Unpack the opportunities and challenges that come with incorporating new technologies for children to use in your program and consider the role all early childhood professionals have in ensuring that technology has a positive role in children’s development. This session will include content about how to use technology with children for a range of purposes […]
Dr Lyn O’Grady leads this session designed to help professionals develop skills of self-care in order to manage stress and challenge within their personal and work lives. This session will: define self-care and what it means unpack self-care in the context of home and work life explore why self-care matters identify impacts and barriers to […]
A conference for everyone involved in early childhood education from birth to the early years of school. The 2017 Early Childhood Education Conference, Together we grow – the child in focus, will be held on 26 and 27 May, 2017 at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne. The conference will inspire, engage and bring together over 1000 early […]
Employers are responsible under Victorian Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) laws for providing and maintaining a workplace that is safe and without risk to health for employees. ELAA, together with Recovre, presents a one day seminar on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Return to Work (RTW). The course is specifically designed for employers and […]
Being an early childhood educator in Australia means that you will need to engage with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF). While many educators know this document well, others feel like they are just getting started, sometimes feeling out of their depth and unsure of how they bring ideas into their practice. This session will […]
This session will provide the participants with the confidence, ideas and knowledge to help them implement physical educational games, activities and experiences within a range of children’s services. The session: outlines and dissects the need for children to engage in physical education in an early learning setting and how we link back this to EYLF […]
What does courageous leadership look like and can we unlock this in people? There are many challenges we all face in leadership and whilst we know that we need to lean into these moments the question is how do we do this? Courage and bravery are different things but both necessary to lead in challenging […]
We all recognise the importance of developing children’s social and emotional resilience. The ability to deal with difficult and sensitive issues in a constructive way, coping with challenges and changes and developing a bank of personal emotional strengths are essential to a happy and healthy life. This workshop will focus on: defining resilience and the […]
During this hands-on practical session Yarn Strong Sista aims to leave participants with a greater understanding of Victorian Aboriginal culture and have the confidence to support and embed Aboriginal culture as part of the everyday program. Teachers and educators will be inspired by the stories from other early childhood services that have made a commitment […]
Learning through play is central to early years pedagogy and practice. But how and what are we teaching and what are the children actually learning? And how are we sharing this learning with the families and the learning community? How can we promote learning through play, particularly in the outdoors when others in our learning […]
