INSPIRING ARTISTS
Are you ready to create time and space that inspires children's artistic expression?
"Inspired EC deliver a wide variety of Mini Courses to continually expand our Professional Development."
Krissie
Educator
ABOUT THE COURSE
A course designed to support educators to create time and space that inspires children's artistic expression. This course will inspire you to think about your role as an educator in supporting children to explore the creative arts.
The course is broken up into seven lessons and the following is covered:
Welcome Aboard!
Lesson 1: What is art and why is it important?
Lesson 2: Environments
Lesson 3: Materials
Lesson 4: Interactions
Lesson 5: Art in Nature
Lesson 6: Process vs Product
Lesson 7: Documenting Children's Art
Reflection
What will I learn from the course?
Our courses are designed to be inspiring and practical - connecting theory, ideas and inspiration with strategies and actionable steps that will enhance your practice in your work with children.
Consider what's the difference between art and craft?
You will learn about why art is important for children and the different forms this can take.
Consider the NQF
What does the National Quality Framework say that we can align with children's creative expression?
How to meaningfully document children's art
You will learn respectful and meaningful ways to document and display children's art.
Frequently Asked Questions
Inspired EC mini courses are suited to anyone working in the early education and care sector. This mini course is designed to support anyone working with children in long day care, preschools, family day care, OSHC and schools. Inspired EC will guide you to consider your unique context, engage in research and reflective practice, and evolve to meet the needs of the children, families and communities in which you work.
In addition to previously working as educators, nominated supervisors and educational leaders, we currently are the approved providers for Inspired Family Day Care - a service that we started due to demand for nature based, risk friendly and community focused family day care.
This current, practical experience sets us apart - we understand where you are at... because we are right there with you!
We suggest that the course is the equivalent of 2hrs of face to face learning, however we recognise that all learners are different. There is content within the course that may take additional time.
Upon completion of your registration, you will receive a confirmation email with your login information.
You will have immediate access to the course, to complete in your own time. The course may include written content, images, videos, article links, ideas and inspiration.
All participants will complete a reflection/assessment which is personally responded to by one of our course facilitators before you receive your certificate.
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Are you ready to register?
If you're sitting there now thinking.... YES, YES, YES! (and why wouldn't you be?) You can register for the course right now!
