KU Professional Learning NSW Calendar 2018

FEATURED EVENTS UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM Elizabeth Aylward This workshop will explore the way in which early childhood professionals understand and support children with autism in group settings. This day is suitable for all early childhood professionals. Completing Perspectives on Building Emotional Wellbeing: Professional Development Day will contribute 4 hours of NESA registered PD addressing 4.1.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW. INSIDE OUTSIDE: NATURE PEDAGOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION The challenge for educators is to understand the links between their thinking and practices and the principles of education for sustainability and thus, share a transformative journey with young children. All participants in early childhood settings can be agents of change. (Elliott, 2012) Services play a role in helping children develop an understanding and respect for the natural environment and the interdependence between people, plants, animals and the land (Early Years Learning Framework, p. 13). This professional learning day aims to explore the way in which early childhood educators support young children to learn about environmental responsibility. Come and investigate the possibilities with our speakers and facilitators. Saturday 11 August 9:30am – 2:30pm Sydney $240 NQS Area 1 and 3 KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR SUE ELLIOT Sue Elliott, Ed. D., is a Senior Lecturer and Course Co-ordinator in Early Childhood Education at the University of New England (UNE), New South Wales. She is an experienced practitioner, academic, consultant and author in early childhood education, with a focus on education for sustainability, outdoor play spaces and bush kinder. Her publications include Sustainability and the Early Years Learning Framework and Research in Early Childhood Education for Sustainability: International perspectives and provocations. She is currently leading two research projects focused on children’s experiences and investigations in natural outdoor settings. Sue is an active participant in the TransNational Dialogues in Early Childhood Education for Sustainability research group and is a consulting editor for the International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education. Sue has also co-ordinated various early childhood consultancy projects including the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage review of early childhood education for sustainability in NSW. OVERVIEW OF THE DAY 9:30am Opening 9:40am Keynote – Dr Sue Elliot 10:40am Morning Tea 11:00am Concurrent Sessions 12:30pm Lunch 1:00pm Concurrent Sessions 2:30pm Close KEYNOTE ADDRESS: DR SUE ELLIOT ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE: BEYOND A DUTY, A PARADIGM SHIFT We live in a perilous era of global climate change with negative impacts for the health and wellbeing of many species now recognised. As early childhood educators, we must see children as central to this issue for the impacts on children are compelling and lifelong. www.ku.com.au Page 5

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