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Professional DevelopmentFor early childhood and OSHC services

Fully customisable PD to meet your legal obligations blast through your roadblocks+ achieve your big quality improvement goals

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We get it. PD sometimes gets put on the backburner when juggling priorities, staffing and resources at a busy service.

But PD might just be the magic ingredient you need to upskill your educator team, meet your legal obligations and grow your success.

That’s why we’ve put together an innovative approach to PD that can be scaled up or down to match your quality improvement goals, your team’s development areas and your budget.

Every year, we help hundreds of early childhood and OSHC services embrace best practice and face their challenges with confidence.

Are you ready to ignite your service’s potential?

Our packages

What you get:4 hours of PD – workshops and/or tailored coaching and mentoring

What you can expect:How many times have you come home from a workshop inspired, only to get too caught up in the day-to-day to put what you’ve learnt into practice?

At the Activate level, one of our expert consultants will support you or your team in your chosen topic area. You/your team will reflect on current ways of working and develop new practices that all staff can implement consistently across your program.

Price:From $1399 + GST for your team or service

ActivateWhat you get:2 hours of PD – workshops or tailored coaching and mentoring

What you can expect:The Ignite package will introduce you or your team to practical strategies needed to improve skills in your chosen topic area.


IgniteWhat you get:8 hours of PD – workshops and/or tailored coaching and mentoring

What you can expect:So you’ve sent your team to PD and spent time putting what you’ve learnt into practice, but it doesn’t seem to stick? Or maybe you’re looking to level up and achieve some big leadership or management goals?

At the Embed level, one of our expert consultants will work with you or your staff team across time to make sure new skills and practices in your chosen topic area are here to stay. A CCC consultant will support you/your team to embed critical reflection in your program and create an action plan for improvement, which you can include in your Quality Improvement Plan.


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Why choose CCC for your professional development?

We will come to your service – whether you’re in metro Melbourne or regional Victoria – or we can deliver your PD virtually

Fully customisable PD to match your quality improvement goals, your team’s development areas and your budget

Our expert consultants have 150+ years’ lived experience in early childhood and OSHC, which means you get practical, relatable PD that you can immediately apply in your service

Training you can trust with all PD mapped against the National Quality Standard and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers

25% discount on professional development for CCC members

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What early childhood and OSHC services are saying

‘Thank you so much for all your help and guidance, we went straight to Exceeding from Working Towards’

Rajni, The Learning Sanctuary Park OrchardsExceeding-rated service

Karen, Kensington Community Children’s Co-operativeExceeding-rated service

‘Community Child Care Association runs training that is evidence-based. Our educators come away with skills and understanding that is tested and trustworthy’

‘[This PD] opened my eyes to seeing my practices and program influence in a new light’

Jenna, Grahamvale Primary School OSHC

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Professional development for educators and teachers

Popular Responding to children’s challenging behaviours: 8 How to reframe, reset and reduce stress

Programming and documentation: Time-saving 9 strategies for getting on top of the planning cycle

Top-rated Indoor/outdoor environments: Bring confidence and 10 creativity to your learning and play spaces

Critical reflection: From confusion to confidence 11

Collaborative partnerships with families and 12 communities: How to build genuine relationships with children’s first teachers

Intentional teaching 101: What it is and how to 13 plan and document it!

Professional development for leaders and managers

Popular Quality improvement planning: Creating a QIP that 15 works for you

Team building: Nurturing your dream team 16

The role of the educational leader: Simple strategies 17 to mentor and motivate educators

Managing a service: For new coordinators or directors 18

Child Safe Standards and Reportable Conduct 19 Scheme: For early childhood and OSHC services

Stand-alone workshops and on-site professional development

Top-rated Assessment and rating preparation visit 21

Orientation and training for committees 22

Become an Approved Provider 23

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Professional development for educators and teachers

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Responding to children’s challenging behaviours: How to reframe, reset and reduce stressDelivered in your service or virtually

We’ve all had days when children’s behaviour leaves us frustrated and confused. On the most challenging days, educators might feel like giving up. Our guiding behaviour packages will help educators reframe, reset and reduce stress, and nurture children with positive behaviour strategies that all educators can put into practice.

