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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 statements 21Child Safeguarding Statement 22D

Philosophy, ethos and vision 15 Mission statement 16 Principles 16 Other factors that influence policies and procedures 17 ... document as a practical guide to help services to develop and write the various policies required. Samples and templates for policies, procedures and

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