| Group | Title | Description | Session |
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| Special Presentation - Doing culture - Beyond Chopsticks and Music - with Anthony Semann | Do you struggle with exploring authentic and meaningful ways of incorporating cultural diversity into you educational program? Traditional ways of exploring cultural aspects of identity have boarded on tokenistic and fall short of reflecting the real ways in which culture operate. We can actually move beyond chopsticks and music however where might this take us? In this online session Anthony will venture in cultural practices which speak to peoples existence as well as unravel some of the myths of culture in early childhood education | |
EYLF, NEW
| Are you still settling children - Need help forming relationships | All children deserve to know and feel that others care about them, know them well and are genuinely interested in what they do, think and feel. In this session you will discover how to build close, secure relationships with children of all ages, abilities, genders and backgrounds. Come along to learn and discuss strategies and techniques to extend and build on children’s comments and conversations which form respectful and equitable relationships. Learning Outcomes
Designed for: All educators. All service types Quality Area: 5 EYLF Outcome: 2 | |
Leadership, NEW
| Calling all Educators, Co-ordinators and Staff Members... | If you are an educator, co-ordinator or staff member, do you convey mutual respect, equity and recognition of others’ strengths and skills? These staffing relationships are the foundation in developing warm, respectful relationships with children and families. This session will help you to identify your own strengths as well as those of your colleagues; share your thoughts and listen to practical strategies to get the best out of yourself and the team around you. Learning Outcomes
Designed for: All educators. All service types Quality Area: 4 EYLF Outcome: 1 | |
Program Planning, NEW
| Exploring an Emergent Curriculum | Spend some time exploring an emergent curriculum approach to program planning. This contemporary approach will challenge your style of thinking and assist you to make the transition to the emergent curriculum smoothly! This session will revive your passion as you too emerge as an advocate to children and families. Learning Outcomes
Designed for: All Qualified educators. All service types Quality Area: 1 EYLF Outcome: 2, 4 &5 | |
| EYLF, NEW
| Forming respectful and equitable relationships with each child | All children deserve to know and feel that others care about them, know them well and are genuinely interested in what they do, think and feel. In this session you will discover how to build close, secure relationships with children of all ages, abilities, genders and backgrounds. Come along to learn and discuss strategies and techniques to extend and build on children’s comments and conversations which form respectful and equitable relationships. Learning Outcomes
Designed for: All educators. All service types Quality Area: 5 EYLF Outcome: 2 | |
NEW
| Implementing the NQF | Have you been overwhelmed with literature, frameworks, standards, policies and procedures? Do you need help in seeing how the unfolding of the NQF will assist your day to day work with children, families and the community? This session will help you unpack the documents that are shaping a positive future for the Children Services sector. Learning Outcomes
Designed for: All Qualified educators. All service types Quality Area: 7 | |
EYLF, NEW
| Infants Toddlers and the EYLF | Infants and toddlers deserve a world that is strongly influenced by the adults who surround them. The relationships that educators have with infants and toddlers will affect the quality of development, education and care. Explore how you can ensure that the vision and principles of the EYLF enhance your practices with infants and toddlers. Learning Outcomes
Designed for: All educators. All service types Quality Area: 5 EYLF Outcome: 1, 2, 3 | |
Program Planning, Development, NEW
| Intentional teaching - learning how | Intentional teaching is deliberate, purposeful and thoughtful! It cannot be confused with a theme based programming approach. Intentionality utilizes professional knowledge and strategies that reflect contemporary theories and research concerning children’s play, leisure and learning. Learn how to make use of spontaneous teachable moments which extend children’s learning! Learn how to comment on children’s displays of learning dispositions, by providing encouragement and additional ideas and support to children! Learning Outcomes
Designed for: All Qualified educators. All service types Quality area: 1 EYLF Outcome: 4 | |
NEW
| November special presentation - Having hard and awkward conversations with Semann and Slattery | Do you find yourself stumbling through some awkward and hard conversations. Do you have the skills to undertake these conversations. The topics that lead to making a conversation awkward can including performance issues, people's Attitudes and sometimes even more challenging conversations like the fact that someone smells. During this session Colin Slattery will provide you with the skills to navigate these conversations with ease | |
Miscellaneous, NEW
| Shared Partnerships with Families | Focusing on a collaborative, shared relationship with families is essential in attaining quality outcomes for children. How many educators are of the opinion that too many families are too busy or seem uninterested in their child’s day? If we as professionals work collaboratively with families to meet their individual communication needs, together with some help from this session in discovering creative communication ideas, you can start implementing a shared relationship with families today! Learning Outcomes
Designed for: All educators. All service types Quality Area: 4 EYLF Outcome: 1 | |
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| Special Presentation - Emotional Intelligence with Philip Butler | No thanks, I’ve already got enough to think about: Why we need to make some time for Emotional Intelligence. In contemporary education circles, emotional intelligence is fast becoming the new buzz word. Is it just another new fad, or can it really have dramatic effects on the pedagogy and the learning, providing educators with greater understanding of themselves, their colleagues and the families they engage with on a daily basis. Becoming emotionally intelligent can unlock opportunities to enhance your self and the get to know others you work with better. | |
