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 free 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 state-wide, to early childhood educators working in Victorian government funded kindergarten programs with a bachelor, diploma or certificate III qualification.
Topics covered
• Understanding, defining and exploring the dynamics of gender equality and family violence
• Understanding and developing respectful relationships in early childhood
• Supporting children to understand and manage their emotions through social competence and promoting inclusive environments in early childhood
• Understanding family violence and the practical strategies for building support networks
Course length
• Two hour e-learning module
• One day workshop of 6.5 hours (9am – 3:30pm)
Dates and venues
The one-day workshops will run state-wide in Terms 1, 2 and 3 for educators in Victorian government funded kindergarten. All 2019 date and location options are listed below:
CBD
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre - 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 August; 9, 17, 18, 19 September
North East Victoria Region
Benalla - 22 July
Bright - 23 July
Cobram - 31 July
Glen Waverley - 21, 22, 23 August
Heidelberg - 5 August; 16 September
Lilydale - 4 April; 6 August
Ringwood - 7, 8 August
Seymour - 31 May
Shepparton - 19 July
Wangaratta - 25 July
Wodonga - 29 July
North West Victoria Region
Bendigo - 12, 13 June
Broadmeadows - 23 May
Craigieburn - 24 May
Echuca - 16 July
Mildura - 24 June
Sunbury - 29 May
Swan Hill - 26 June
Whittlesea - 21 May
South East Victoria Region
Bairnsdale - 29 April
Dandenong - 18, 20, 22 March
Frankston - 12, 15, 19, 21 March
Lakes Entrance - 1 May
Leongatha - 1 April
Moe - 23 April
Orbost - 30 April
Sale - 26 April
San Remo - 14 March
Traralgon - 24 April
Warragul - 3 April
Yarram - 2 May
South West Victoria Region
Ballarat - 3, 4 June
Colac - 3 May
Footscray - 27, 28, 29 August
Geelong - 1, 2 May
Hamilton - 6 June
Horsham - 11, 14 June
Melton - 27 May
Portland - 9 May
Warrnambool - 7 May