CHCEDS035

Application

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to support the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development of students with a focus on the inclusion of all students.

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

Unit mapping information

CHCEDS003 Contribute to student education in all developmental domains

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.

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 support 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

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

Assessment must ensure access to:

• student information used to inform planning
• curriculum information
• teaching and learning resources
• organisational policies and procedures
• students in a school
• colleagues for guidance and collaboration

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