NEW
| Special Presentation - Having those hard conversations in the workplace with Semann and Slattery | Hard conversations in early education settings Sometimes we have to have those awkward conversations in early education settings which asks us to draw upon courage in order to resolve issues of practice and behaviour. This session explores those awkward conversations and how we can move from “blame” stance to a learning and contribution stance so we can resolve dilemmas in a way that reduces the awkwardness we feel. The following ideas will be explored during the session: - What makes a conversation awkward - The dilemma of awkward conversations - The three components of the conversation - How to move to a learning conversation | |
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| Special Presentation - I'm Listening with Phil Buttler | Utilising shared-sustained interactions to unpack children’s thinking and learning. There is much written about share sustained thinking. That it is a process of adults asking the right questions at the right time in order to help and assist children to unlock their potential. So what might we learn from the research to date in order to improve our interactions with children. Creative, divergent and solution focused thinking in children is a gift and as educators we can assist these skills to be learnt. So join us as we explore shared sustained interactions. | |
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| Special presentation - Is the workplace culture what I want - with Colin Slattery | Is the workplace culture what I want? Making the workplace effective.
Room Leaders, Centre Directors and Educational Leaders. In enacting this role effectively we need to understand how we might work through difficult staffing moments. These moments can be personality based or in people undertaking their roles. During this session we will explore a range of ethical and evidence based strategies to working through difficult staffing moments. | |
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| Special Presentation - Learning environments with Ben Walker from Semann and Slattery | Am I setting up a learning environment or simply reacting to the environment? In this session we will unpack learning environments for children. Too often we find ourselves simply reacting to our environment which leads us to decisions that have little intention behind them. Imagine the environment that you would love to have. What does it look, feel, sound and smell like? How is function, form and learning linked to the environment? What theorists can we research to find inspiration? In this two-hour session we will unpack the environment, its impact on learning and our role in this space. | |
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| Special presentation - Managing difficult staffing moments - with Colin Slattery | We can sit here and pretend that we don’t have staffing problems however this does not get to the core of some of the issues leaders face. Leadership entails a variety of roles including room leaders, centre directors and educational leaders. In enacting this role effectively we need to understand how we might work through difficult staffing moments. These moments can be personality based or in people undertaking their roles. During this session we will explore a range of ethical and evidence based strategies to working through difficult staffing moments. | |
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| Special Presentation - Managing those tough staffing issues without falling apart - with Anthony Semann | Do you feel anxious about addressing some of those tough issues in your workplace? Well you shouldn’t and in this online course we will teach you how to move forward in confidence and come out with a positive outcome. There are some techniques you can use that will ensure a win - win outcome and no one will fall apart. So lets start the journey of dealing with these issues rather than putting them in the too hard basket | |
NEW
| Special Presentation - Moving Beyond the Fear of Theory - With Anthony Semann | Does theory freak you out? Do you work with theory in the everyday? How do you include theory in your documentation? There are many theories that exist and that can be applied in early childhood settings, but where does one start. During this session we will enter the exciting world of theories and make our way through a number of useful and interesting ways of using these in the everyday | |
NEW
| Special Presentation - Reflective Practice in the Everyday - with Semann and Sattery | Developing professional skills in early childhood education and care extends beyond attending professional development sessions or training courses. Focusing on internal and external supervision, coaching and mentoring, developing work places that focus on learning, and supporting educators to become reflective practitioners, are equally critical in developing the identity of the practitioner in early childhood education & care. This workshop will assist educators to recognise their own limitations, and encourage them to be open and reflective which most aspire to achieve. Individuals will come to acknowledge that we as practitioners take many of our beliefs for granted when working with children, families and other professional colleagues, thus, we need to be provoked to consider our differences. This workshop will challenge participants to move from professionally driven practices to child-focused & family-centred practices, taking into consideration their personal values and beliefs. | |
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| Special Presentation - Relationships Matter - with Julie Boxhall from Semann and Slattery | Relationships Matter Positive relationships with children are essential in supporting children’s health, well-being and their ongoing learning and development. Children who experience trusting, responsive and warm relationships are more motivated to develop their own positive relationships with others now and throughout their lives. Consequently, developing positive relationships with children is fundamental to the National Quality Standards and EYLF. This training session will explore key understandings in building positive relationships with children, including our image of the child and how that impacts on our overall relationships. It will unpack what positive relationships look like and how this translates in our everyday practice. The session also allows time for participants to reflect on their current practices and the thinking behind these. Participants will also become more aware of practices that strengthen relationships and build a greater confidence in articulating their thinking to others. | |
