Professional development- online

Working in Early Childhood means that things are constantly evolving.

Whether that be on a service level, regulatory level or individual staff educational level it is imperative for continued growth and development to be sought, promoted and embraced.

Complacency has no place in ECEC.

But the question is often raised of how, especially given the constant workload and challenges within the sector, this can be achieved and maintained.

Professional development can create a positive culture within the early learning environment. Professional development can be in many forms and does not need to only be enrolment in a long course. It can also be workshops, sessions and the such which are often offered and presented in an online option.

One way to look at continued development would be looking at online learning.

Online professional development provides the opportunity to assist early childhood professionals in promoting quality, increasing knowledge, skills and confidence and enables the opportunity to upskill, improve or inform practise and provides evidence based information.

Often some of the online learning can be self paced which enables educators the flexibility to chose times and options for completion.

Sometimes, some online learning is classified as micro-learning. This is a teaching method that delivers small amounts of information over time and can even be done on your mobile phone.

There are a multitude of places you can source online learning, especially if you would prefer to focus on a particular subject or topic.

It is also dependant on the length of the learning you wish to undertake.

We have a small selection for you to start your online learning journey:

https://beyou.edu.au/

https://www.acecqa.gov.au/resources/supporting-materials/videos/elearning-videos-educators-and-providers

https://learninghub.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/#

https://www.cela.org.au/training

https://www.semannslattery.com/professional-learning/