| Type | Price |
|---|---|
For Members Standard Price Subsidy/Grant Applied Reduced Member Price |
$295.00 -$200.00 $95.00 |
Description
AISWA Early Childhood is thrilled to offer this workshop, in partnership with Reggio Emilia Australia Information Exchange (REAIE) and led by Kirsty Liljegren, which is specifically designed to support educators who have previously been sponsored by AISWA Early Childhood to participate in an REAIE Study Tour, conference or workshop and wish to reconnect with, and deepen their understandings. Please only register if you meet this criteria.
Kirsty is renowned for her expertise and experience in working with the ideas from Reggio within Australian and international contexts, as a teacher, leader and consultant.
This workshop will offer participants an opportunity to reconnect with the principles of the educational project of Reggio Emilia, to share how their encounter with Reggio has influenced their thinking and practice, and to pose questions. Discussions will include the possibilities and challenges associated with being influenced by the provocations from Reggio Emilia within WA schools.
Lunch will be provided. Please nominate any dietary requirements on registration.
***Subsidy provided from Preschool Reform Agreement (PRAG)
Outcomes
Outcomes:
- Revisit and deepen understanding of the principles of the Reggio Emilia approach and explore their application in local educational settings.
- Share how experiences with Reggio Emilia have shaped practice in diverse contexts, discussing both the successes and challenges encountered.
- Pose questions and explore strategies to address the possibilities and challenges of implementing Reggio-influenced practices in Western Australian schools.
Presenters
Kirsty Liljegren
Director of Cornish College Early Learning Centre, Victoria
Until recently, Kirsty was the teaching Director of Cornish College Early Learning Centre in Victoria where she worked for the past ten years. Many educators from around the world have visited the early learning centre as a place of provocation, innovation and inspiring practice. Kirsty was awarded a national excellence in teaching award for innovative practice together with a State and Territory award for Victoria for her contribution to the early childhood sector.
Kirsty has been a long-standing committee member of the Reggio Emilia Australia Information Exchange (REAIE) and has undertaken two study tours to Reggio Emilia, together with visits to the Forest Schools in Denmark and the Nature Kindergartens in Scotland. The philosophy from the Reggio Emilia educational project has had a profound influence on Kirsty both professionally and personally, continuing to fuel a hope for all children to be respected, valued and understood as they deserve to be.
Kirsty consults and lectures in a variety of contexts both nationally and internationally, with insight shared from both a practitioner’s and a leadership perspective. She is particularly passionate about the all-important question: How do we as educators enable children to flourish?
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Segments
Reconnecting with Reggio Emilia: A Workshop with Kirsty Liljegren
Date / Time
25 Feb 2025 Starts: 09:00 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person