Educators will: Package 1: Ignite

Package 2: Activate

Package 3: Embed

Learn the link between children’s feelings and behaviours, and explore simple ways to build trust with children

Discover how to support children’s self-regulation, communication and problem-solving skills to promote positive behaviour

Get practical strategies for creating calmer programs and environments that reduce educator stress levels

Discover the latest research and proven strategies for responding to challenging behaviours, with extra support putting learning into practice from a mentor

Critically reflect on practice over time and apply learnings, with personalised support from a mentor

Experience greater confidence and positivity, and create a sense of calm across the service when managing children’s challenging behaviours

‘Everyone was impressed with the content as [CCC] put a different spin on what we know, really challenging

our own behaviour and environment’ – Nada, Yarraberg Children’s CentreThis PD aligns with QA5 and APST 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7. It contributes towards the 20 hours of required

PD for VIT renewal of registration.

From $799 + GST for your team or service

Use your Innovative Solutions or School Readiness Funding

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Can your educators articulate the ‘why’ behind their curriculum decisions? Could they confidently explain the program planning cycle if asked during A&R? Our program planning and documentation packages will empower your team to develop simple, time-saving planning practices that cut down on paperwork and ensure all requirements are ticked off on time.


Package 2: Activate

Package 3: Embed

Learn how to confidently explain how the planning cycle works

Improve their ability to analyse children’s learning and development

Develop simple, time-saving strategies and tools to support documentation of the planning cycle across your program, with extra support from a mentor

Reflect on your current program planning and documentation, and embed learning into practice, with one-on-one guidance from a mentor

Create long-term change by developing reflective, thoughtful and collaborative planning and documentation practices that will help you put your best foot forward for A&R

Programming and documentation: Time-saving strategies for getting on top of the planning cycleDelivered in your service or virtually

This PD aligns with QA1 and APST 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. It contributes towards the 20 hours of required PD for VIT renewal of registration.



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‘SO FUN! We got to be creative and hands-on. Beautiful material and practical

advice. Thank you so much! What a fabulous day this was’ – Regina, Clifton Street

Children’s Centre (Exceeding-rated service)



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Top-rated

Indoor/outdoor environments: Bring confidence and creativity to your learning and play spaces

Are children becoming bored with the same old set-ups? Could your educator team explain the ‘why’ behind your environments if asked by an assessor during A&R? Our packages will bring confidence and creativity to your set-ups, teaching educators how to create cost-effective environments that support children’s learning and positive behaviour. Don’t have access to a bush or beach kinder? We can support you to adapt those concepts to your own setting and let your environment shine.


Package 2: Activate

Package 3: Embed

Discover how environments can support children’s learning and promote positive behaviour

Learn strategies for creating beautiful, exciting learning environments that all children and staff can enjoy

Learn how to confidently explain their role in scaffolding children’s learning and engagement in environments, with extra support from a mentor

Develop the ability to create fresh indoor/outdoor set-ups that are cost-effective and make clear links to the frameworks

Discover the hidden potential in your environments, with personalised support from a mentor over several months

This PD aligns with QA1 and 3, and APST 1, 3, 4 and 6. It contributes towards the 20 hours of required PD for VIT renewal of registration.

Delivered in your service or virtually

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Are your educators confused about critical reflection? Do they struggle to make it part of their practice and documentation? Our packages take the fear and frustration out of critical reflection, and support your team to embed reflection in practice across the service.


Package 2: Activate

Package 3: Embed

Learn what critical reflection really is and how to do it without becoming overwhelmed

Get practical strategies and tools to support reflective practice and the art of professional conversation

Use critical reflection to strengthen your program planning cycle, with extra support from a mentor

Be guided to document and engage in critical reflection to support improvement in practice

Embed critical reflection in your program with simple time-saving practices that help you put your best foot forward for A&R

Critical reflection: From confusion to confidence

This PD aligns with QA1 and APST 3, 6 and 7. It contributes towards the 20 hours of required PD for VIT renewal of registration.



‘Friendly, warm presenter with lots of tools and

interesting ways to change perspective on reflection’ –

Lynda, Kids on Collins

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Collaborative partnerships with families and communities: How to build genuine relationships with children’s first teachers

Do your educators struggle to engage families in your program? Are they confident approaching parents to share information or discuss sensitive issues? Families are children’s first and most knowledgeable teacher. Our packages will teach educators the confidence and skills to build and maintain warm and open partnerships with families in their day-to-day interactions and programs.


Package 2: Activate

Package 3: Embed

Learn how to embrace the diverse families in your communities

Explore strategies and tools to improve communication with families

Put in place simple practices that strengthen collaborative partnerships with families, with extra support from a mentor

Build warm, open partnerships with families, with coaching from a mentor over time

Establish a connection with local communities, with personalised guidance from a mentor



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Do your educators know what intentional teaching looks like in practice? Could they explain how your service plans and documents intentional teaching if asked during A&R? Our packages empower educators to implement intentional teaching strategies in their planning, documentation and environments. Educators will also learn how intentional teaching supports inclusion, social and emotional development and STEM learning in their programs.


