A Practical Guide - Tusla

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

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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