Our early-STEM professional development program offers affordable, face-to-face workshops for early childhood educators and teachers.
The program is designed to promote confidence in facilitating STEM* learning and empower those working with children aged 3-6 years to implement playful, inquiry-based experiences in educational programs.
Our engaging play-based workshops are designed with you, the teacher in mind and previous STEM knowledge is not required.
The workshops will provide you with a solid understanding and confidence in planning and implementing STEM learning in your service.
* STEM: science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Little Scientists workshops are endorsed to provide NESA Registered Professional Development for teachers accredited at Proficiency Teacher level. Each workshop counts as 5 hours and 30 minutes of PD.
Our professional development workshop program provides teachers and educators with a variety of tools and educational concepts to meet a range of requirements of the National Quality Framework (NQF) and the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF).
The Little Scientists project is supported and funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training through the National Innovation and Science Agenda.
Our hands-on workshops are available in a range of STEM topics including Water, Air, Engineering, Optics, Mathematics and Human Body with a new workshop launched yearly.
Each full-day workshop explores a specific STEM subject and pedagogical technique.
They are designed to help you connect theory and practice in an engaging, easy to understand way to provide you with the knowledge needed to confidently implement STEM as part of every-day learning. Watch the video below to learn more.
After each workshop, you will receive:
Collectively, these materials allow you to begin your explorations with the children the very next day. Our workshops:
Through every additional workshop, the participants’ confidence and competence in inquiry-based STEM learning grows.
* Price valid until 30 June 2019
Little Scientists workshops are endorsed to provide NESA Registered Professional Development for teachers accredited at Proficiency Teacher level. Each workshop counts as 5 hours and 30 minutes of PD addressing 1.5.2, 2.1.2, 2.5.2, 3.3.2 and 6.2.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
‘We need better STEM content and skills development in the early years of education but it can be difficult to get support for spending because the economic payback doesn’t happen until the individual is through the education system and earning a wage. We’re working with Little Scientists to address the problem at the start’
PwC Managing Partner and STEM leader, Tony Peake.
Read the PwC News Release here: PwC gives STEM a boost with Little Scientists & Teach for Australia
