Standard 1: Know children and how they learn

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students and how these may affect learning.

• Communication strategies appropriate to children’s development stages
• A variety of Developmentally appropriate resources to account for individual learning needs of the children.
• Interactions focussed on intentional teaching with child/ren to scaffold learning
• Learning experiences to support identity, well-being, connectedness, engaged learning and communication

• Children’s specific physical, social and intellectual learning needs
• Curriculum frameworks that support and enhance each child’s learning and development outcomes
• Appropriate modifications to delivery of the learning program and the physical learning environment
• Environment designed to support all learning experiences