GROW · DEVELOP · FLOURISH

for inspired educational leadership and practice


5 course topics supporting you to:


1. Gain clarity and fresh purpose in your role


2. Lead an inspired curriculum


3. Build a team focus on quality improvement


4. Step up in leadership


5. Be an effective coach and mentor




Guidance to flourish in your role

 Gain fresh ideas and skills to lead your team in QA 1 Educational program and practice, with:

10 Videos 
to learn from the best

We've filmed at centres rated 'Excellent' by ACECQA to share their educational program and practice with you.

Join Andrea Isitt in conversations with: 
Sandi Phoenix, Narelle Dawson and Stephen Gallen.

15 Video tutorials for fresh thinking 

You have freedom to work at your own pace and revisit the key learning in the three video tutorials, inside each course topic.

Our learning check at the end of each topic helps you to reflect on your learning, and think about your next steps to improve practice.

Printable resources and 5 workbooks

Gain access to loads of printable resources to use and to deepen your professional knowledge.

Reflect on and jot down your new ideas in our workbook for each topic. Then use these resources as on-the-job inspiration and guidance.

5 Workplace projects to bring learning to action

Each topic has a workplace project for you to take action, using: course learning, resources/tools, and your new ideas.

It's about reflecting, thinking of new ways, and doing better in practice. 

Get started straight away, and enjoy flexible access for 12 months

What You'll Learn


Flourish as an Educational Leader eLearning course has 5 topics, 

to guide you with clarity, inspiration and purpose in your role. 

1.  Educational Leader essentials - role, qualities and goals

Gain role clarity with a clearer focus in your role as an Educational Leader, and:

  •  consider leadership qualities, and ways to become growth focused
  •  set meaningful goals and steps to develop as an Educational Leader
  •  explore legislative requirements, and the myths and facts around documentation

2. Inspiring and leading the direction of the curriculum: current trends

Share fresh and inspiring trends and information with your team, about:

  • Reggio Emilia/Malaguzzi approach – 100 languages and project-based learning
  • schema, loose parts, bush kindy and natural environments, challenge and risky play
  • the documentation cycle and summative assessment

3. Build a team culture of enquiry and quality improvement

Explore ways to open up a culture of reflective practice and enquiry, for your team to work collaboratively towards quality improvement. Learn how to:

  • get comfortable with giving and receiving feedback, and to empower others to as well
  • critically reflect from multiple viewpoints on requirements/best practice in QA1
  • use a team approach on the Quality Improvement Plan

4. Step up in leadership: use and develop emotional intelligence

Understand how connection, with positive attitudes and emotional intelligence, is a requirement for successful leadership and teams. Explore and identify:

  • the state and size of your own needs, using the Phoenix Cups framework ©
  • your emotional responses, triggers and reactions; and discover the impact of our emotions on others
  • ways to develop and use emotional intelligence personally, and within your team


5. Create a workplace learning community: being a coach and mentor

Focus on your role to lead others in their learning, to transform pedagogy and practice. Be guided on ways to:

  •  identify and use people’s strengths in your team
  •  share knowledge more effectively to suit people’s different learning styles
  •  facilitate a mentoring relationship, and develop skills for effective coaching and mentoring

TESTIMONIALS

What others are saying about this course


“The Flourish as an Educational Leader eLearning course gave me lots of new ideas and inspiration on how to build relationships within my team, and strategies on how to guide, support and mentor them in the workplace.

The course also provided lots of helpful resources and templates that I have already begun using in my role as Educational Leader.”

Renae Auslebrook
Educational Leader

This have been an inspiring and easy to follow course. I am very excited also about the many resources I gained throughout this course. I am keen to implement all I have learned here as I feel it is going to highly benefit my team going forward. 

Thank you! 

Felicity MacKenzie
Educational Leader

"The Flourish as an Educational Leader eLearning course has provided me with a greater understanding and knowledge of what is required to become a successful and knowledgeable Educational Leader. 

I was able to use this course to secure a job as Educational Leader in a new centre.

This course has given me an updated knowledge of the NQS, ELYF and National laws and regulations and has provided me with the tools I require in the right direction for success in my new role." 

Sarah Beaver
Educational Leader

"Gained a lot of valuable lessons in this course. Would recommend to any Educational Leader wanting guidance of creating a positive and reflective culture within their service."

Bronwyn White
Educational Leader

"I found the Flourish course excellent - it has a holistic approach to life, leadership and school. I cannot wait to inspire my team with what I have learnt and have them inspired to step outside of what has become familiar and safe. Let's mix it up a bit with a splash of creativity and a heaping dose of healthy wellbeing."

Lisa Mosely
Educational Leader

"I found this course inspiring and informative. I would highly recommend this course to anyone starting out as an Education leader or mentor."

Jess Pepyat
Educational Leader

GROW · DEVELOP · FLOURISH - for just $275

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