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| Special Presentation - Relationships with Children and Families that make a difference | Relationships with Children and Families that make a difference Yep you guessed it is all about relationships. Why? Because they make a difference. One might argue that when we have relationships organised then most things might fall into place, however relationships are complex. With children, they require attunement and deep connection. With families, they require understanding, patience and compassion. In this two part session we will explore the ways in which we can move towards better relationships and strengthen our connection with each other. | |
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| Special Presentation - Rethinking professional identity - with Anthony Semann | Professional identity is a complex web of what we think we are and what we do and what others think we are and what we do. It is a process of re-imagining our roles and challenging the norms. Unfortunately the idea that early childhood education is made up of individuals who unfortunately are lost in their career, or have no other career options prevails. It is time to challenge and re-imagine this image and in this online session we will radicalise ourselves and the images people have held for us. | |
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| SPECIAL PRESENTATION - Seeing children outside of outcomes with Anthony Semann | Can you imagine a far and distant world where outcomes didn't govern the ways in which children were viewed! A world where individuality reigned supreme and diversity was the in thing. A world where programs, observations and documentation didn't all hinge on pre-determined outcomes! Well here is your chance to see children outside of the EYLF outcomes and to challenge some of the prevailing myths that have come to restrain the thinking of the early childhood educator. Cost $75 | |
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| Special Presentation - So now I am an Educational Leader - with Semann and Slattery | So now I'm an Educational Leader - Where do I begin?
Educational leadership is an exciting role and requires individuals to understand two concepts, firstly leading and secondly education. Combining these two concepts together is both exciting and challenging. In this session, Phil will explore some of the processes that support great educational leadership and how educational leaders can bring out amazing pedagogical changes in their workplaces | |
Program Planning, NEW
| Special Presentation - So who am I documenting for anyway - The secret to documentation THEY don’t want us to know with Semann and Slattery | Let’s get it straight, when done correctly, documenting children’s learning is not hard, time consuming, or even complicated. In this session we will unpack the document process, reflect upon what you are currently doing, look at the challenges and strengths to different strategies out there, and finally, once and for all settle the debate about who we are doing documentation for anyway. If you want to develop reflective documentation process which include the voice of the children, parents and educators while virtually writing themselves, then this is the training for you. Making documentation work for you, not against you. | |
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| Special Presentation - To document or not to document: this is the question - with Anthony Semann | Do you often struggle with what, when and how to document? Do you find yourself drowning in the documentation pool of paperwork? There are many challenges people face when documenting learning. During this online session we will enter the world of documentation and grapple with some of the big and little questions which can challenge us. We will explore the power of documentation as well as debunk some of the myths surrounding documentation. | |
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| Special Presentation - Working with challenging behaviours: beyond control and conquer - with Semann and Slattery | Behaviour in young children is the vehicle to communication with people in their immediate world. When children misbehave, this may be due to their limited ability to communicate, their need to avoid or escape difficult situations, their desire or interest in tangible things, or simply an existing developmental delay or disability. This presentation will address children’s tendencies and behaviour, teachers’ attitude towards problematic children, strategies to involve families in making a positive change, and general strategies or trends that can be used by educators to tackle behaviour in social and educational settings. Making Action Plans (MAPS) is an innovative technique designed for collecting information to facilitate the inclusion of children with challenging behaviours, delays or disability in regular social settings (Snow, Pearpoint & Forest, 1989). This unique person centred approach will be discussed at length, as an advantageous strategy to embrace children with challenging behaviour in the context of their family, friends, and community. | |
Health and Safety, NEW
| Supporting Vulnerable Children | As professionals, we are aware that children who have negative experiences in the first years of life can have long-lasting effects on their development and are more likely to experience behavioural and learning problems.
This session will recognise potential risks to vulnerable children and discuss the appropriate steps for supporting children, families and staff. Identify how active participation in early childhood programs enables vulnerable children to experience positive learning and development opportunities to give all children the best start in life.Learning Outcomes
Designed for: All educators. All service types Quality Area: 2 EYLF Outcome: 3 |
