Training

5 Ways To Better Conversations With Children - Webinar

Communicating well with children is essential to their development. Learn 5 strategies to enhance your interactions and conversations with children in order to help them feel safe and secure, and to build strong relationships. 

Supporting Children who Present With Anxiety or Stress - Webinar

Would you like to understand how anxiety, fear and stress develop so that you can help children build their capacity to cope with the impact of life’s challenges?

In this workshop, we explore the neurological basis of anxiety, fear, and stress in children and how to assist them in coping by reducing their arousal levels.

Addressing Behavioural Concerns with Families

• Would you like to strengthen your relationship with families and feel better equipped to have conversations about behavioural concerns?

Participants will learn to foster genuine collaboration with families, understand parenting challenges around behaviour, and enhance daily interactions to build stronger partnerships. The session emphasises effective communication strategies, especially when addressing children's behavioural concerns. Educators will be well-equipped to support and work in partnership with families in their parenting role.

Understanding Self-Assessment and Quality Improvement Planning

• Are you familiar with the new tools for self-assessment to support identified and key practices? 
• Would you like to build confidence in identifying and writing quality practices? 

Unpack key concepts such as self-assessment and quality improvement planning to enable the whole team to gain a deeper understanding of self-assessment and its role in continuous improvement in the provision of education and care. 

Revisiting the Planning Cycle - Fresh eyes, fresh ideas

Taking time to revisit and refresh our thinking on the planning cycle is a great way to build your current knowledge whilst challenging assumptions and traditional ways of doing things when it comes to programming and planning.

How the Exceeding Themes Influence Your Practices - Webinar

Do you feel that you have exceeding practices but are finding it difficult to identify this in your key practices? Are you unsure what the difference is between Meeting and Exceeding? 

This session will enable you to ‘unpack’ each exceeding theme in relation to the what and why, and to understand the process of identifying how your practices go above and beyond. 

Children's Rights Children's Voices: Working With a Rights-Based Approach - Webinar

Participants will explore the concept of the rights of the child with links to the EYLF, Code of Ethics and the National Quality Standards, and how to embed the rights of the child in practice. 

Developing scaffolding strategies to support intentional teaching​

When developing a curriculum, educators often focus on what they will teach but do you spend enough time considering how you will implement it?

This session will explore the what, how, and why of intentional teaching practices, supporting you in being deliberate, purposeful, and thoughtful in how you facilitate and extend children's learning and development.

Practical Approaches to Programming for Educators* - Webinar

During this webinar, you will be given an opportunity to reflect on current planning and documentation processes and understand how to use an inquiry-based approach.

Monthly Learning Deal: Recognising Vulnerability to Support Children’s Wellbeing and Development - Webinar

Would you like to feel more confident and capable when working with children and families who are experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage?

During this session, educators will learn how a strengths-based approach to building resilience can support the wellbeing and positive outcomes for children experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage.

MONTHLY LEARNING DEAL

Body Safety: Exploring Protection, Respect and Consent with Young Children

• Have you ever wondered what consent looks like with very young children?
• Are you unsure of where to start with body safety education?

This webinar will help professionals to understand the concepts of respect, body safety and consent. This will include practical skills and knowledge for implementing and teaching these concepts amongst infants, toddlers and preschoolers.  

We will also discuss how these topics and strategies can be introduced to families at the service, encouraging them to learn more and teach these concepts in the home.

Bringing the EYLF V2.0 to Life: An Overview of the How

The Early Years Learning Framework V2.0 aims to “support early childhood providers, teachers and educators to extend and enrich children’s learning from birth to 5 years...” (AGDE, 2022, p.4).  

• Are you finding it challenging to find the time to connect and engage with the EYLF V2.0? 

This session will guide you in embracing the learning framework as an integral component of your pedagogy and practice.