Professional development
Meaningful celebrations in education and care: How to embrace the diversity of your families and community
Professional development for early childhood and OSHC professionals
Want to host celebrations that authentically embrace the cultural diversity at your early childhood or OSHC service, but feel out of your depth? Our meaningful celebrations package will build the skills and understanding your team needs to create celebrations that reflect and foster an inclusive and welcoming environment, enhance your connection to community and avoid tokenism.
Package: Ignite
2 hours of PD – workshop
Package starts from $659 + GST for your team or service (member price)
Educator numbers may affect the quote. Any travel or accommodation costs for It Takes A Village consultants are additional.
- Develop a broad understanding of culture and celebrations in early childhood or OSHC settings
- Identify which celebrations are most relevant to your staff and families and explore ways to ensure they are more inclusive and equitable
- Learn strategies for including culturally diverse families and children in choosing and planning celebrations
- Explore ideas for connecting authentically to wider community groups and celebrations, such as NAIDOC Week or Lunar New Year
Use your School Readiness Funding
This PD aligns with Q1 and 6 and APST 3 and 6. It contributes towards the 20 hours of required PD for VIT renewal of registration.
What early childhood and OSHC services are saying
Thank you for an interesting, well researched and facilitated presentation. The committee were very happy and felt the session was thought provoking and engaging. Our members returned a 100% satisfaction score.
– Diamond Valley & Eltham Kindergarten T.A.
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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