Package 2: Activate

Package 3: Embed

Discover what intentional teaching really means and how to do it

Learn strategies and language to extend children’s learning, and put them into practice

Develop ways to create intentional environments and experiences, with extra support putting learning into practice from a mentor

Master practices that support intentional teaching in all aspects of your program, with personalised guidance from a mentor

Review and plan for intentional teaching in your program, with support from a mentor over time

Get tailored support to meet the needs of individual educators through mentoring

Intentional teaching 101: What it is and how to plan and document it!

This PD aligns with QA1 and APST 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7. It contributes towards the 20 hours of required PD for VIT renewal of registration.



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Professional development for leaders and managers

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Maintaining a QIP can be difficult. We’ve seen QIPs balloon out of control, becoming a nightmare for services during assessment and rating. Our packages support your leaders and managers to transform their QIP into a manageable plan that actually supports your service’s improvement and helps you put your best foot forward for A&R.

Leaders/managers willl: Package 1: Ignite

Package 2: Activate

Package 3: Embed

Learn how to review and update your QIP without becoming overwhelmed

Identify practices to support self-assessment in each Quality Standard

Develop better strategies to actively engage stakeholders in your QIP

Discover a way to ensure all educators understand your QIP and can explain how they are using it to improve quality, with extra support from a mentor

Review your current QIP and make powerful changes

Learn how to harness the QIP to achieve big quality improvement goals for your service, with personalised support from a mentor over several months

Popular Quality improvement planning: Creating a QIP that works for you




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‘[CCC] really turned my thinking around. Our QIP in its new form is a lot simpler

to manage and maintain, as well as documenting to stakeholders our current and ongoing quality improvements’ – Lisa, Spensley Street OSHC (Exceeding-rated service)


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Team building: Nurturing your dream team

How do you inspire a team, build positive working relationships and get everyone on board with changes to practice? And how do you lower staff turnover and make sure that progress isn’t lost when staff leave? Our packages will support your managers to confidently lead effective teams and build strategies for succession planning.

Leaders/managers will: Package 1: Ignite

Package 2: Activate

Package 3: Embed

Learn the key characteristics of a vibrant, engaged and connected team

Discover what collaborative relationships look like, and how they’ll help you create a better working environment for staff

Understand the role of the ECA Code of Ethics and Professional Standards in maintaining strong teams

Learn strategies and plan actions to ensure your team is working together towards a shared vision

Learn how to motivate and grow individuals on your team, work with colleagues and families that may challenge you, conduct staff appraisals, share responsibilities, and lead a strong professional team

Work one-on-one with an expert mentor to hone your leadership skills and build your dream team

This PD aligns with QA4 and 7, and APST 6 and 7. It contributes towards the 20 hours of required PD for VIT renewal of registration.



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Unpack your role as educational leader, and get the strategies you need to inspire and mentor your team, and create a strong professional learning community.

You will: Package 1: Ignite

Package 2: Activate

Package 3: Embed

Get to grips with your role and responsibilities, and learn how to explain what you do with confidence

Develop simple strategies to support, inspire, lead and mentor other educators

Extend your knowledge on critical reflection and how to guide others in reflecting on practice

Identify strategies for promoting a positive organisational culture and building a strong professional learning community

Work one-on-one with a mentor to reflect on how your service philosophy is embedded in the planning cycle and educator practices

The role of the educational leader: Simple strategies to mentor and motivate educators

This PD aligns with QA1 and 7, and APST 6 and 7. It contributes towards the 20 hours of required PD for VIT renewal of registration.

From $799 + GSTUse your Innovative Solutions or

School Readiness Funding

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Managing a service: For new coordinators or directors

Are you in your first coordinator/director role? These packages will teach you how best to meet the challenges of managing a service – including complying with legislative requirements and the National Quality Standard – and support your team to meet these requirements too. You will be equipped with the knowledge, skills and resources you need to deliver a high quality service. Our packages are also suitable for 2ICs who may need to step up when directors are on leave.

