Leadership & professional development
Mentoring strategy: Reflective dialogue
A short guide to reflective dialogue for mentors.
Mentoring strategy: Feedback
A short guide to feedback for mentors.
Mentoring strategy: Observation
A short guide to observation for mentors.
Supporting neurodivergent teachers in schools and early childhood settings
What the research says about supporting neurodivergent teachers in the workplace.
Strategy in early childhood education
An introduction to the purposes and processes of strategic planning.
The Strategy Design Cycle in an early childhood setting
A step-by-step guide to strategy design for early childhood settings
Supporting positive transitions for refugee and migrant children
This webinar for early childhood and school teachers and leaders shares insights from research by Professor Sally Peters and Dr Hazel Woodhouse which highlights the powerful role of early childhood settings, schools, Settlement Centre staff, and families in supporting positive educational experiences and transitions.
Belonging, equity, and teacher identity in early childhood education
Dr Kiri Gould of the University of Auckland explores teacher identity in early childhood education, and how it intersects with discourses of equity, belonging, and inclusion
Diverse cultural and gendered identities: Working with children and families in early childhood services
Associate Professor Sonja Arndt and Professor Kylie Smith explore how early childhood settings can support children and families with a range of identities
Mātauranga Māori principles from a Kaupapa Māori perspective
Dr Tui Summers talks about some of the key principles that underpin kaupapa Māori leadership
Q+A with Dr Vicki Hargraves
Dr Vicki Hargraves answers
questions about research and practice in early childhood education
Building resilience to support teacher wellbeing
Dr Sarah Ferguson shares her extensive knowledge about how to promote workplace wellbeing, including providing educators with tools and strategies that help them to build their resilience and improve their wellbeing.
Mentoring in Early Childhood Education
This course takes you through the key phases of a mentoring relationship. For each phase, there is a suite of tools designed specifically for that stage of the relationship, like meeting agendas, reflection tools, evaluation rubrics, models for goal-setting, and more.
Leadership 5: Leading Improvement
This course offers a unique exploration of models for improvement, focusing on leading inquiry and building professional learning communities.
Leadership 4: Leading Curriculum, Pedagogy, & Innovation
This course explores what it means to be the leader of curriculum and pedagogy in your centre, and helps you build the knowledge and practical skillset to be able to do this effectively.
Leadership 3: Leading Partnerships & Collaborations
This course explores the range of collaborations and partnerships in which early childhood leaders are engaged and how these can be strengthened and supported to enhance teaching and leadership practice.
Leadership 2: Leading People & Teams
This course explores a range of techniques that leaders can use to grow excellence in people and teams, including how to productively approach conflict and engage in challenging conversations.
Leadership 1: Leading Authentically
This course focuses on leaders as individuals and helps you to learn about a repertoire of leadership styles identified in research to creatively tailor a leadership style for your own contexts, people, and purposes.
Positive transitions into school and early childhood settings for refugee and migrant children
Key insights from a webinar with Professor Sally Peters and Dr Hazel Woodhouse.
Supporting positive, equitable, and culturally responsive relationships between teachers
Key insights from a webinar with Dr Kiri Gould from The University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau.
Supporting diverse cultural and gendered identities in early childhood settings
Key insights from a webinar with Professor Kylie Smith and Associate Professor Sonja Arndt from The University of Melbourne.
Mātauranga Māori principles from a Kaupapa Māori perspective
Key insights from a webinar with Dr Tui Summers from Te Rito Maioha.
Tips and tools for building teacher resilience and wellbeing
Insights from a webinar with Dr Sarah Ferguson.
Professional Learning Communities: Teachers collaborating for professional learning and improvement
Key insights from our webinar with Sue Cherrington, Kate Thornton, and Rachel Denee on the role of PLCs in teacher professional learning.
Inquiry-based planning and curriculum design
The principles of an inquiry-based approach at Kids’ Domain.
Inquiry in action
How the teachers at Kids’ Domain use an inquiry-based approach to respond to children’s interests.
Kotahitanga: Working together as a collective
How effective teams work together and support each other.