Professional development
Drawing on 130 years of experience and expertise in delivering high-quality early childhood services, KU offers a range of rich professional development opportunities to early childhood professionals.
Making the KU Difference
KU has been a leader in early childhood education and care since 1895. Today, we operate a range of services and programs including preschools, kindergartens, long day care services and family programs.
This level of experience brings knowledge and insight that is unsurpassed in the early childhood sector.
Drawing on this expertise, KU is well positioned to work with range of early childhood services, building capacity, skills and knowledge in response to the requirements of the National Quality Framework and Curriculum Frameworks.
The purpose of the KU Learning and Development program is to build the capacity of a future-focussed and sustainable early childhood education workforce.
We provide opportunities for early childhood professionals to access multi-modal professional learning built on the foundations of the National Quality Framework and research-informed contemporary early childhood practices.
Courses and events
KU offers a carefully crafted program of boutique offerings that invite teachers and educators into important conversations about professional identity, practitioner knowledge and learning experiences.
Rich professional learning opportunities are grounded in research, comprise flexible delivery modes and address the following guiding principles:
- Children’s rights and social justice
- Relationships and spirit
- Innovative and inspirational
- Authentic and collaborative
- Contemporary and research-informed
