CACHE Level 3 Award/Certificate/Diploma in Child Care and ...

Section 4
3. Practice Evidence Records Diary
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Level 3 Award, Level 3 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma in Child
Care and Education Course Handbook
The Practice Evidence Record Diaries are available in Section 9 of this handbook. This work
is graded and provides the overall grade for Unit 9.
Student guidance
The practical elements of your course are very important to your future career in the sector.
As part of the evidence you need to provide for your Practice Evidence Records, you are
expected to complete a Practice Evidence Record Diary. This will be marked by your tutor
and verified by your placement supervisor. The diary consists of tasks that you will ideally
complete in your work placement. This Practice Evidence Diary will give you the opportunity
to demonstrate your skills in evaluation and reflection. It will also give you the opportunity to
evidence your understanding of all the practical skills you have gained whilst you have been
on work placement and will be a useful addition to your portfolio when you decide to pursue
a career. The Practice Evidence Diary tasks are available on the CACHE website. Your tutor
will give you guidance on how to complete the diary. The diary must be completed to
achieve an E grade or above for your practical unit.
Tutor guidance
As part of the practical unit, learners are required to complete a Practice Evidence Record
Diary. The tutor will need to guide the learners to complete tasks that will be marked by the
tutor against a set of criteria and given a grade. The learners will also be required to enlist
the support of their placement supervisors to sign and verify the tasks as having been
implemented, and to support the process where necessary. When it is difficult or not
appropriate to implement the tasks in the settings they can be completed in a simulated
situation.
The Practice Evidence Diary has been designed so that learners can provide evidence of
their ability to evaluate and reflect upon their practice through a given task. Each task will
have a sheet to be filled in and the learners are not expected to produce copious amounts
of written material. These tasks are not assignments and do not have to be referenced. The
criteria will guide learners on producing the evidence. Tutors will need to support learners by
ensuring they have opportunity to explore ideas, activities and observation skills in class
time. This support will enable the learners to produce good quality tasks with appropriate
levels of evaluative and reflective skills.
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