Course Outline
For Teachers
Creating a culture of respect for babies – Part 1
Creating a culture of respect for toddlers and our older tamariki, Part 2.
Living Te Tiriti in your Early Childhood Centre - Part 1
Living Te Tiriti in your Early Childhood Centre - Part 2
Living Te Tiriti in your Early Childhood Centre - Part 3
Building effective leaderful early childhood teams
Talking about Difference Empowering children's mana in our communities of diversity
Schemas - Getting started with Schemas
Feed back about these PLD courses
“Excellent content, covered a lot of topics well and also in depth and gave practical ways of meaningfully using theory. Amazing whanau group” (Treaty course, Part 3)
“I feel I am looking at children with new eyes and look forward to sharing this new knowledge with my staff and parents.” (Schema’s course)
“Fantastic, calm, comfortable, supportive, encouraged and empowered everyone. Loved the pace of the PLD. Gave me time to think and integrate along the way.” (Creating Respect Babies courses)
“I enjoyed the collaborative and relaxed nature of the PLD and found you approachable and responsive. • I have lived in NZ for 10 years and heard lots about the Treaty, but your workshops have helped me understand the relevance and the gravity of it for Māori.”
(Treaty course, Part 1)
For Parents
Baby’s Place course
- 10 week parent infant classes based on the Pikler approach.
Feed back from Parents
“Beautiful and relaxing environment for mum and baby.
The highlight of my week.”“I have learnt new ways of sharing respect with my baby, guiding her gently as she makes her way through each day.”
“We fill our kete with taonga, treasures of empowerment, joy, awe and wonder… reinforcing the beauty of growing a culture of respect. I wish the course could have gone on forever”
Toddler’s Place:
- 9 week parent toddler classes based on the Pikler approach.
Feed back from Parents
“I love the positive view of toddler's that are held in T. P lt has made a world of difference to my experience. lt is so obviously different from other groups, that just moan about 'terrible toddlers'.
“Bronwen does such an exceptional job at presenting this highly invaluable and important information. It is delivered it with such passion and heart, and you can very evidently see Bronwen cares about the message she is delivering”
“Toddler’s Place really helped me see things with a different view and how I interact with my toddler. It helped me feel calmer when working together with “A” in situations that might have otherwise become stressful or a battle of Wills I also enjoyed connecting with other parents of toddlers and sharing ideas and experiences.”
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For Teachers
Creating a culture of respect for babies – Part 1
- Building a culture of respect for babies as competent and capable people…
“Very well presented informative sessions. I came away feeling like I can really have meaningful interactions with infants and it has given me ideas that I can continue to use. Especially loved the practical aspects”
Creating a culture of respect for toddlers and our older tamariki, Part 2.
- Building a culture of respect for toddlers and older children as competent and capable people.
“I feel like I can put things into practice straightaway. This course will help improve the way I do things, given me lots to reflect on”
“Great resources that I will access for my teaching. Excited to take ideas back to Centre. It was great that an environment of respect was created. Everyone was comfortable and confident to share, and opinions were received openly. I go back brave to make some change”
Living Te Tiriti in your Early Childhood Centre - Part 1
- Developing an understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and other educational frameworks that provide a foundation for Te Ao Māori in your Early Childhood Centre.
“A strong sense of responsibility to share and encourage others to step up to the journey. Really makes me feel tremendous privileged to be growing here in Aotearoa”
Living Te Tiriti in your Early Childhood Centre - Part 2.
- Understanding the child and the environment through Te Ao Māori and developing authentic practices for your Centre. Continuing to develop our understanding of who “I” am in Aotearoa and my role as a teacher for Living Te
Tiriti.
“Understanding Cultural appropriation and institutional racism. Deeper understanding of the 5 dimensions of Te Whare Tapa Whā and how to use them in assessment and learning”
Living Te Tiriti in your Early Childhood Centre - Part 3
- Unpacking the metaphor of Te WhareTapa Whā, including the 5 elements.
Building effective leadership in early childhood teams
-Developing an understanding of Team dynamics including team tasks and functions and thinking styles of group members, including unpacking Te Whāriki and Te Tiriti o Waitangi for leadership.
“Practical scenarios and role plays helped me to look at these ideas practically. Also discussing conflict and resolution processes were vital and encouraged me to be assertive and courageous”
Talking about difference
- Exploring social and emotional literacy and the development of children’s identity (whakapapa) through an anti-bias approach to support just/fair interactions.
Thank you Bronwen for assisting my ability to make the invisible visible and support our tamariki on a deeper level. Like the mixture of talking, DVD clips and sharing amongst participants”
Schemas - Getting started with Schemas
- Noticing: What is schema learning theory? Useful strategies for spotting common schema.
“Interactive sessions and hand-outs were very useful and enriched my knowledge about schemas. Nikolien and Bronwen were incredible with their teaching, sharing their expertise with great energy”
For Parents
Baby’s Place is a parenting course with a difference where we explore partnering with your baby to: understand their natural development; be an observer and read their cues; understand their needs and competency; create a loving partnership; have fun with each other.
Baby’s Place course: 10 weeks parent infant classes based on the Pikler Approach
$200
Toddler’s Place is a parenting course with a difference where we explore partnering with your toddler to: understand their unfolding development of autonomy and will; be an observer and understand how their brain develops through their play urges; understand their needs and competency; create a loving partnership; have fun with each other.