Case Scenario:
Review the scenario provided, involving early childhood education settings. Examine the following aspects (covered within this subject) in the context of the scenario:
- follow the guidelines for the establishment of a clean, safe and hygienic environment
- plan and monitor supervision and care of children, including supervision provided by others
- settle new children in to the environment s outline the procedures and guidelines for infection control
- the safe administration of medication
- explain the regulatory safety guidelines with regard to food and drink provision
- the teacher's role in managing and responding to signs of potential illness, threats of danger, emergencies and accidents and coordinate response
- explain the key considerations and responsibilities for the teacher in relation to monitoring travel and an excursion
Case Scenario:
Caren is a Kindergarten teacher working in an early childhood service. She runs a room of 20 four and five year old children with a trained assistant. Samantha is a very dedicated teacher who does her best to promote children's health, wellbeing and safety. Today is a particularly busy day. Timothy's mother has arrived and explained that he will require penicillin medication half an hour before his lunch today as he has tonsillitis. Caren is aware that Sabrina will be a new child arriving today and wants to make sure that her transition into the kindergarten is a smooth one for everyone involved.
During the day Caren notices that Jordan is not himself, she wonders if he is not feeling well and if he isn't what infection control procedures she will need to put in place. At lunch time Samantha, and the parent helper Zahidah, ensure that all the regulatory safety guidelines for food and drink provisions are maintained when they serve lunch. In the afternoon Nicola was riding a bicycle on the bike track and crashed her bicycle into Luke's. Both children fell off their bikes and injured themselves and Caren had to implement actions for accidents.
Late in the afternoon Johnny fell to the floor and began jerking rhythmically. He appeared to have difficulty breathing and his eyes were rolling. Caren needed to enact emergency procedures
At the end of the day Caren reflects on her maintenance of a safe, clean and hygienic environment.
Next week Caren is planning to take the 20 children for a walk to the local fire station and she will need to make the relevant preparations for this. Samantha has also planned an evacuation drill for her service today.