Designed by educators for educators
Developed by University of Wollongong researchers and supported by NSW FDCA
This Toolkit has been designed to improve educator practices and environments related to healthy eating and movement behaviours. The development of this Toolkit is supported by the NSW Family Day Care Association.
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Targeting healthy eating, physical activity and sedentary behaviour
This Toolkit has been co-developed with the family day care sector. It is an online tool for service providers and educators that can be used for quality improvement related to healthy eating and movement behaviours in family day care.
For Service Providers:
The Dashboard
As a service provider, you will have access to a visual summary of your educators:
– Current practices in healthy eating and movement behaviours compared with the National Quality Standard and Munch & Move Practices
– Self-assessment reflections
Service providers will be able to use these data to help complete parts of the Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) Quality Improvement Plan template.
For Service Providers:
Quality Improvement Plan
This Toolkit has been designed to assist service providers in reviewing or developing your Quality Improvement Plan (QIP). You will be able to access your educators’ self-assessment reflections and view summarised results comparing their current practices in healthy eating and movement behaviours against the National Quality Standard. This Toolkit utilises the ACECQA QIP template that you can choose to fill in with these data.
For Educators:
The Questionnaire
| Step 1 | Educators complete the questionnaire to identify good practices and areas for improvement
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| Step 2 | Educators complete self-assessment reflection
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| Step 3 | Provision of tailored support and resources to help promote healthy behaviours in your family day care
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| Step 4 | Service providers have access to a dashboard of information on their educators’ good practices and priority areas for improvement |
For Educators:
Self-Assessment Reflections
This Toolkit will guide you through your self-assessment reflections, including provision of written prompts and ideas. You can submit a reflection as frequently as you want, and reflections can be directly linked with the Toolkit’s questionnaire feature that helps identify your priority areas related to healthy eating and movement behaviours.
Want to know more about our research?
This research will contribute to the promotion of healthy eating and movement behaviours in family day care services across NSW, as this research is embedded within a NSW Health Prevention Research Support Program (PRSP) grant led by Early Start, University of Wollongong to develop, implement and evaluate ways to promote healthy eating and active play specific to the family day care setting.