CHCEDS046

Application

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to work with teachers to support primary and secondary students to develop literacy skills, including oral language, reading and writing skills. It includes the ability to develop literacy resources.

The unit applies to education support workers who operate under the guidance and supervision of a teacher or other educational professional. They work mainly with students in classroom settings in primary and secondary schools, as defined by State/Territory legislation.

Unit mapping information

CHCEDS020 Support students’ literacy learning

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements

The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.

No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Foundation skills

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Unit sector or competency field

Education Support: Children’s Education and Care

Prerequisite, co-requisite or interdependent assessment of units

Not applicable

Assessment conditions

Skills must be demonstrated in the workplace:

• implementation of strategies must be directly observed by the assessor on at least one occasion
• remaining performance evidence may be collected through authenticated third-party reports
• observation and third-party reports must be supplemented by other forms of evidence

Skills related to resource development may be demonstrated outside of the workplace, but must be based on work in a primary or secondary school in Australia.

Interactions with students must be supervised by a teacher or other educational professional.

Assessment must ensure access to:

• student information to inform planning
• literacy support resources in the areas of:
  • oral language
  • reading
  • spelling
  • writing
• organisational policies and procedures for support programs
• students in a school
• colleagues for guidance and collaboration

Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations requirements for assessors.