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    • Guiding Children's Behaviour
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    • 8 x 10-minute courses
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    • 5-day in service visit
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    • Australian Conferences xo In-Person >
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        • The Whole Child: Enhancing Development through Play and Wellbeing - Sydney
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        • The Whole Child: Enhancing Development through Play and Wellbeing - Brisbane
  • Early Childhood Educator Events xo
  • Early Childhood Excellence
    • Early Childhood Educators >
      • Igniting Passionate Educators >
        • Igniting Passionate Educators!
        • ​Ignite, Inspire, Reflect, Connect: A Day of Learning for Passionate ECE Professionals
    • Leading with Impact - Courses >
      • ​Leading with Impact - 2-Day In-person Conference Melbourne
      • Leading with Impact: A Professional Development Course for Centre Managers - 2-Day Course
      • Leading with Impact: A Professional Development Course for Centre Managers - 12-week Sessions
    • Educational Leadership >
      • Nurturing Educational Leadership: Linking Program, Practice, and Quality in Early Childhood Education
  • Early Childhood Retreats xo
    • Nature and Wellbeing >
      • Gold Coast Hinterland
      • Yarra Valley, VIC xo
      • Blue Mountains ,
    • Sunshine Coast - Wine, Wellness, and Relaxation Retreat
    • Bali >
      • Bali Leadership Retreat
      • Bali Educator Fun in the Sun
      • Bali Educational Retreat
    • Tassie Treats - Growing Minds Retreat: Nurturing Educators
    • Queenstown - Igniting Passionate Educators
    • Mexico - Early Childhood Educators’ Retreat: Nurture, Lead and Ignite
    • Phuket, Thailand - Igniting Passionate Early Childhood Educators
    • Airlie Beach - Wine, Wellness, and Winter Warmer Weekend
    • Vietnam - Play, Creativity, and Children's Development Retreat
    • Thailand - Igniting Passionate Educators
    • Denver and New York City
    • Whistler, Canada
    • Italy - Rome, and Tuscany Theorists, and Play
    • Spain
    • Thailand - ​Leadership and Management
    • Fiji xo - Play, Pause, & Reflect: An Educator’s Retreat
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  • Family Support
    • Supporting Your Child with Guidance, Routine, and Structure
    • Development and Learning Course for Families with Children in Early Childhood
  • Health and Wellness
    • Wellness Courses xo >
      • Wednesday Wine & Wellness xo
      • Winter Wellbeing for Early Childhood Educators
      • Mindful Moments: A 2-Hour Journey to Wellbeing
      • Holistic Nature and Wellbeing Course
      • Eradicating Loneliness xo
  • 12 Months of Early Childhood Educator Meetings
  • 12-months of Early Childhood Digital Magazine
  • THRIVE in Nature™
    • THRIVE in Nature™
    • THRIVE in Nature™ - 2 hour course
  • The S.P.A.R.K.L.E. Method™
    • Australia >
      • The S.P.A.R.K.L.E. Method™ - 1-Day Course
      • The S.P.A.R.K.L.E. Method™ - 2 Hour Course
  • “Foundations of Self: A Psychosocial Wellbeing Framework”
    • “Foundations of Self: A Psychosocial Wellbeing Framework”
    • “Foundations of Self: A Psychosocial Wellbeing Framework”
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Live Courses

Live courses are $220 per person
​or $360 for team
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Writing a Quality Improvement Plan

Thursday 4th July - $220
8:00am - 10:00am AEST

​​Philosophy Masterclass – How to write an Exceeding Philosophy
Overview of a Quality Improvement Plan
7.2.1 Continuous Improvement - There is an effective self assessment and quality improvement process in place
Quality Area 7 – Governance and Leadership – It’s all about you and your role
7.2.2 Educational Leader – Supporting your Educational Leader through Quality Area 1 – Program and Practice from Context to Classroom to Assessment and Rating preparation
Supporting our Educators to Implement 7.2.1 and understand their role in implementing feedback to support the Quality Improvement Process
Quality Improvement Plan Examples:
-Quality Area 2
-Quality Area 1
-Quality Area 3
-Quality Area 4
-Quality Area 5
-Quality Area 6
-Tasks for Family Input

Being a Centre Manager

Thursday 4th July 2024 - $220
10:00am - 12:00pm AEST 

​Are you new to your role as Centre Manager, or are you wanting to further develop your understanding of the role of Centre Manager to progress your career?
- we deep dive into the role of a Centre Manager
- we discuss the 7 Quality Areas and an overview of what we need to achieve and documentation needed for each element
- we discuss Quality Area 7 - Governance and Leadership
- how to prepare your team for assessment and rating
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Being an Educational Leader

