How our customers use our diaries for educator programming and reflection.

Butler Creative @ Jun 12, 2019

Educator Programming involves assessment for children’s learning refers to the process of gathering and analysing information as evidence about what children know, can do and understand. It is part of an ongoing cycle that includes planning, documenting and evaluating children’s learning (EYLF, p. 17).

Our Butler Creative Weekly Programming and Reflection diaries offer a simple solution for achieving this. Here are some examples of the diaries in use for Programming (the first double A4 spread) and Reflection (the second double A4 spread). There is no right or wrong way for documenting your practice, as long as you are consistent and are acting on your reflection in a continuous cycle.

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(These samples are from a Family Day Care setting, put could just as easily be applied to centre based services)

Weekly Programming example

Weekly Reflection example

Weekly Programming example Weekly Reflection example

Programming for MTOP (Download the PDF)

Here is an example for OSHC

OSHC MTOP Programming example OSHC MTOP Reflection example

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