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CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care CHCECE025 Embed sustainable practices in service operations Student Name: XXXXXX Student Number: XXXXXX Assessment: 31869/01 All terms mentioned in this text that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalised. Use of a term in this text should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. © Open Colleges Pty Ltd, 2015 All rights reserved. No part of the material protected by this copyright may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. File naming Once you feel confident that you have covered the learning materials for this unit, you are ready to attempt this assessment. To help Open Colleges manage your assessment, please use the following file-naming convention when you save your Microsoft Word document. Your file should be named and saved to your computer’s hard drive using your: [student number]_[assessment]_[assessment number].doc Assessment submission When you are ready to submit your assessment, upload the file in OpenSpace using the Assessment Upload links in the relevant module of your course. If you need further assistance, the Student Lounge provides a ‘Quick Guide to Uploading Assessments’. Uploading assessments in OpenSpace will enable Open Colleges to provide you with the fastest feedback and grading for your assessment. Please ensure any supporting documents uploaded with your assessment have your student name and number provided. It is important that you keep a copy of all assessments submitted to Open Colleges. Open Colleges Assessment CHCECE025 Embed sustainable practice in service operations Page 1 of 8 Getting started The assessment tasks in this booklet have been designed to allow you to provide evidence that demonstrates your competence in the unit CHCECE025 Embed sustainable operations in service operations. Your trainer will: · answer any questions that you might have about the assessment · assess your competence as required by the unit of competency, by making judgments about the evidence you have presented in line with the rules of evidence: validity, authenticity, currency and sufficiency · provide feedback on the outcomes of the assessment process. Introduction You are required to complete one written task, and a project for CHCECE025 Embed sustainable operations in service operations. In completing the final assessments, you will show evidence of your ability to: · develop a sustainability management plan · support children to develop an understanding and respect for the natural environment · support others in implementing sustainable practice · embed sustainability into service policies and procedures. Assessment number Assessment deliverables 31869/01 Written tasks 31869/02 Project 31869/01 Written tasks Part A – Case studies Student instructions · Read the following case studies and then answer the questions that follow. · Your responses may be recorded or presented in a written format. Written responses for each answer should be approximately 50–150 words in length. The written responses may be presented in narrative or bullet point format. · To help answer questions accurately you may refer to applicable legislation including the National Quality Standard and Education and Care Services National Regulations, along with the Belonging, Being and Becoming – The Early Years Learning Framework, Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics, policies and procedures common to early childhood education and care services, position descriptions detailing an educator’s duty of care responsibilities, and/or other sources such as professional readings along with the course textbook and identified key resources. · Ensure you acknowledge and cite your sources accordingly. This is important whether you use your own words or quote the author’s words. For more information on referencing and plagiarism, refer to the ‘Academic reference guide’ in the Student Handbook. · When referring to policies and procedures or position descriptions please submit copies with your assessment to support your answer. Case Study 1 You are the Director of an inner city child care service located on the corner of two main roads and situated at the base of a 25 story building. The service has many artificial surfaces including artificial grass and impact surfaces, plastic climbing equipment and nylon shade cloths. You are concerned that the environment does not reflect sustainable practices and that the service does not fully engage sustainable strategies in its operations. You feel this impacts children’s ability to connect with nature. You are considering areas of potential change in aspects of the service’s environment and operations. Answer the following questions. 1. Develop five (5) strategies for creating a more natural environment within your service. Your strategies should include the use of sustainable materials and reflect sustainable practices. 1. (Enter Response Here) 2. (Enter Response Here) 3. (Enter Response Here) 4. (Enter Response Here) 5. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 2. Explain how each of your strategies will contribute to the sustainability of the centre. Discuss how you have incorporated nature, waste, energy and toxins in your strategies. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 3. Explain how you would develop strategies to address these areas of change in consultation with children. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 4. Outline how you would implement your strategies and evaluate the effectiveness of these. