Date/Time:

25/02/2026 - 9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Event Categories:

• Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
• Early Childhood Education and Care
• Professional Learning
• Wellbeing and Inclusion

Description:

Ignite creativity and drive impact for all children in the early years of schooling. This series is designed to spark creative thinking and bold action among curriculum leaders and teachers from Foundation to Year 2. Participants will challenge assumptions about play and re-imagine curriculum to support the whole child and build a compelling case for change. 

Your commitment: 24 contact hours plus any required reading.

AITSL Professional Standards for Teachers: Focus areas 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 and 6.3

Delivery mode: 4 x face-to-face workshops.

Presented by: 
Maria Taylor, Educational Consultant, Outside the Box Learning
Libby Worrell, Senior Educational Consultant, AISSA

Price: $690.00 per person (GST inclusive).

Key Dates: By registering for this series, you are committing to attend the following sessions:

25 February 2026, 9:30am-3:30pm
13 May 2026, 9:30am-3:30pm
19 August 2026, 9:30am-3:30pm
12 November 2026, 9:30am-3:30pm

Location: AISSA, 128 Greenhill Road, Unley SA 5061.

Registration closes: 18 February 2026 at 5:00pm.

Program Overview: This series offers a blueprint for creating safe, inclusive, and creative environments where children can realise their true potential. Evidence-based research, combined with practical, hands-on strategies, empowers teachers to move from theory to action and strengthen alignment between early learning and the primary years. Participants will explore the intersection of environment, playful pedagogy, and curriculum, to create future-ready learning spaces where play and curriculum find a common ground.

Grounded in the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum, participants will explore:

• environments that innovate and transform
• playful pedagogy – what does it mean to be play literate?
• curriculum – teaching for exceptional outcomes.

Program Lead: please contact Libby Worrell.

Terms and Conditions: Registration for this event will incur the fee detailed above. This fee will be invoiced after the event and is payable unless written notice of cancellation is received seven or more days prior to the event.  See the AISSA’s Professional Learning Terms and Conditions for the full registration terms and conditions including the cancellation policy.