Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand and Childspace Early Childhood Institute are proud to bring you an unforgettable national conference for early childhood education in Aotearoa NZ.

With a programme designed to uplift you, your practice and our profession, your registration covers three days of activities including:

• Seven passionate and inspiring keynote speakers from overseas and Aotearoa NZ
• Twenty practical, playful and educational workshops
• A hikoi to Parliament to meet politicians and speak up for ECE
• 2x evening drinks, nibbles and entertainment
• A big party to celebrate 60 years of making a noise for ECE
• Tonnes of creative and fun activities

Workshops

ACADEMIC & RESEARCH

No accidental revolution: Men in ECE ● Rising to Resilience ● Advocating for children’s rights by reframing behaviour management ● Using self-regulation to care for our own wellbeing

PRACTICAL

Playful Science - Hands-on STEAM experiences for the Very Early Years ● Creating a Brain-SET learning environment to align with children’s brain development ● Playful storytelling ● Biophilic design: ECE environments inspired by nature

CULTURE

Infant pedagogy through a Te Ao Maori lens ● Te Whāriki: Bilingual goals and learning outcomes in practice ● Tivaevae: Weaving curriculum to widen the lens of kaiako | Whiria ngā marautanga, tiro whānui te kaiako ● Considering our identity within intentional teaching 

LEADERSHIP

Distributed leadership for learning ● Courageous Conversations ● All Fired Up - A Passion for Leadership Excellence in Education

CURRICULUM

Contexts for Collaboration: A necessary act for innovation in practice ● Thinking beyond nutrition ● Creative Pedagogy ● Being responsive, reciprocal, and relational through the way we engage with learning story formative assessments ● Rituals in Nature

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