A1-176 Webinar

Effective Management of Mixed Age ECE Settings

Empower your team. Enrich your practice. Elevate every age group.
Presented By Barbara Watson (PhD)
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Managing a mixed-age early childhood education (ECE) setting comes with unique joys—and complex challenges. From balancing developmental needs to supporting teachers in their practice, this webinar unpacks the strategies that make mixed-age environments not just workable, but wonderfully effective.

Now available for on-demand learning, this is an engaging, practical session designed for centre leaders, team leaders, and educators navigating the dynamic world of multi-age learning.

Presented By

Barbara Watson (PhD)

Webinar Duration

Approximately 60 minutes

Skill Level

Suitable for beginner to experienced educators

What will you learn?

In this webinar, we explore:
  • Proven strategies for supporting learning across age groups
  • Effective room planning, routines, and environments
  • Creating shared expectations and consistent practice
  • Managing transitions, relationships, and communication in mixed-age settings
Whether you're new to mixed-age settings or looking to refine your approach, this session will leave you with greater clarity, confidence, and connection to your team's goals.
Certificate of completion provided for your professional learning records
About the presenters

Barbara Watson (PhD)

PhD; MEdAdmin; BEd (ECE); Dip.Tchg (Primary)

Barbara is a qualified early childhood and primary teacher and has owned and managed early childhood centres. Having worked as part of the EC Professional Support team at the Faculty of Education for 7 years, she has strong links with The University of Auckland. While in this role Barbara facilitated a variety of workshops and programmes for a wide range of ECE services and also lectured on a number of ECE papers.

Barbara has a passion for supporting teachers to make effective links between theory and practice. Her Masters thesis focused on leadership and adult education and her PhD investigated how induction and mentoring programmes are enacted in education and care services. Barbara works with centre leaders as a mentor, coach and external appraiser. 

What others said about this webinar:

I'm an educator in a multi age setting and this webinar was great to remember the important things of navigating a multi age service.
— CAITLIN
I enjoyed listening to the webinar hearing different peoples interactions coming out of a mixed centre helped me a lot.
— CHELSEA
The webinar provided practical strategies for managing mixed-age groups effectively, which is often a challenge in early childhood education. It reinforced the importance of intentional planning and flexible routines to meet diverse needs.
— MARTIN

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