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Hello!
Have a few questions for anyone interested in replying& sharing I'm from a long day care.
Just wondering how people are implementing group goals and individual goals in their programming and documentation?
Are people putting the goals in their program?
Are you using the learning outcomes as goals?
And how are goals decided?
Are you involving parents etc?

Thank you!

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Hi Hayley
I'm in Family Daycare


Just wondering how people are implementing group goals and individual goals in their programming and documentation?
I am doing this based upon my extensions from pervious experiences.

Are people putting the goals in their program?
I use the goal in my diary and add them to my programming as activities or intentional learning.

Are you using the learning outcomes as goals?
Yes and No I am using the goals/outcome dependant on how they fit into the programming and what is needed by the chn.

And how are goals decided?
By the needs and interests of the children.

Are you involving parents etc?
Most definitely. Their input is very important to me. They are Major stakeholders!

Thank you for your reply, much appreciated. Thank you for your sharing your techniques, will definitely put them to use!

Use group goal on a week basis. Add it to Goal Of The Week form and evaluate it on same form. Use l/o as group goal or philosophy. Add how 2 achieve. End of the week evaluate if achieved, write how achieved etc. Move on to next. At times it cant be achieved in the week. Will continue through diff activity. And take photos of group achieving goal.

Have make up my own sheet for each child stating the goal how it will be implemented the n the outcome this is kept in each child's records

I do a new group goal each fortnight. This gives me 2 weeks to ensure all kids have achieved it. I have a task to implement for the group goal and use both the learning outcomes and philosophy of the centre. Once a child has completed the group goal I tick it off their goal checklist along with the date, experience and the goal achieved.

This was a new thing i came to know about certainly this kind of discussions really help others to gather valuable information. Thanks