The ECE Foundations Series
Strengthening core practices in early childhood education
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Pre-Recorded Sent to you within 48 business hours of purchase
3 hours for you and your team to watch during Educator meetings |
In-person 3 hours
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Wednesday 28th May 2025 & Wednesday 4th June 2025 New South Wales/Victoria/Queensland Time (Western Australia time) 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM South Australia/Northern Territory |
Certificates received for your team for their professional development.
Course is tax deductible. Kindy Funding/Early Learning funding for your centre can e used to support your team's professional development and learning.
Course is tax deductible. Kindy Funding/Early Learning funding for your centre can e used to support your team's professional development and learning.
The ECE Foundations Series
This 12-part professional development series equips early childhood educators with practical, relevant, and reflective tools to elevate their everyday practice. From understanding the updates in the EYLF V2.0 to mastering supervision, each session focuses on building foundational knowledge while linking clearly to the National Quality Framework. Topics include child-led learning, trauma-informed practice, behaviour guidance, and inclusive education, alongside essential compliance areas such as child protection and effective supervision. Educators will also explore meaningful documentation, critical reflection, and culturally responsive practice with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives. With a strong focus on wellbeing—for both children and educators—this series is designed to support high-quality, child-centred education in every early learning environment.
Sessions are 30-minutes long - prerecorded or live via Zoom.
All Educators receive a Certificate for their Professional Development
Courses are Tax Deductible
Early Childhood Funding can be utilised to support your Educators learning
1. EYLF V2.0 Overview: What’s New and What Matters
Synopsis:
Explore the key updates in the refreshed EYLF V2.0 including new principles like sustainability and inclusion, strengthened language around play-based learning, and the increased focus on cultural responsiveness. This course helps educators unpack the framework through practical examples and align it with everyday practice.
Linked to:
EYLF V2.0: All principles & practices
NQF: QA1 (Educational Program and Practice), QA7 (Governance and Leadership)
2. Child-Led Play: How to Observe, Extend, and Document
Synopsis:
Learn how to genuinely follow children’s interests, scaffold their learning, and document play in meaningful, purposeful ways. Educators will gain strategies to observe and extend play using open-ended questions, intentional teaching, and critical reflection.
Linked to:
EYLF: Principles: Responsiveness to Children; Practice: Learning Through Play
NQF: QA1 (Educational Program and Practice)
LOs: 1.1, 4.1, 5.2
3. Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives
Synopsis:
This course supports educators in respectfully and meaningfully embedding First Nations culture and perspectives into the curriculum. It includes strategies for genuine inclusion, consultation with community, and embedding cultural competence in everyday practice.
Linked to:
EYLF: Principle: Respect for Diversity
NQF: QA1, QA5 (Relationships), QA6 (Collaborative Partnerships)
LOs: 2.1, 2.2
4. Trauma-Informed Practice in Early Childhood
Synopsis:
Gain foundational knowledge of trauma and how it affects young children’s development. Learn to foster a calm, safe, and predictable environment while responding to children with empathy and emotional safety.
Linked to:
EYLF: Principle: Secure, Respectful and Reciprocal Relationships
NQF: QA5, QA2 (Children’s Health and Safety)
LOs: 1.1, 3.1, 5.1
5. Critical Reflection Made Simple: Tools for Everyday Practice
Synopsis:
Develop your reflective practice beyond the basics. This session gives you tools for deep, meaningful reflection that informs planning, improves quality, and encourages ongoing learning.
Linked to:
EYLF: Practice: Ongoing Learning and Reflective Practice
NQF: QA1, QA7
LOs: All, with focus on educators' practices
6. Supporting Emotional Regulation and Behaviour
Synopsis:
This session teaches you how to guide children through big emotions using co-regulation, predictable routines, and positive behaviour support. It frames behaviour as communication and builds skills for emotionally responsive practice.
Linked to:
EYLF: Practice: Holistic Approaches; Practice: High Expectations and Equity
NQF: QA5, QA2
LOs: 1.1, 3.1, 5.1
7. Creating Inclusive Environments for All Learners
Synopsis:
Learn to adapt environments and curriculum to meet the diverse needs of all children, including those with disabilities, developmental delays, or diverse cultural identities.
Linked to:
EYLF: Principles: Equity, Inclusion and Diversity
NQF: QA1, QA3 (Physical Environment), QA6
LOs: 1.2, 2.1, 3.2
8. Building Meaningful Family Partnerships
Synopsis:
Strengthen your partnerships with families by learning how to communicate effectively, honour family knowledge, and engage in shared decision-making that supports children’s development.
Linked to:
EYLF: Principle: Partnerships
NQF: QA6 (Collaborative Partnerships with Families and Communities)
LOs: 1.1, 2.1
9. Documentation that Tells the Learning Story
Synopsis:
Move beyond checklist-style observations and create rich, authentic learning stories that reflect children’s development and inform planning. Includes practical documentation techniques.
Linked to:
EYLF: Practice: Assessment for Learning
NQF: QA1
LOs: All
10. Educator Wellbeing: Preventing Burnout and Nurturing Yourself
Synopsis:
This session focuses on practical tools to support educators’ mental health and wellbeing, including setting boundaries, mindfulness, and time for reflective self-care.
Linked to:
EYLF: Principle: Ongoing Learning and Reflective Practice
NQF: QA4 (Staffing Arrangements), QA7 (Leadership and Service Management)
11. Supervision 101: Being Present, Proactive and Purposeful
Synopsis:
Effective supervision goes beyond just “watching” children—it’s about being fully present, assessing risk in real time, and supporting safe and meaningful engagement. This session helps educators develop sharp supervision practices across all age groups and settings, including indoors, outdoors, and during transitions. Includes strategies for zoning, active engagement, and team coordination.
Linked to:
EYLF V2.0: Practice: Holistic Approaches, Learning Environments
NQF:
QA2 – Children’s Health and Safety
QA3 – Physical Environment
QA4 – Staffing Arrangements
LOs: 3.1, 3.2 (Children become strong in wellbeing)
12. Child Protection & Mandatory Reporting in Early Childhood
Synopsis:
This course equips educators with the knowledge and confidence to identify signs of abuse or neglect, follow correct reporting procedures, and understand their legal and ethical obligations as mandatory reporters. This includes within the classroom, and children showing signs from their home. It includes key indicators of harm, how to respond to disclosures, and an overview of state-based reporting pathways.
Linked to:
EYLF V2.0: Principle: Secure, Respectful and Reciprocal Relationships
NQF:
QA2 – Children’s Health and Safety
QA5 – Relationships with Children
QA7 – Governance and Leadership
LOs: 1.1 (Children feel safe, secure, and supported)