Keeping Current in Early Childhood Education
ECE Learning Unlimited provides professional learning opportunities for early years educators and leaders, supporting quality best practices and outcomes for children.
We are on a mission to;
- Support early years educators and leaders to be their best.
- Make the world a better place for children.
By making the education jungle more straightforward and more knowledge filled for early years educators and leaders.
Through;
- Timely, valuable learning content.
- A beautifully curated, effective, accessible platform.
Episodes
26 episodes
Through Their Eyes: Power and Participation in Early Childhood Education
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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Leading with intent
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Dr. Kath Cooper as we explore the essence of intentional leadership in early childhood education. Dr. Cooper shares her journey as a leader, her passion for supporting Rainbow Families, and her experti...
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Episode 23
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58:17
The Great Documentation debate
The Documentation Dilemma: Are Learning Stories Still Worth It?In this episode, we’re diving headfirst into a topic that might ruffle a few feathers—documentation in early childhood education. Grab a coffee and brace yourself as we unpack t...
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Episode 22
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Five strategies for engaging your ECE team in professional learning
One of the most common questions we are asked at ECE Learning Unlimited is "How can I engage my team in professional learning to improve practice?" In this short lunch bite episode, we bring you five strategies you can implement to increase the...
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Episode 21
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Let's get passionate about science in the ECE curriculum
Science in the early years curriculum is often underrated and overlooked. We may have a nature area, do volcanoes in the sandpit and do the odd science experiment sometimes. But there is so much more that we can do with science if we only knew ...
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Episode 19
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An insight into living with a child with autism: parental advice for educators
Most early years educators will work with children on the autism spectrum at some stage of our careers. Having an understanding of what life is like for the whole family and how we can work effectively with children and families is an important...
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Episode 20
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How to conduct a formal investigation in an Early Childhood Service
As ECE leaders and managers, conducting a formal investigation is one of those things we all hope we NEVER have to do. Yet, we may sadly find ourselves in this exact situation at some point in our career. And if we do, it is critical that...
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Episode 18
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Team work makes the dream work: But how can we create a thriving, highly motivated teaching team?
One of the most frequently lamented issues I hear from early childhood leaders and managers is how to get their team on the same page and performing like superstar teachers.In this episode I share 10 pieces of an important puzzle that you c...
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Episode 17
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Understanding the Reggio approach with Adrienne Thomson from Magic Garden
This is one of my favourite interviews ever! In this interview I spoke with the most inspiring, passionate, knowledgeable teacher I have ever met. Adrienne Thomson has been the pedagogical leader at Magic Garden in Auckland f...
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Episode 16
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How to create a positive and successful settling and induction process for new children
After more than thirty years in early childhood education, I speak from experience when I say that I have seen over and over again how much better it is for children and their parents when early childhood services put into place a well planned ...
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Episode 15
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Ten strategies for settling new infants and toddlers
Settling new children into ECE can be a hairy time for everyone. Some children will slip into being at your place easy peasy, and will barely wave goodbye to their parents. And some children will really struggle. But how we settle new chi...
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Episode 14
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Understanding bullying in the ECE work place
Sadly bullying is more prevalent than ever in the early childhood education work place. In this episode I am joined by Ainsley Palairet from Fix HR who breaks down what bullying is, and how leaders and managers can manage this in their ECE serv...
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Episode 13
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Strategies for resettling a child after an absence - A respectful approach for primary caregivers
Resettling a child back into your early childhood service after an absence can be a challenging, emotional time for everyone involved. Especially if the child is struggling with this. As early childhood teachers we all want the best for the chi...
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Episode 12
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Understanding Dispositions in Early Childhood Education
If you are working in an early childhood environment, you will no doubt have heard the term "dispositions" used when talking about children's learning. When teachers assess children's learning, they will look for their dispositions.B...
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Episode 11
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10 Tips for effectively leading learning with your ECE teachers
Do you ever feel frustrated that your ECE teachers are just not meeting your expectations?Do you have teachers in your team whose performance could be so much better?If you are in a position of leadership in ECE, one of your primary...
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Episode 10
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Six tips for getting your manager to listen to you
We all know how frustrating it can be when we really want to make some changes in our ECE environment (whether it be to routines or systems) but our manager just won't listen or let us change anything. This podcast is one of our ne...
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Episode 9
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Making Meaningful ECE Music with Anne Belcher
Today I had a great chat with Anne Belcher from "Branch into Music."Anne is a passionate music teacher who has created an amazing online programme to support ECE teachers in their own understanding and skills development in making meaningfu...
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Episode 8
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Making Sustainability in ECE Exciting with Bronwyn Cron
This podcast interview with Bronwyn Cron will get you fired up about developing your sustainability practices in your ECE services. Brownwyn Cron from Real World Learning, environmental scientist, educator, amazingly inspiring speaker, talked t...
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Episode 7
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40:58
Developing Sustainable Practices in ECE and Introducing Cloth Nappies with Kate Meads
If you have a passion for helping to save our planet, or want to know about introducing washable nappies into your ECE service then you MUST listen to this podcast! Introducing Kate Meads - New Zealand’s very own waste free w...
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Episode 6
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Leadership Interview with Aimee Macaskill
Today I am excited to bring to you an interview with an experienced and respected leader in ECE, Aimee Macaskill. Aimee is the manager of the University of Auckland’s early childhood centres, and was one of six selected nationwide to receive an...
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Episode 5
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RIE Based Practice in ECE
In this podcast interview with Sharon Smith we discussed;How Sharon came to be a RIE Associate - her personal journey.What is the RIE philosophy all about in a nutshell - an explanation for beginners.The main RIE p...
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Episode 4
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Learnings from Pikler and becoming an Infant Toddler Pedagogue
In this podcast interview with Katherine Bussey we talk about the importance of care and connection with our infants and toddlers and also;Her experiences in Budapest learning about the Pikler approach .Katherine’s explanat...
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Episode 3
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