How to write the self assessment tool for A&R

FOR NSW ONLY – COURSE DESCRIPTION

In NSW ONLY the NSW DET have said services can submit a Self Assessment Tool (SAT) for their A&R.

What does this mean for your A&R visit?

• Assessors have parts of your SAT copied into their ‘Rating Tool’ and bring it with them on the A&R visit
• Assessors check your practices against your SAT during your A&R visit to rate your centre as working towards, meeting or exceeding
• You need to learn to write an exceeding SAT that shows the three exceeding themes of embedded practice, critical reflection and meaningful engagement with families and community to inform practice
• Remember, a two day visit for A&R isn’t long enough to see all the great things you do. That’s why you need the SAT to showcase your centre.

What shouldn’t be in your SAT?

• The NQS Guide rewritten into your SAT with broad brushstrokes that don’t describe your centre in detail.

If you need help writing your Self-Assessment Tool to show the assessor how great your practices are, then book into this Centre Support’s workshop now.

We will show you how to include the three new exceeding themes for your SAT.

We’ll show you how to personalise your SAT and promote your centre in a positive way so the assessor knows what to expect, who to ask and what to talk about when they visit.

We’ll teach you how to use your educators’ learning documentation as part of your SAT, saving you hours of time and making the process of writing your SAT much easier.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• How to write a SAT that shows Assessors why a Service should be rated Meeting or Exceeding the NQS including:
  • evidence of self-assessment against the NQS Element indicators and Exceeding theme descriptors
  • evidence of actions taken to improve practice if there’s a knowledge or practice gap
  • how to document strengths and improvement plans
• What to do on the day of the A&R visit
• How to respond to a draft A&R report if required

With over 4000 real services just like yours as customers across Australia, we know exactly what is expected from the NQS and assessment and rating visits.

More than 50% of exceeding centres are Centre Support customers. We even have a few Excellent centres as customers and their Nominated Supervisors as our trainers.

At Centre Support we really know what a quality SAT looks like and best of all we can show you.

We have helped over 1000 centres write their QIP’s since they were introduced as part of the NQS in 2012 and now the SAT.

We will teach you how to write a well-structured SAT that really describes your centre and the ways you do things to meet and exceed the NQS.

Nothing great gets written at the last minute.

Don’t put off learning how to write the best SAT for your centre because you will end up with a rushed document that doesn’t do your centre justice.

Book now before you get the email from the department asking for your SAT. Learn to write the best SAT and have it ready to submit at any time.

Our SAT writing course will give all your educators confidence during the A&R visit.

We will teach you how your SAT can guide the assessor’s visit and importantly guide the assessor’s questions for educators as they will be written into your SAT