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D. Criteria (you must demonstrate how you achieve excellence)
6. Excellence in practice
You must demonstrate how your service exemplifies and promotes exceptional education and care that
improves outcomes for children and families.
Please nominate at least three of the following themes and attach a statement as evidence explaining how each
theme is supported and promoted through your service’s practice:
Collaborative partnerships with professional, community or research
organisations
Commitment to children that respects, reflects and celebrates culture and
diversity, including place of origin
Inclusive partnerships with children and families
Positive workplace culture, organisational values, support of educators and
sustained commitment to professional development
Practice and environments that enhance children’s learning and growth
(Refer to the Application Criteria and Guidelines for information about what to include in the statement)
Statement as evidence attached
7. Visionary leadership
Please attach a statement as evidence explaining how your service demonstrates leadership that contributes
to the development of a community, a local area, or the wider education and care sector. While leadership
occurs in many ways and takes different paths, you must show how your service takes the initiative to
develop and model exceptional practice that improves outcomes for children and families, and is willingly
shared to inspire and educate others within your community, a local area, or the wider education and care
sector.
(Refer to the Application Criteria and Guidelines for information about what to include in the statement)
Statement as evidence attached
8. Maintaining excellence
Please attach a statement as evidence explaining how your service demonstrates commitment to sustained
excellent practice through continuous improvement and comprehensive forward planning. You must show
how your service will continue to improve outcomes for children and families over the three year rating
period.
(Refer to the Application Criteria and Guidelines for information about what to include in the statement)
Statement as evidence attached