Communicating with Families
Online Training

Excellence Matters Early Childhood Online Training Professional Development Communicating with Families

Build stronger partnerships with families

This online training course is designed to support educators to build on current skills and knowledge to overcome barriers, navigate difficult conversations, gather required information, establish clear two-way communication and manage the expectations of parents.

" Supportive relationships with families | Respectful relationships are maintained and families are supported in their parenting role. "

- NQS 6.1

" Educators honour the histories, cultures, languages, traditions, child rearing practices and lifestyle choices of families."

- EYLF Principle 4

Price: $45.00

This training is for you if...

You are looking for professional development regarding building and maintaining partnership relationships with families.
You are in experiencing barriers in communicating with families.
You want to reflect on the policies, procedures and practices at your service relating to family partnerships.
You have questions about what "respectful and supportive relationships" look like in daily practice.
You are a new or inexperienced educator who is finding it challenging to apply formal learning about interacting with families in your daily practice. Or you are an experienced educator who wants to refresh and update...
You want to find out how other experienced educators handle unrealistic expectations from parents.
You are looking for a budget and time friendly professional development training option.

Training Content

The following topics are covered:

Gathering and communicating information
Communication about children's needs
Establishing positive relationships
Managing expectations
Conversations about incidents and issues
Answers to FAQs regarding sustainable and environmentally friendly play spaces and materials

What you can expect

Certificate

Once you've completed all the components of the training, you'll be able to print or save a Certificate of Completion.

Length

Allow up to 1 hour to complete the training. You can stop any time and recommence the training when you're ready.

Time

You have 6 months to complete the training. It's up to you whether you complete the course in one sitting or stop and start throughout the 6 months.

Interactive

This training includes quizzes and real life scenarios to help you apply your knowledge.

FAQs

Frequently asked questions are answered unscripted on screen by real industry professionals.

Learning Content

The learning content is delivered though video, text and audio to cater for different learning styles.

NQF References

This workshop relates to NQS Quality Areas 1,2,6 |EYLF Outcome 1, Principle 1,2&4, Practices: Cultural & Continuity

Training Design

This course was developed by Australian early childhood professionals and filmed in services in Melbourne.

Optional Further Support

One on one coaching and mentoring is available to support this training along with the Sustainability in Early Childhood Settings in-house workshop for services in Melbourne and regional Victoria (additional costs apply).

Outcomes from this workshop

Participants can reflect on any concerns, difficulties or ideas they have in building and maintaining relationships with families
Participants have a refreshed understanding of the guiding principles and practices for respectful and collaborative family relationships
Participants are empowered with specific ideas to enhance their daily practice leading to better outcomes for children and families
Participants are equipped with specific strategies for handling difficult conversations and managing family expectations
Participants have a deeper understanding about the benefits of having good relationships with parents
Participants have a renewed sense of investment and engagement in contributing to and working on family relationships
Participants have responded to real scenarios in relation to family relationships and can apply best practice responses at their service

Contact us for registrations of 10 or more educators for this training.

We will provide a quote for a discounted price for 10 or more registrations into this or a combination of any of our online training courses for educators from the one service.

We will also provide an invoice and create the enrolments on our online system to save you time.

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FAQ

Here are answers to some frequently asked questions by educators:

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What computer equipment do I need?

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How can I pay?

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Once you've registered and paid, you'll receive your login details and can get started within 24-48 hours.

$45.00 AUD

Communicating with Families Online Training