Trent Ray | Co-Founder - Director
Cyber Safety Project

Trent has worked as a primary and secondary teacher & leader in Victorian schools for over 15 years. More recently Trent’s roles include Co-Founder of the Cyber Safety Project, Director of Collective Education Australia and working in partnership with the Education team at Microsoft Australia.

Trent and his team are on a mission to support everyone young Australian to self-manage their own digital safety and create safe communities.

Appearances:

Day 2 @ 09:00

Early Childhood Educators Forum

In conjunction with the Early Learning Association Australia (ELAA) and by special request, we have produced a break-out forum designed to upskill and inspire pre-school and kindy teachers and administrators.

Some topics covered include -

Implications of Australian policy and funding reforms in early childhood education and care

David Worland, CEO, ELAA

Understand the latest early childhood education and care policy and funding reforms across both State and Federal Government in Australia

Understand the opportunities and challenges presented by these reforms on:

Children
Families
Service providers
Teachers and educators.

The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers in the Early Childhood context

Linda Blakis, Professional Practice Manager, Victorian Institute of Teaching

Early Childhood guiding documents and the standards
Exemplar of practice using the standards
Resources for Early Childhood Teachers from VIT

Play in a digital society

Jo Bird, Senior Lecturer - Early Childhood Education, University of New England

Children see technologies everywhere and want them in their place spaces.
Consider what children do with technologies not just time spent (creators versus consumers).
Encourage digital literacy and discuss digital ethics and set up rules and boundaries
Scaffold their learning around technologies and don’t be afraid to learn together.

Making the most of partnerships with families

Joanne Tarasuik, Research Manager, Playgroup Victoria