glen Waverley Early Childhood Learning Centre shares its practice and learnings with other education and care services domestically and internationally such as Guangzhou International Kindergarten Huangpu in Guangzhou China, to promote the importance of early childhood education and ensure their positive impact reaches beyond the children and families who access their service.
As a leader in the sector, Wesley College Melbourne Glen Waverley Early Childhood Learning Centre shares its practice and learnings with other education and care services domestically and internationally, such as the Guangzhou International Kindergarten Huangpu in Guangzhou China, to promote the importance of quality children’s education and care to ensure their positive impact and influence reaches beyond the children and families who access their service.
About the Excellent rating
Services that receive an overall rating of ‘Exceeding National Quality Standard’ can apply for the Excellent rating. The Excellent rating is awarded for three years. After this time services have the option to re-apply.
More information is available on the ACECQA website.