As part of National Reconciliation Week, Early Childhood Australia is offering two free professional learning courses. Initiating a Reconciliation Action Plan: Where do I start? and Reconciliation in Children’s Education and Care: Taking the First Steps, available free until 3 June.
Initiating A Reconciliation Action Plan: Where Do I Start?
This course will introduce early childhood professionals to the concept and context of reconciliation in early childhood education within Australia, and where to start when initiating a Reconciliation Action Plan. This course can also support practitioners in leadership roles to understand the Reconciliation Action Plan process and best support their team in initiating developing and implementing a Reconciliation Action Plan.
After completing this course, you will be able to apply the following learning outcomes:
- Understand the concept and context of reconciliation in early childhood within Australia, and the importance of reconciliation in education by developing a Reconciliation Action Plan.
- Explore the relevance and application of reconciliation and having a Reconciliation Action Plan within early childhood education and care settings, as reflected in national standards and curriculum frameworks.
- Discover how to use the Narragunnawali platform to develop and implement a Reconciliation Action Plan and to access aligned professional learning and curriculum resources to support both pedagogical practice and children’s learning towards your reconciliation journey.
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Reconciliation In Children’s Education and Care: Taking the First Steps
This course is suitable for all educators looking to build their confidence in taking their first steps or next steps in embedding reconciliation in an approved education and care setting. This is a foundation course that may be suitable for educators new to the sector or embarking on a formal early childhood qualification.
Exploring reconciliation in early childhood education and care settings can be an extremely powerful way of teaching children about culture and introducing them to concepts such as respect, equity and justice. This course will help you take your first steps or next steps towards embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and reconciliation into your daily practice. By referencing the truth about Australia’s history, this course explains how knowledge and personal beliefs may impact your experience of reconciliation and how they form the foundation for building reconciliation in education and care practice.
In this course, you will:
- Develop an understanding of the meaning and importance of reconciliation between First Nations peoples and the broader Australian community.
- Take the first steps in understanding the history and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples personally and professionally.
- Establish how inclusive practices can support the progression of reconciliation in children’s education and care contexts.
- Develop an understanding of the meaning and importance of reconciliation in children’s education and care contexts across Australia.
Click here to enroll: Reconciliation in children’s education and care: Taking the first steps
As part of National Reconciliation Week, Early Childhood Australia is offering two free professional learning courses. Initiating a Reconciliation Action Plan: Where do I start?