You will: Package 2: Activate

Package 3: Embed

Wrap your head around all governance requirements and how to manage them efficiently

Get time-saving strategies to support best practice in your role

Learn how to get the most out of people, lead teams and build staff capacity

Work one-on-one with an expert mentor to hone your management skills and put your unique stamp on the role

Work one-on-one with an expert mentor to develop your leadership skills and build your dream team

This PD aligns with QA7 and APST 6 and 7. It contributes towards the 20 hours of required PD for VIT renewal of registration.

From $799 + GSTUse your Innovative Solutions or

School Readiness Funding

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Need further support? We can help with policy development, reviewing a service philosophy, performance appraisals, staff recruitment and more.

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Are you and your staff across the seven Child Safe Standards and Reportable Conduct Scheme? All early childhood and OSHC services are legally required to comply with the standards.

You will: Package 1: Ignite

Package 2: Activate

Package 3: Embed

Get an overview of the Child Safe Standards and Reportable Conduct Scheme

Understand what the standards mean for Approved Providers, leaders and educators in everyday practice

Learn simple strategies to start implementing the standards at your service

Review your current practices – including current reporting requirements to the Department, police and the CCYP – with extra support from a mentor

Explore how to apply the standards to tricky situations

Create a strategic plan for implementing your reviewed policy, with support from a mentor over several months

Ensure your policies and practices are compliant

Child Safe Standards and Reportable Conduct Scheme: For early childhood and OSHC servicesDelivered in your service or virtually

This PD aligns with QA 1–7 and APST 1, 4 and 7. It contributes towards the 20 hours of required PD for VIT renewal of registration.



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Stand-alone workshops and on-site professional development

20 I Professional Development Opportunities 2020


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‘Thank you so much for all your help and guidance, we went straight to

Exceeding from Working Towards’ – Rajni, The Learning Sanctuary Park Orchards

Assessment and rating can be make or break, so it’s crucial to be well prepared. This popular package will take the stress out of A&R and help you and your team get ready. One of our expert consultants will spend a full day at your service, observing practice and providing feedback in each of the Quality Areas. Your educator team will receive coaching across the day and have the opportunity to ask questions about any area of service operation, free from judgement.

You will:

Talk through your previous assessment and rating report and current Quality Improvement Plan and identify strengths and areas for improvement

Get simple tips and tricks for highlighting your service’s strengths

Get guidance and support on situations as they arise throughout the day

Receive a detailed written report outlining observed strengths and suggested improvements in each Quality Area

Top-rated Assessment and rating preparation visit½ day or full day, delivered in your service

This PD aligns with QA1–7.

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From $399 + GST for your committee

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This PD aligns with QA7 and APST 7.

Orientation and training for committees

Is your committee of management clear on its governance responsibilities and legal duties? As the peak for community-owned education and care, we are the experts on education and care committees. No two training sessions are the same – we tailor our orientation so we can focus on your skills and knowledge gaps. We are flexible with timing, so you can schedule your training right after a committee meeting. Our orientation and training will ensure your committee is working directly with your service director/coordinator to manage operations and strategic direction.

Your committee will:

Get clarity on roles within the committee, sub-committees and delegations

Discover government’s role and expectations of the committee as an employer and Approved Provider

Learn about the responsibilities of the service director/coordinator

Get clarity on its legal duties and ethical considerations

Learn tips for efficient management and making good use of meetings

Work through existing management challenges and issues

1 hr, delivered in your service or virtually

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Have you applied to be an Approved Provider but need additional support in a particular area? As a Victorian peak for education and care, our consultants are experts on becoming an Approved Provider. In consultation with you and the Department of Education and Training, we can set you up for success by providing training in one or more Quality Areas.

You will:

Understand your obligations and responsibilities as an Approved Provider

Build your knowledge of the national law and regulations

Get the strategies you need to establish strong governance and leadership systems

Become an Approved Provider2hrs per Quality Area, delivered in your service or virtually

This PD aligns with QA1–7.


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Community Child Care Association acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Peoples of this nation and the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work. We recognise their continuing connection to culture, land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Such great breadth of training opportunities and warm, friendly consultants that really know their stuff! KIDZONE OSHC, ROMSEY (Exceeding-rated service)

Everyone was impressed with the content as [CCC] put a different spin on what we know, really challenging our own behaviour and environment YARRABERG CHILDREN’S CENTRE

[Community Child Care Association] really turned my thinking around. Our QIP in its new form is a lot simpler to manage and maintain, as well as documenting to stakeholders our current and ongoing quality improvements SPENSLEY STREET OSHC (Exceeding-rated service)

Our educator team were thrilled and have been readily using the tools and strategies in their daily practice KINGKIDS NARRE WARREN (Exceeding-rated service)

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