Thursday 4th July 2024 - $220
12:30pm - 2:30pm AEST 
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​Are you a new Educational Leader, or wanting to further develop your understanding of your role?
This course is for you. Conveniently recorded so you can access it and watch it at your own convenience.
This course recording covers the following:
- In-depth deep dive and understanding of your role as Educational Leader
- Deep dive into how you support your Educators to meet Quality Area 1 - Program and Practice
- Examples on how to program using running records, anecdotal records, learning stories, socio-grams, and pictures
- How to support, coach, mentor, and develop your Educators
- How to critically reflect
- Your role as Educational Leader during the Assessment and Rating Process
- How you can support your families in further understanding your role
- Documentation and observations needed per child per month
Available within 24 business hours after purchase. After viewing the course if you still have questions about your role, you can reach out to us.

Understanding the National Quality Framework and Meeting and Exceeding the National Quality Framework - Overview of Each Quality Area

Thursday 4th July 2024 - $220
2:30pm - 4:30pm AEST

​Are you wanting to further develop your understanding of the National Quality Framework and Prepare for Assessment and Rating?
Join us as we deep dive into the 7 Quality Areas and further develop your understanding of how to prepare for Assessment and Rating and how to support your team and your Educational Leader.
- Quality Area 7
- Quality Area 2
-Quality Area 1
-Quality Area 3
-Quality Area 4
-Quality Area 5
-Quality Area 6
-Tasks for Family Input

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Supporting Children with Additional Needs 

INDIVIDUAL - Thursday July 4th 2024 @ 6:00pm
TEAM - Thursday 4th July 2024 @ 6:00pm
  6:00pm - 7:30pm AEST 

This course will help you to support children within your classroom with additional needs - including behavioural challenges, children on the Autism Spectrum, and children with Attention Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder.

Quality Area 1 - Program and Practice

INDIVIDUAL - Wednesday 29th May 2024 @ 6:00pm AEST
TEAM Wedesday  29th May 2024 @ 6:00pm AEST
Wednesday 6:00pm - 8:00pm AEST 

​We deep dive into Quality Area 1 - Program and Practice and further develop Educators understanding of what is needed to Meet their programming requirements under the National Quality Framework - including planning cycle explanation, critical reflection retraining, and what to include in observations and programming. 
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Being an Educational Leader

Tuesday 2nd July 2024 @ 6:00pm
6:00pm - 8:00pm AEST 
​
​Are you a new Educational Leader, or wanting to further develop your understanding of your role?
This course is for you. Conveniently recorded so you can access it and watch it at your own convenience.
This course recording covers the following:
- In-depth deep dive and understanding of your role as Educational Leader
- Deep dive into how you support your Educators to meet Quality Area 1 - Program and Practice
- Examples on how to program using running records, anecdotal records, learning stories, socio-grams, and pictures
- How to support, coach, mentor, and develop your Educators
- How to critically reflect
- Your role as Educational Leader during the Assessment and Rating Process
- How you can support your families in further understanding your role
- Documentation and observations needed per child per month
Available within 24 business hours after purchase. After viewing the course if you still have questions about your role, you can reach out to us.

Guiding Children's Behaviour

INDIVIDUAL Zoom Live Monday 8th July 2024 @ 6:00pm AEST
TEAM Zoom Live Monday 8th July 2024 @6:00pm AEST
 6:00pm - 8:00pm AEST
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Guiding Children's Behaviour. This course is for Educators to further develop their understanding of children's individual behaviour, and to guide children's behaviour. Support for children who have been through trauma. Support with ideas on individual children's behaviour and implementing support for individual children. 
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Early Years Learning Framework 2.0 

INDIVIDUAL ZOOM Live Monday 15th July 2024
TEAM ZOOM Live - Monday 15th July 2024
6:00pm - 7:30pm AEST 
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Join us as we discuss the Early Years Learning Framework. We deep dive into the Early Years Learning Framework and discuss each learning outcome and provide examples across different age groups. 

