Training

Voices, Rights and Relationships: Children at the Heart of Practice

Thursday 30 April | 9.15am to 4.00pm | Live online conference + recording

Elevate 2026 is a one day live online conference designed to strengthen practice, deepen thinking and place children’s rights, voices and relationships at the centre of everything we do.

Across five powerful presentations, leading thinkers and practitioners will explore what it truly means to uphold the paramount consideration of children in early education settings. Together, we will examine how decisions are made, whose voices are heard, how culture shapes safety and belonging, and how inclusive, relational practice transforms outcomes for children.

This is more than a conference. It is a collective commitment to ensuring every child is safe, seen, heard and valued.

Voices, Rights and Relationships: Children at the Heart of Practice

Thursday 30 April | 9.15am to 4.00pm | Live online conference + recording

Elevate 2026 is a one day live online conference designed to strengthen practice, deepen thinking and place children’s rights, voices and relationships at the centre of everything we do.

Across five powerful presentations, leading thinkers and practitioners will explore what it truly means to uphold the paramount consideration of children in early education settings. Together, we will examine how decisions are made, whose voices are heard, how culture shapes safety and belonging, and how inclusive, relational practice transforms outcomes for children.

This is more than a conference. It is a collective commitment to ensuring every child is safe, seen, heard and valued.

Who doesn’t have a favourite piece of music or song that makes them feel good? But how often is music included in your daily with children? Music has intrinsic worth, creating a space where children build their sense of individual and collective identity. It is also a tool for healing, offering freedom for self-expression exploring emotions.

Explore how to guide teams, navigate responsibilities and keep children’s best interests as the paramount consideration in everyday practice.

Build your leadership confidence and empower your team to help you navigate the many challenges of an ECEC environment.

CELA Micro Credentials are online, self-paced workshops. They allow you to enhance your skills and knowledge on specific topics in just a few hours. Each Micro Credential includes a wide range of learning materials to suit all types of learners including tutorials, assignments, quizzes, readings and downloadable resources. After completing all prerequisites, learners will receive a certificate.

Gain an in-depth understanding of neuroscience and how the brain impacts children’s behaviour to support children in your early education and care service. Be empowered to support children’s learning, well-being and development.

CELA Micro Credentials are online, self-paced workshops. They allow you to enhance your skills and knowledge on specific topics in just a few hours. Each Micro Credential includes a wide range of learning materials to suit all types of learners including tutorials, assignments, quizzes, readings and downloadable resources. After completing all prerequisites, learners will receive a certificate.

With CELA's in-depth, self-paced Child Protection NSW Refresher course, your team will be able to refresh their knowledge of child protection responsibilities and legislation with ease, and you will feel confident that your team will know what to do if they suspect a child is a victim of child abuse.

The NSW Government recommends that to ensure child protection awareness is current and up-to-date, staff should undertake child protection refresher training every 12-24 months. Enrol today.

Are you applying to become an Approved Provider in NSW? Do you need help understanding how to navigate operational requirements under the National Quality Framework (NQF) and how to apply the National Law and Regulations in relation to education and service governance? 

Purchase our Approved Provider & Governance Program New Provider package to gain access to a year’s membership with CELA, 4 hours of tailored individual approved provider support and training for your team, one year of access to our self-paced learning portal for all approved providers in your organisation AND a copy of our Starting from Scratch Toolkit e-book.  

Gain insights into the experiences of families living in financial adversity and how early education services can support their needs. 

This is the first of a series of five evidence-based courses developed by leading researchers and early education experts. The course will help you build a deeper understanding of the complexities families face and equip you with the tools to engage effectively with families from all backgrounds. Explore the series. 

This self-paced course explores a funds of knowledge approach and what it means for educators’ work with children and families, particularly those in high-poverty and culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Explore the series. 

This self-paced course explores strategies for building partnerships with families, with a particular focus on engaging families in high-poverty contexts using effective communication. Explore the series. 

This self-paced course aims to provide support for educators in mainstream early childhood services who want to cultivate partnerships with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities and embed local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and languages in the curriculum. Explore the series.