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date Case Study 2 You are an educator at a suburban child care service and have been working with staff and children to improve the sustainability practices of the service over the past 12 months. To reflect the values of the service around sustainability, you want to raise awareness and invite discussion with families about the effects of ‘big picture’ sustainability issues such as global warming and climate change. You are planning to write an article to stimulate discussion with families. Complete the following task. Write a short article (approximately two (2) paragraphs) for the service newsletter or website. The article should inform families and invite discussion around the following: · the impact of key global issues, such as climate change, ozone layer effects, greenhouse effect, earth resources and biodiversity · identify where and how families can contribute to the sustainability of the centre. · barriers (obstacles) and drivers (motivations) for behavioural change around sustainable practices. (Insert article here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date Case Study 3 You are the Director of a private long day care service licensed to care for 40, 0-5 year old children. You have been asked by the service owner to undertake a review of the service’s use of cleaning agents and materials used to clean and maintain buildings, equipment and grounds. As part of the review you want to research and present the service owner with three environmentally friendly alternatives for chemical cleaning agents, treated timbers and plastics, and artificial surfaces. To do this effectively you feel you need more information to ensure you are informed of the most appropriate materials. Complete the following task. Research, and then describe three (3) environmentally friendly alternatives for: a) chemical cleaning agents b) treated timbers and plastics c) plastics d) artificial surfaces. Chemical cleaning agents 1. (Enter Response Here) 2. (Enter Response Here) 3. (Enter Response Here) Treated timbers and plastics 1. (Enter Response Here) 2. (Enter Response Here) 3. (Enter Response Here) Plastics 1. (Enter Response Here) 2. (Enter Response Here) 3. (Enter Response Here) Artificial surfaces. 1. (Enter Response Here) 2. (Enter Response Here) 3. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date Case Study 4 You are working in a preschool that operates from 9.00am to 3.00pm each weekday for 3 to 5 year old children. The preschool does not provide lunch for the children and asks families to provide a lunch box with their child’s lunch and snacks for the day. During meal times you have noticed there is a lot of food wrapped and packaged in plastic wrap and in paper and plastic bags. You are concerned that this is contributing to landfill and the toxic wastes disposed of by the service. To be consistent with the preschool’s commitment to sustainable practices, you would like to encourage families to reduce the amount of non-recyclable wrapping in the children’s lunch boxes and introduce strategies for litter-free lunch boxes. Complete the following task. Develop a plan for implementing a ‘litterless lunchbox’ program at the preschool. Briefly outline the strategies you would use to encourage children and support families to provide litterless lunch boxes. In addition to your plan write a list of practical suggestions for how litterless lunch boxes can be provided. (Insert Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date Office use only Assessment Feedback Trainer & Assessor Date Result Assessor Comments and Marking Withheld or Incomplete comments ONLY section: Open Colleges Assessment CHCECE025 Embed sustainable practice in service operations Page 1 of 10 CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care CHCECE025 Embed sustainable practices in service operations Student Name: XXXXXX Student Number: XXXXXX Assessment: 31869/02 All terms mentioned in this text that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalised. Use of a term in this text should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. © Open Colleges Pty Ltd, 2015 All rights reserved. No part of the material protected by this copyright may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. File naming Once you feel confident that you have covered the learning materials for this unit, you are ready to attempt this assessment. To help Open Colleges manage your assessment, please use the following file-naming convention when you save your Microsoft Word document. Your file should be named and saved to your computer’s hard drive using your: [student number]_[assessment]_[assessment number].doc Assessment submission When you are ready to submit your assessment, upload the file in OpenSpace using the Assessment Upload links in the relevant module of your course. If you need further assistance, the Student Lounge provides a ‘Quick Guide to Uploading Assessments’. Uploading assessments in OpenSpace will enable Open Colleges to provide you with the fastest feedback and grading for your assessment. Please ensure any supporting documents uploaded with your assessment have your student name and number provided. It is important that you keep a copy of all assessments submitted to Open Colleges. Getting started The assessment tasks in this booklet have been designed to allow you to provide evidence that demonstrates your competence in the unit CHCECE025 Embed sustainable operations in service operations. Your trainer will: · answer any questions that you might have about the assessment · assess your competence as