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Developing Policies, Procedures and Statements in Early Childhood Education and Care ServicesA Practical GuideCopyright Tusla Child and Family Agency, 2018This publication should be cited as: Tusla (2018) Developing Policies, Procedures and Statements in Early Childhood Education and Care Services: A Practical Guide , Dublin: Early Years Inspectorate, 1ContentsForeword vAbout this Guide viiSection 1: Your responsibilities under the law and the regulations 1Policies, procedures and statements required by regulation 2Other legislative and regulatory requirements 4Section 2: The importance of policies, procedures and statements for quality practice 7Developing child-centred policies, procedures and statements 8Why policies, procedures and statements matter 9Section 3: Factors that influence policies 13Custom and practice 14Values 14Philosophy, ethos and vision 15Mission statement 16Principles 16Other factors that influence policies and procedures 17Section 4: Planning and process for policy development 19Responsibility for policies 20Required policies, procedures and statem

The policy development process 27 How to format a policy 28 Section 5: How to communicate policies and make sure they are consistently implemented 31 Communicating policies to staff team members 32 Supporting policy implementation in a team 34 Communicating your policies to parents and guardians 35 Policy folder or manual 38

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