Resilience Training Program for Childcare Centres
My philosophical approach to Early Childhood Education
I embrace the belief that children bring an inherent melody of grace and wonder, enriching our lives as we guide them through the journey of learning and growth. Drawing inspiration from renowned early childhood theorists such as Albert Bandura, Sigmund Freud, and Robert Coles, my practices as a life coach are intricately woven with the understanding that teaching goes beyond imparting knowledge – it’s a reciprocal exchange of wisdom.
As I echo the sentiment that social and emotional learning holds equal importance as learning to read and write, my fervor lies in empowering early childhood educators and teachers with the necessary tools to educate our future generation. This includes preparing children to navigate change in the face of adversity, cultivate positive relationships, face their fears, and to identify, regulate and manage emotions and harness the foundations of acceptance and accountability. It’s about getting them out of their busy minds and into their heart space and helping them develop a solution orientated growth mindset, that is open to opportunity and experiences .
My approach aligns with the profound insights of these theorists. By showing acceptance, we empower children to love themselves, to tap into their inner greatness and discover love in the world around them.
I firmly believe that a child's love is a beacon of profound wisdom, capable of replenishing our inner peace, infusing laughter into our lives, and enveloping us in the harmonious beauty of their presence.
THE AIM
THE PURPOSE
FACILITATION
Gold package facilitates two interactive, In-Centre workshops + four online sessions with corresponding modules to consolidate the teachings for measured success over a 12 month period.
Silver package facilitates two interactive In-Centre workshops + two online sessions with corresponding modules to consolidate teachings for measured success over a 8 month period.
Bronze package facilitates two interactive In-Centre workshops + 1 online session with corresponding modules to consolidate teachings for measured success over a 6 month period.
Parental Resilience night facilitates a 30 minute keynote speech and powerpoint- ” How to Raise Resilient Kids” includes a complimentary handout
Resilience is having the capacity to cope with change in the face of adversity, to try new things, to regulate emotions and bounce back when things don't go to plan.
THE PROGRAM
The program outlines various competencies of Emotional Intelligence, with focuses on:
Managing Emotions
The ability to stay focused & think clearly
Self Awareness
The ability to recognise what you are feeling
Self Exploration
The ability to self inquire and build a sense of well-being & confidence
Social Skills
The ability to manage, influence & inspire emotions in others
Language Positivity
Promoting positive praise through positive language patterns
Adopting flexible thinking patterns
Flexible mindsets breed resilience
SESSION 1
Team training to ‘Master The Emotional Mind’
This interactive In-Centre workshop is designed through a self-assessment questionnaire outlining Strengths and needs for all ECT’s, Educators and Management.
The intensive two-hour workshop covers the 6 key focus areas of resilience:
- Cultivating the hallmark of Emotional Intelligence and grasping strategies to improve interpersonal skills
- Staying on PAR (Perspective, Awareness and Response)
- Deconditioning limiting belief and ability systems.
- How to hack the emotional mind and pivot in the moment
- Anxiety and Stress management
- Grasping effective communication and conflict resolution skills
SESSION 2
Team training to grasp the ‘Mindful Kids’ Resilience Program
This interactive In-Centre workshop outlines what teaching Resilience looks like in a classroom setting.
This workshop facilitates the layers of developing resilience in children, consolidating the ‘Mindful Kids’ program toolkit and implement a modified version to various age groups.
Corresponding modules consisting of mythologies and tools for all team members with a focus on the three components that develop resilient children.
- Assimilating emotions and how to regulate them.
- Harnessing the 3 key elements of resilience tools – (Breathwork, Redirection and Mindfulness) and how to on-teach tools to the various age groups.
- Grasping the importance of positive praise and the difference between empowering praise and disempowering praise.
- Perceiving the difference between a Growth and Fixed mindset and how to cultivate adaptability.
- Grasping the three components required to develop resilient children.
SESSIONS 3,4,5 & 6
40 min zoom sessions once a month with the Educational Leader, ECT, Director & Assistant Director.
The Gold training package will cover all four areas, aiming to encompass any untapped areas of Emotional intelligence and Interpersonal skills. Silver and Bronze packages will provide 1-2 sessions only. The focus areas will be based on the outcome of the Educators data.
Session 1 Creating Tiny Habits & over coming procrastination to increase Productivity
Session 2. Conscious Leadership and Leading Ethically
Session 3. Goal -V- System Mindset to harness measured ongoing success
Session 4. The Art of Zen in Early Childhood
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Expected outcomes for Educators:
- Assimilating and Implementing the tools and techniques through the training
- Sustain the training through regular short training refreshes conducted by management
- To harness and implement the training to modify and on-teach to children in their care
Expected outcomes for children's learning & development:
- Being able to identify and regulate their emotion’s
- To redirect their focus and pivot in the moment towards another choice
- To have the capacity to deal with change and connect positively with others
MEASURING SUCCESS
- Witnessing Educators drawing on the training and responding appropriately and connecting positively with children
- Using the Educator refection tool to be completed at the beginning and the completion of outlined program and feedback from Educators will be collected from each interactive or online workshop. Any clarification can be followed up in the moment to ensure compression is solid and training is being taught correctly.
Explicit links to Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline
- Identity – Building a confident self-Identity, a sense of security and trust and acting with independence and perseverance;
- Connectedness – Building positive relationships with others, showing respect for diversity and exploring interactions between people and the environment around them;
- Well-Being – Building a sense of autonomy and well-being, ways to manage self-care, considering and empathising with others;
- Active Learning – Building Positive dispositions towards learning, problem solving and exploring decision making processes;
- Communicating – Exploring and expanding ways to use language and skills for listening and taking turns in conversations.
TIME FRAME
The program roll out will vary depending on the package chosen.
Gold package rolled out over 6 months.
Silver package rolled out over 4 months
Bronze package rolled out over 3 months
The first two interactive workshops will be facilitated In-Centre, for the duration of two hours each session.
The online sessions will be facilitated via a 40 min zoom.
The Parental night is an added extra or at the request of the Centre can replace one of their online sessions.
ESTIMATED COSTS
The packages range from $3000 – $5000. The pricing reflects the customised content creation, duration of facilitation, and the modules provided for ongoing training.
Parental Resilience nights are a flat fee of $250 + travel.
Your Centre is an ideal fit for this program if your team of early childhood teachers and educators seek to improve productivity, enhance their [SEL] skills to develop resilient children, communicate effectively and foster positive relationships with colleagues, families, and the children in their care.