Educator Wellness – Supporting your Team from Burnout and Stress 

Educator Wellness - INDIVIDUAL - Tuesday 4th June 2024
Educator Wellness - TEAM - Tuesday 4th June 2024
Topics include the following:
•Support with Stress
•Support with Depression
•Support with Anxiety
•Stress in Early Childhood
•Identify your triggers
•Building strong mental health
•Recognise the beauty of positive

•​Coping strategies
What to do if an Educator discloses self-harm or suicidal tendencies?
How to support an Educator who is in a domestic violence situation? 
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  • Home
  • Support Groups
    • Guiding Children’s Behaviour in Early Childhood
    • Educational Leader
    • Critical Reflection
    • Supporting Children's Additional Needs
    • Supporting Educator's Wellbeing
    • Nature Play and Children's Wellbeing
  • Online Courses
    • Guiding Children's Behaviour
    • The ECE Foundations Series
    • 8 x 10-minute courses
    • 10 x 10-minute courses
    • Children's Learning Experiences
    • Being an Area Manager
    • 1200 Phonic Digital Cards
  • Assessment and Rating Preparation
    • National Quality Framework - Overview
    • Assessment and Rating Checklist
    • 5-day in service visit
    • 2-Day Assessment and Rating and Exceeding Conference
    • 2-Day Assessment and Rating Mock Review
    • Zoom/In-person Support
    • VIP Membership
    • Meeting and Exceeding the National Quality Framework - 1 day Course
  • Menus
  • VIP Membership - OOSH/OSHC
  • Our Conferences
    • Australian Conferences xo In-Person >
      • October Conference xo >
        • The Whole Child: Enhancing Development through Play and Wellbeing - Sydney
        • The Whole Child: Enhancing Development through Play and Wellbeing - Melbourne
        • The Whole Child: Enhancing Development through Play and Wellbeing - Brisbane
  • Early Childhood Educator Events xo
  • Early Childhood Excellence
    • Early Childhood Educators >
      • Igniting Passionate Educators >
        • Igniting Passionate Educators!
        • ​Ignite, Inspire, Reflect, Connect: A Day of Learning for Passionate ECE Professionals
    • Leading with Impact - Courses >
      • ​Leading with Impact - 2-Day In-person Conference Melbourne
      • Leading with Impact: A Professional Development Course for Centre Managers - 2-Day Course
      • Leading with Impact: A Professional Development Course for Centre Managers - 12-week Sessions
    • Educational Leadership >
      • Nurturing Educational Leadership: Linking Program, Practice, and Quality in Early Childhood Education
  • Early Childhood Retreats xo
    • Nature and Wellbeing >
      • Gold Coast Hinterland
      • Yarra Valley, VIC xo
      • Blue Mountains ,
    • Sunshine Coast - Wine, Wellness, and Relaxation Retreat
    • Bali >
      • Bali Leadership Retreat
      • Bali Educator Fun in the Sun
      • Bali Educational Retreat
    • Tassie Treats - Growing Minds Retreat: Nurturing Educators
    • Queenstown - Igniting Passionate Educators
    • Mexico - Early Childhood Educators’ Retreat: Nurture, Lead and Ignite
    • Phuket, Thailand - Igniting Passionate Early Childhood Educators
    • Airlie Beach - Wine, Wellness, and Winter Warmer Weekend
    • Vietnam - Play, Creativity, and Children's Development Retreat
    • Thailand - Igniting Passionate Educators
    • Denver and New York City
    • Whistler, Canada
    • Italy - Rome, and Tuscany Theorists, and Play
    • Spain
    • Thailand - ​Leadership and Management
    • Fiji xo - Play, Pause, & Reflect: An Educator’s Retreat
  • Contact
  • Terms and conditions
  • Family Support
    • Supporting Your Child with Guidance, Routine, and Structure
    • Development and Learning Course for Families with Children in Early Childhood
  • Health and Wellness
    • Wellness Courses xo >
      • Wednesday Wine & Wellness xo
      • Winter Wellbeing for Early Childhood Educators
      • Mindful Moments: A 2-Hour Journey to Wellbeing
      • Holistic Nature and Wellbeing Course
      • Eradicating Loneliness xo
  • 12 Months of Early Childhood Educator Meetings
  • 12-months of Early Childhood Digital Magazine
  • THRIVE in Nature™
    • THRIVE in Nature™
    • THRIVE in Nature™ - 2 hour course
  • The S.P.A.R.K.L.E. Method™
    • Australia >
      • The S.P.A.R.K.L.E. Method™ - 1-Day Course
      • The S.P.A.R.K.L.E. Method™ - 2 Hour Course
  • “Foundations of Self: A Psychosocial Wellbeing Framework”
    • “Foundations of Self: A Psychosocial Wellbeing Framework”
    • “Foundations of Self: A Psychosocial Wellbeing Framework”
    • New Page