MTOP Learning Outcomes V2.0

All children and young people's integrated and complex wellness, learning, and development are intended to be captured by the five outcomes. The Outcomes are broad and observable. They acknowledge that children and young people in school-age care settings have choices and opportunities to collaborate with each other and educators. The following articles list the 5 MTOP Learning Outcomes and their sub-outcomes (Version 2.0). 

OUTCOME 1: CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF IDENTITY

• Children and young people feel safe, secure and supported
• Children and young people develop their autonomy, interdependence, resilience and agency
• Children and young people develop knowledgeable, confident self-identities and a sense of positive self-worth
• Children and young people learn to interact in relation to others with care, empathy and respect

OUTCOME 2: CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED WITH AND CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR WORLD

• Children and young people develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary as active and informed citizens
• Children and young people respond to diversity with respect
• Children and young people become aware of fairness
• Children and young people become socially responsible and show respect for the environment

OUTCOME 3: CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF WELLBEING

• Children and young people become strong in their social, emotional and mental wellbeing
• Children and young people become strong in their physical learning and wellbeing
• Children and young people are aware of and develop strategies to support their own mental and physical health and personal safety

OUTCOME 4: CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CONFIDENT AND INVOLVED LEARNERS

• Children and young people develop a growth mindset and learning dispositions such as curiosity,
  cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity
• Children and young people develop a range of learning and thinking skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating
• Children and young people transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another
• Children and young people resource their own learning through connecting with people, places, technologies and natural and processed materials

OUTCOME 5: CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATORS

• Children and young people interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes
• Children and young people engage with and gain meaning from a range of visual images and texts
• Children and young people collaborate with others, express ideas and make meaning using a range of digital technologies and media and communication technologies.

Further Reading

Education Ministers Approve New Updates To EYLF and MTOP Learning Frameworks - All Australian, state and territory Education Ministers have now collectively approved updates to Australia’s EYLF and MTOP-approved learning frameworks. The original nationally approved learning frameworks will remain in operation alongside the EYLF V 2.0 and MTOP V 2.0 in 2023 to enable approved providers and their services time to transition.