A1-197  Webinar

Growing Great Educators

Strategies to drive educator improvement in practice

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$49 per person *Included in Manager Club
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Behind every thriving early learning centre is a team of competent, reflective educators and that starts with great leadership. This webinar is designed to help centre directors ignite growth, confidence, and consistency in their teaching teams.

Presented By

Barbara Watson (Ph.D)

Webinar Duration

Approximately 45 minutes
Live: Thursday 30th April 2026 7:30pm AEST

Skill Level

Suitable for beginner to experienced ECE Centre directors

What will you learn?

Join us to uncover practical, people-focused strategies that make real, lasting change.

Learn how to:
  • Build a culture where professional growth feels exciting and achievable
  • Give feedback that fuels confidence and sparks reflection
  • Turn everyday moments into opportunities for improvement
  • Lead with purpose to create a team that’s motivated, capable, and connected

If you’re ready to move beyond “managing performance” and instead inspire excellence, this session will give you the tools and mindset to make it happen.
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:

This was great. I loved the examples and points on how we see children as capable but then we take away their decision making with something as simple as coat wearing.
— AMY
What an awesome webinar, made you think whether who we are doing it for and reflecting on our practice.
— MEMUN
It was awesome so easy to listen to and very practical thanks
— KAREN

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