For program stakeholders, this competency means that students are able to define the pedagogical model and approach to be applied in an educational childcare service. This implies that students are able to identify the objectives and the basic principles of Québec’s Educational Program for Childcare Services (objectives, foundations and basic principles), the characteristics of various types of pedagogical approaches taken with children, the conditions for implementing such models, as well as the competencies required to apply these models and approaches.