Roscommon County Childcare Committee 

Continuing Professional Development Day 

Saturday 16th May-Abbey Hotel, Roscommon Town

Roscommon County Childcare Committee (RCCC) in collaboration with Longford County Childcare Committee are delighted to support the Early Childhood Care and Education sector in organizing this continuing professional development event.  The theme of the day is:Development of an emergent and inquiry-based curriculum – Linking the Building Pillars of Practice through the use of the Aistear/Síolta Practice Guide -  Inspiring Leadership within the Early Childhood Care & Education

We are excited to be in a position to bring over from the USA, Susan MacDonald, M.Ed. Susan is the founder of Inspiring New Perspectives, a consultancy focused on empowering educational leaders to create programs that respect and nurture the possibilities that lie within each child, parent, and early years educators/early years practitioners/teachers. Her dynamic presentation style engages participants in their own learning. Susan is committed to combining her knowledge of early childhood quality standards with her unique professional background to develop and deliver a higher quality of inspirational courses and workshops. With over 20 years of hands-on experience in the early childhood field, she has proven herself to be a passionate lifelong learner.

As part of the day’s workshops, facilitators will demonstrate the linkages with the Aistear Síolta Practice Guide which is intended to help you in your role as curriculum-developer to build, reflect on and extend your curriculum to support babies’, toddlers’ and young children’s early learning and development. The Practice Guide is based on the understanding that settings are compliant with, or are working to become compliant with the Child Care (Pre-School Services) (No. 2) Regulations (Department of Health and Children (DHC), 2006). The Practice Guide uses the concept of an emergent and inquiry-based curriculum to help practitioners to use the two frameworks together. An emergent and inquiry-based curriculum uses children’s and practitioners’ interests, questions and experiences as starting points for curriculum planning.

Session One:  Six life skills children need to be successful

Session two: Creating Vibrant Engaging Learning Environments 

Session 3: Skilful Intervention & Leadership for everyone working in the Early Childhood Care and Education Sector

ANY QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT: E-MAIL: majella.mcgovern@roscommonchildcare.ie or carmel.dunne@roscommonchildcare.ie  The booking form can be downloaded from our website at www.roscommonchildcare.ie