The Skilling an Adaptable Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce (SAEW) Project is a professional development initiative for early childhood educators to access free professional development and networking opportunities.
Participants gain exclusive access to the SAEW Community Hub, launched in late February 2024. The platform offers 12 self-paced eLearning modules, specialised training webinars and a range of best practice tools and resources. Sign up today!
“This is a great module to support new teachers and educators. I could definitely see the benefits of undertaking the module then discussing with a mentor.” – Project Participant
SAEW Project Case Studies
Welcome to our video series on the impact of the SAEW Project on the ECEC sector. In this series, early childhood educators and their employers share their experience of accessing this valuable professional development initiative. Through continuous professional development, the SAEW Project has better equipped educators to meet the demands of early childhood education and care, ensuring a brighter future for the sector and enhanced quality of care for children.
Thank you to Natalie and Ellina from SmartOz Kidz ELC, Rebecca and Nicole from Kiddie Cove ELC and, Julie and Jennifer from Flemington Childcare Co-operative, for your insightful reflections and time invested into creating these videos.
The eLearning training modules cover Teaching Pedagogy, Personal Development and Regulatory Frameworks, giving participants a holistic and comprehensive training to uplift their teaching capabilities.
The individual topics include:
- Embedding the Child Safe Standards
- Working in a Team
- Educator Wellbeing
- Relationships with Families
- Supporting Children with Additional Needs
- Trauma Informed Practise
- Professional Identity, Ethics and Teaching Philosophy
- Intentionality in Learning Environments
- Foundational Practice:
- The Arts in Practice
- Routines and Rituals
- Using Digital Technologies with Children
- Running a Group Time
Under Development
- Educator Role within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives
To address workforce capacity and capability constraints in the ECEC sector, the Victorian Government has allocated funding for the Skilling an Adaptable Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce (SAEW) project.
With this funding ELAA, in partnership with Gowrie Victoria and The Y Ballart, have developed a series of specialised eLearning Training Modules to ensure early childhood educators can apply their skills and training in the workplace that meets the learning and developmental needs of children and the workforce requirements of employers across the ECEC sector.
To complement the training modules is the SAEW Community Hub – an interactive learning platform enabling participants to share experiences and expertise, build professional networks and access additional training workshops and best practice resources to support their professional practice as an early childhood educators.
Through their participation in the SAEW project, early childhood educators will build new skills and peer networks that is responsive to the educational needs of children and workplace capability requirements of the ECEC sector.
