Build your capacity to support children to develop resilience, confidence and respectful relationships.
Everyone in our community deserves to be respected, valued and treated equally. We know the benefits of positive attitudes, behaviours and equality being embedded in our education settings. The Respectful Relationships initiative is offering professional learning for early childhood educators in Victorian government funded kindergarten programs.
The professional learning is designed to strengthen the capacity of early childhood educators to promote respectful relationships, positive attitudes and behaviours within their teaching approach, to enable children to build healthy relationships, resilience and confidence. It will also increase educator knowledge about the role of gender equality in the prevention of family violence, and is informed by the Respectful Relationships in schools approach recommended by the Royal Commission into Family Violence.
Up to 6000 early childhood educators will opt in and benefit from the professional learning.
Eligibility
The training is available to early childhood educators working in Victorian government funded kindergarten programs with a bachelor, diploma or certificate III qualification. The 2018 workshops will be available to educators in Victorian government funded kindergarten programs in Boroondara, Manningham, Whitehorse, Knox, Maroondah, Monash, and Yarra Ranges municipalities with a state-wide rollout to take place in 2019 and 2020.
Topics covered
- Understanding and developing respectful relationships in early childhood
- Supporting children to manage emotions
- Supporting inclusive learning environments in early childhood
- Understanding, defining and exploring the dynamics of gender equality and family violence
Course length
Two hour e-learning module (optional but highly encouraged)
One day workshop of 6.5 hours (9am – 3:30pm)
Dates and venues
The one-day workshops will run in September and October 2018 for educators in Victorian government funded kindergarten programs in Boroondara, Manningham, Whitehorse, Knox, Maroondah, Monash, and Yarra Ranges municipalities. Specific date and venue options are listed below:
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006
Dates
September 13, 14, 17
October 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18
Lilydale Lakeside Conference and Events Centre
1 Jarlo Dr, LA building, Lilydale VIC 3140
Dates
October 16, 26, 31
Karralyka Centre
Mines Road, Ringwood East 3134
Dates
October 19, 22, 23, 25
Novotel Glen Waverley
285 Springvale Rd, Glen Waverley VIC 3150
Dates
October 15, 17, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31
Please note that a state-wide roll out of Respectful Relationships professional learning for early childhood educators will take place in 2019 and 2020. Registrations for 2019 will open in November 2018.