Professional development
Collaborative partnerships with families and communities: How to build genuine relationships with children’s first teachers
Professional development for early childhood and OSHC professionals
Do your educators struggle to engage families in your program? Are they confident approaching parents to share information or discuss sensitive issues? Families are children’s first and most knowledgeable teacher. Our packages will teach educators the confidence and skills to build and maintain warm and open partnerships with families in their day-to-day interactions and programs.
Package 1: Ignite
2 hours of PD – workshop or tailored coaching and mentoring
Package starts from $659 + GST for your team or service (member price).
Educator numbers may affect the quote. Any travel or accommodation costs for ITAV consultants are additional.
- Learn how to embrace the diverse families in your communities
- Explore strategies and tools to improve communication with families
Package 2: Activate
4 hours of PD – workshop or tailored coaching and mentoring
Package starts from $1099 + GST for your team or service (member price).
Educator numbers may affect the quote. Any travel or accommodation costs for ITAV consultants are additional.
- Ignite package inclusions
- Put in place simple practices that strengthen collaborative partnerships with families, with extra support from a mentor
Package 3: Embed
8 hours of PD – workshop or tailored coaching and mentoring
Package starts from $1759 + GST for your team or service (member price).
Educator numbers may affect the quote. Any travel or accommodation costs for ITAV consultants are additional.
- Activate package options
- Activate package inclusions
- Build warm, open partnerships with families, with coaching from a mentor over time
- Establish a connection with local communities, with personalised guidance from a mentor
Use your School Readiness or Innovative Solutions funding
This PD aligns with QA6 and APST 3, 6 and 7. It contributes towards the 20 hours of required PD for VIT renewal of registration.
Why choose It Takes A Village for your professional development?
- We will come to your service – whether you’re in metro Melbourne or regional Victoria – or we can deliver your PD virtually
- Fully customisable PD to match your quality improvement goals, your team’s development areas and your budget
- Our expert consultants have 150+ years’ lived experience in the field, which means you get practical, relatable PD that you can immediately apply in your service
- It Takes A Village members get a 25% discount on professional development
Our approach
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