Topic Chosen: Curriculum Planning Time in Early Childhood Education and Care Aim of my project: This project explores the benefits of more curriculum planning time and how more curriculum planning time would supports educators in the Early Childhood Education and Care setting. Purpose: The purpose of the assignment is to report on the ways in which your project facilitates effective leadership and learning and teaching. You will utilise self-evaluation and reflection to refine a project that is linked to your practicum placement. In reporting on your project, you should be able to effectively demonstrate your scholarly and professional knowledge of early childhood leadership and teaching, by connecting it to relevant academic literature, policy and legislation. In order to demonstrate the outcomes your report should show how your project: used self-evaluation and reflection on the seven NQS, and organisational procedures in a centre related to leadership or teaching informs the planning, implementation and justification of a project which can promote and refine professional practice. engaged relevant members of the centre community considereds the multiple policy and legislative