So you want to work in childcare?

(So you want to work in childcare?) (Kish Carey, Stephen Woulds, Barbara Greenwood, Rachael GoochLeeds City College)

Table of Contents

Welcome3

ESOL childcare website4

Session 16

Session 220

Session 341

Session 456

Session 570

Session 694

Appendix (answers for activities)111

Pre-Course Questionnaire Evaluation135

Post-Course Questionnaire Evaluation137

Note for tutors

The materials in this workbook and the website are designed on the principle of easification rather than simplification. Arguing against the simplification of legal texts for second language readers, Bhatia maintains that the use of simplified material means that the learner's encounter with the authentic, unsimplified text is postponed for a considerable time (1983: 45). This ESOL Childcare course may be considered a bridging course to support progression into mainstream childcare courses where the second language speaker must inevitably encounter the authentic, unsimplified text. Using easification as a pedagogic design principle, be it on paper or through new technology, problematic language can be made accessible without resorting to simplification. For further reading in easification as design principle see Woulds & Simpson, 2010.

Bhatia, V.K. (1983) Simplification v. Easification the case of legal texts. Applied Linguistics 4(1):42-54.

Woulds, S. and Simpson, J. (2010) Dead on the page no more! The case for authentic, locally appropriate ESOL materials, Language Issues, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Welcome

So you want to work in childcare?

This introductory course will help you to understand more about working in childcare. It will help you to progress to other introductory childcare courses, e.g. Getting Started in Pre-School Practice or NVQ Level 2 Childcare.

There are 6 sessions or topics. This course may be completed in 6 classroom sessions or it may take longer. What will you learn?

What skills and qualities you have now.

What skills and qualities you will need to work in childcare.

Different types of childcare.

What helps us learn and what makes learning difficult.

How children develop.

The Early Years Curriculum. What children learn at nursery school and how they learn.

What we can do to help every child learn, be happy and develop well.

How will you learn?

You will complete different tasks and activities which will help to develop your language skills and understanding of words used in childcare. We will ask you to email your tutor to let them know how you are doing. When you have finished the whole course we will ask you to consider what you have learnt. This will help us to choose the next course for you.

We hope you will enjoy this introductory Childcare course.

ESOL childcare website

All the activities in this workbook can also be accessed online at www.esoluk.co.uk/childcare

Look at the image of the webpage below and read the explanations, 1 to 8, then answer the questions on the next page.

1. googletranslate the webpage into a different language

2. text + / -make the writing on the webpage larger or smaller

3. colourchange the background colour of the webpage

4. dictionarytype any words you dont know to use an online dictionary with audio

5. >click the writing to open an activity window

6. audio playerlisten to someone reading when there is a large amount of text

7. click the X to close an activity window

8. CONTRACThold your mouse over any underlined words to get a definition

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Answer the questions below. If you are not confident answering these questions please talk to your tutor.

1.) Do you have an email address?

yes

no

2.) Do you know the email address of your tutor?

yes

no

3.) If you need to, do you know how to translate this webpage into a different language?

yes

no

4.) Do you know how to make the writing bigger on this webpage?

yes

no

5.) Do you know how to change the background colour of this webpage?

yes

no

6.) Do you know how to use a dictionary on this webpage to look up new words?

yes

no

7.) Do you know how to print this webpage?

yes

no

8.) Do you have a paper copy of the student workbook?

yes

no

9.) Do you know how to play and pause the audio player?

yes

no

10.) Do you know how to open and close the activity windows?

yes

no

Session 1

Outcomes for Session 1:

1. List the main duties of a Childcare Assistant.

2. Identify the skills and qualities required to work in childcare.

3. Identify what is meant by a fit person in childcare.

End of Class - please tick the outcomes you think have been met for todays session.

Evaluation: strongly agree undecided disagree strongly agree disagree

I am happy with my contribution:

The activities were appropriate:

The materials were too difficult:

I have learned something new:

The tutor was supportive:

Reflection: If you disagreed with any of the statements above, feel free to record here why you disagreed, how you might change them and consider discussing these with the tutor.

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For the online activities for this session please go to www.esoluk.co.uk/childcare/session1.html

Glossary for Session 1 some difficult words from todays session

word

definition

example

1.

Physical

About your body rather than your mind.

The childs physical needs are to eat and drink water.

1.

Emotional

About your mind rather than your body.

She always gets very emotional when her mother leaves.

1.

Intellectual

The ability to understand, learn and think.

The boys intellectual development was advanced for his age.

1.

Adhere

To stick formally to something.

They all had to adhere to the rules of the organisation.

1.

Comply

To obey and order or request.

He had to comply with his mothers wishes.

1.

Confidentiality

Secret, not to be shown or talked about to other people.

The information the childs health was confidential.

1.

Liaise

To work closely with a person or group etc and give he/her/them regular information about what you are doing.

The teacher liaised with the parents regularly about the childs progress.

1.

Techniques

A particular way of doing something.

New techniques in childcare are developing all the time.

1.

Patience

The quality of being able to stay calm and not get angry.

The children could be very naughty but the mother had a lot of patience.

1.

Toddler

A young child who has just learnt to walk.

The boy could just walk a few unsteady steps - he was now a toddler.

1.

Punctual

Doing something or being somewhere at the right time. Not late.

The new workers were very punctual, they were never late getting to work.

1.

Crche

A place where small children are looked after while their parents are at work, shopping etc.

The mother was going back to work and had found a good crche to send her child to.

1.

Positively

Shows you are thinking about the good things and not the bad.

The child responded positively to encouragement.

1.

Relevant

Connected to what is happening or being talked about.

The details the mother gave were very relevant to the carer.

1.

Mumsy

Caring but not very professional.

She cared very much about the children at work but she was not very professional, she was a bit mumsy

1.

Stamina

The ability to do something that requires a lot of physical or mental effort for a long time.

You need a lot of stamina to run long distances.

1.

Negotiation

Discussions at which people try to decide or agree on something.

The group didnt all agree but with negotiation they all felt happy about the outcome.

1.

Empathy

The ability to imagine how another person is feeling.