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Information about working in or operating early childhood education services including outside school hours care. Plus, information for parents including how to choose a service and supporting your child for their transition to school.
Information about NSW public education, including the school finder, high school enrolment, school safety, selective schools and opportunity classes.
NSW Department of Education's information on curriculum taught in NSW schools, Aboriginal education and communities & personalised support.
The Wellbeing Framework supports schools to create learning environments that enable students to be healthy, happy, engaged and successful.
Information for parents and carers including learning and wellbeing resources, advice, study skills, a quick guide glossary, homework help, tools for learning remotely, support for additional needs and more.
The NSW Department of Education is committed to employing the best and brightest teachers who can teach and make a difference in NSW public schools.
Developed by the Early Learning team to support teaching and learning in preschool, early intervention and the early years of school.
Explore the assessment phase of the planning cycle and ways to gather evidence from multiple sources.
Would you like to know more about supporting continuity of learning between settings? Explore learning environments that promote an integrated approach to teaching.
A suite of four consecutive self-paced e-learning professional modules
Are you looking to plan effective and tailored transition to school practices based on the transition guidelines?
Would you like to learn more about the National Quality Standard (NQS)? Learn to engage in meaningful continuous improvement against the NQS.
Would you like to consider the key role of partnerships in effective transition to school practices?
Watch our four-part conversation series discussing transition to school research.
Would you like to better support Aboriginal children and families? This will guide you to reflect on your understanding of culturally responsive practice.
Identify the links between early childhood practices, the Early Years Learning Framework and the Early Stage 1 English and mathematics syllabuses.
Understanding links between learning happening in early childhood and Early Stage 1 curriculum and pedagogy.
Use the Early Years Learning Framework to guide teaching and learning in early intervention classes.
Accredited course – Would you like to develop an in-depth understanding of the Early Years Learning Framework? Unpack the implementation of the early childhood curriculum.
School leaders engaging with Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) 2021 school report
This session focuses on the value of AEDC data in supporting children's learning, wellbeing and implementing differentiated teaching.
Participants will understand how assessment informs critical reflection, decision-making and the cycle of planning to promote children's learning in literacy and numeracy.
Explore the evidence and practices that promote and nurture development of positive dispositions for learning in literacy and numeracy.
Are you working with families to support children with disability? Use family-centred and strengths-based practices to provide Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
Are you a school leader supporting a preschool? Develop the capabilities necessary to maintain a regulatory compliant, high quality preschool.
Participants will deepen their understanding of foundational literacy skills developed in early childhood and learn how to apply teaching strategies and tools that support the foundation of children’s literacy.
Unpack number, patterning, measurement and space concepts developed in early childhood and how children explore them.
How do you support children who are not in attendance at preschool? Consider alternate curriculum delivery in the event of reduced attendance or preschool closures.
Would you like to explore play-based learning? Learn to assess learning in everyday play situations, and identify acquisition of skills and knowledge across the ES1 outcomes.
How do you work with families to promote play-based learning? Gain practical ways to partner with families to make learning visible and support children’s play at home.
Accredited course – Would you like to know more about the planning cycle? Focus on knowing children, curriculum content and making pedagogical decisions through the planning cycle.
Are you interested in exploring age-appropriate pedagogies to support a strong transition to school for the 2021 Kindy cohort?
Do you want to find out more about using family-centred and strengths-based practice support transition for young children with disability?
Are you interested in age-appropriate pedagogy? Increase your understanding of how age appropriate pedagogies support young students' learning.
Are you confident in supporting children with disability? Gain strategies and resources to support your work with children with disability.
This course supports preschool supervisors to understand the expectations of their role and strategies for effective educational leadership
Explore transition to school practices in the context of COVID-19.
