Blue Mountains Preschool Leaders Inclusion Café Networking event

This Inclusion Café events is an invitation to Directors or Educational Leaders from preschools to come together for lunch, sharing, critical reflection and collaboration along with your Amie, your Preschool Inclusion Consultant.  Buy your own lunch, and KU Sector Capacity Building Program will cover a coffee or tea. These events provide an opportunity to network, share and learn from one another through a dynamic, focussed discussion on inclusive practices, resources and initiatives in preschools.  

Let’s connect and celebrate inclusion, share some highlights, possibly discuss a few practice challenges, and create space for sharing.   

We would love you to bring along one (or more) of the following to share if possible:  

• A “glimmer” (a tiny micro-moment of joy) or perhaps you have a bigger moment – one where you are in a flow state and “glow” from your work (or your teams) in creating inclusive early childhood education environments.
• A favourite (inclusion related) resource that you’d like to share with other passionate colleagues.  This might be a children’s book, pedagogy-based book, technology tool, professional learning, toy or other children’s resource.

Ben’s Café in Lawson is a centrally located social enterprise café offering good quality food and drinks while supporting young people with a disability.

This workshop aligns with the National Quality Standard:  

QA 1, 1.2: Educational program and Practice  

QA 3, 3.2.1: Inclusive Environment  

QA 5: Relationships with children  

Quality Area 6, 6.2: Collaborative partnerships enhance children’s inclusion, learning and wellbeing  

This workshop aligns with the National Quality Standard: 

QA 1, 1.2, 1.3.2: Educational program and Practice 

QA 3, 3.2.1: Inclusive Environment 

QA 5: Relationships with children 

Quality Area 6, 6.2: Collaborative partnerships enhance children’s inclusion, learning and wellbeing 

Professional Standards for Teachers: 

1 hour of elective PD towards maintaining NESA accreditation can be claimed under: 

Standard 1: Know students and how they learn. 

Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching learning. 

Standard 4: Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments. 

Standard 7: Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community