Observe babies, toddlers and young children.

• Conducting observation contributes to the assessment of individual development.
• Ensure observations minimise bias and subjectivity.
• Using frameworks, assessment guidelines and instruments to conduct observations.
• Observations are continuous, based on daily activities and provide sufficient information to establish patterns of development

Recording observations

• Records accurately reflect the observations.
• Records are culturally sensitive and bias free.
• Records contribute towards assessment of individual development, referrals, design of programs and activities, and evaluation of activities and programs.

Give feedback on observations.

• Providing appropriate feedback.
• Ensuring feedback is clear and relevant to the child's development and is given with appropriate sensitivity.
• Type and manner of feedback are constructive and meaningful.

Access, use and manage suitable learning resources.

• Identifying relevant learning resources.

Formulate and use learning strategies.

• Learning strategies are formulated by selection of specific tried techniques.
• Information is summarized and used in the learning process.
• Answers pertaining to relevant questions are synthesised and contextualised.
• Texts are read/view for detail, interpreted, analysed and synthesised for a given context.
• Verbal interaction is interpreted, analysed and synthesised for a given context.
• Learning takes place through communicating with others in groups or as individuals.

Manage occupational learning materials.

• Occupational learning materials are organized and used for optimum learning.
• Layout, presentation and organisational features of learning materials are understood and used effectively.
• Technical language/ terminology is engaged with and clarification sought if needed.

Conduct research and analyse and present findings.

• Appropriate or relevant topics and scope are identified and defined.
• Research steps are planned and sequenced appropriately.
• Research techniques are applied.
• Information is sifted for relevance, classified, categorized and sorting.
• Information is classified, categorised and sorted.
• Reporting on research findings.

Lead and function in a team.

• Active leading and participation in group learning situations.
• Responsibilities in the team are taken up and group work conventions are applied in learning situations.
• Conflict management and negotiating techniques are practiced in diverse contexts.
• Teamwork results in meaningful products, outcomes, or goals.

Reflect on how characteristics of the workplace and occupational context affect learning.

• The sector and organisation type is identified.
• Features of the occupational environment are described and discussed.
• Ways in which these features affect learning processes and/or application of learning are described and discussed.