Supporting Children’s Development and Wellbeing
(Applying the Australian Early Development Census [AEDC])
When: Tuesday 24 September 2024
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Where: Nature Play HQ - Wittunga House, Shepherds Hill Road, Blackwood
In 2024, the CESA Early Years Team is again offering the opportunity to participate in the Professional Learning: Supporting Children’s Development and Wellbeing (Applying the Australian Early Development Census).
Participants from the 2023 cohorts are welcomed back to build on the engaging and powerful learning experiences with partner, Nature Play SA. New participants are invited to join the Professional Learning, as well. Participants can attend both days or a single day.
Supporting Children’s Development and Wellbeing (Applying the Australian Early Development Census) seeks to employ the use of the data gleaned from the AEDC in 2024. The Professional Learning offers participants a breadth and depth of high-quality Early Years practices to foster, nurture and support children’s learning that aligns with the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum, including their earliest literacy and numeracy experiences.
Provocations will be provided where educators can apply knowledge of the AEDC domains to their understanding of children, childhood, and emergent literacy and numeracy in play-based settings. The domains include:
- physical health and wellbeing
- social competence
- emotional maturity
- language and cognitive skills (school-based)
- communication skills and general knowledge.
Educators will have the opportunity to reflect on the AITSL Professional Standards for Teachers in this work. They will also be able to consider how pedagogical documentation may illustrate their co-constructed work with children and families, as they seek deeper engagement in learning experiences which build child efficacy and capacity, informed by knowledge of the AEDC developmental domains.
For further information about this professional learning opportunity, please contact:
Juliana Martino – Early Childhood Advisor:
juliana.martino@cesa.catholic.edu.au or 8301 6832
Please register by 5pm Thursday 19 September 2024.
Parking
Visitor car parking is available in the Queen of Angels Church car park – entry via South Road for all visitors to the George Street or Kintore Street Conference Centres or meeting rooms.
