Everything Early Childhood

Welcome to the Everything Early Childhood Podcast, designed for Approved Providers, Nominated Supervisors and other child care business leaders. This fun, light-hearted and very serious podcast features weekly episodes on strategy, advice and conversations with fascinating and inspiring people from across our sector. Join the journey and have access to the tools and inspiration you need to create high performing child care businesses. In this Podcast, Episode 1, you will learn more about your host Leeza Browne the visionary founder of Platinum Education Group. She looks forward to sharing knowledge, wisdom, tips and inspiration from the sector each week. Please like and subscribe to get weekly alerts when a new podcast episode is available, and check out our website www.platinumed.com.au for more information about how we can support you in your child care business journey.

Welcome to the Everything Early Childhood Podcast, designed for Approved Providers, Nominated Supervisors and other child care business leaders. This fun, light-hearted and very serious podcast features weekly episodes on strategy, advice and conversations with fascinating and inspiring people from across our sector. Join the journey and have access to the tools and inspiration you need to create high performing child care businesses. This weeks episode features the award winning centre director Jake Beesley, who share his trials, triumphs and everything in between. The fine line between professionalism and friendships, overcoming our own ego and well what its like being a male in a female dominated sector. Listen to our candid conversation here!

Welcome to the Everything Early Childhood Podcast, designed for Approved Providers, Nominated Supervisors and other child care business leaders. This fun, light-hearted and very serious podcast features weekly episodes on strategy, advice and conversations with fascinating and inspiring people from across our sector. Join the journey and have access to the tools and inspiration you need to create high performing child care businesses. This weeks episode is a solo one discovering a question from our community about stress in the early childhood sector. We will explore the top 10 stresses at work, 14 proactive strategies to add to your tool kit to reduce stress and how to recognise healthy and unhealthy stress. If you have any topics or questions you would like us to explore or simply would like to connect follow the links below. Everything Early Childhood - The Podcast Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/307551604838003 Leeza Browne - Platinum Education Group - https://www.facebook.com/leezabrownepeg

Welcome to the Everything Early Childhood Podcast, designed for Approved Providers, Nominated Supervisors and other child care business leaders. This fun, light-hearted and very serious podcast features weekly episodes on strategy, advice and conversations with fascinating and inspiring people from across our sector. Join the journey and have access to the tools and inspiration you need to create high performing child care businesses. This weeks episode features the amazing, passionate and inspiring leader Jena Nieves. She is a Nominated Supervisor of an Outside of School hours care service, licensed for 200 children per day. She started her career in early childhood and made the transition after 5 years in the sector to Oosh. With over 15 years experience, she now leads a team of over 40 educators. Join us as we discuss organisation, management structure, and key similarities and differences between Oosh and Long Day Care services. If you have any topics or questions you would like us to explore or simply would like to connect follow the links below. Everything Early Childhood - The Podcast Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/307551604838003 Leeza Browne - Platinum Education Group - https://www.facebook.com/leezabrownepeg

If you have ever dreamed about starting a child care business but you are not sure where to start or just want to get the Approved Provider process right, listen to this weeks episode as we explore the 5 steps to making that dream a reality. An in-depth, fun and (sometimes) serious look at the life of Early Childhood Approved Providers, Nominated Supervisors and Child Care Directors. Enjoy weekly episodes discussing strategy, advice and inspiration surrounding the day to day running of your business in the early childhood sector. Approved Provider Workshop https://www.platinumed.com.au/providerapprovalexam 5 steps to starting a child care businesshttps://www.platinumed.com.au/5-steps-to-a-successful-childcare-business Get in touch with us: www.platinumed.com.au  Socials - Leeza Browne - Platinum Education Group

Disclaimer: This episode may be triggering for some listeners. We do talk about the anatomical names of body parts and stories of abuse. In this episode of Everything Early Childhood we meet Holly Ann Martin the founder and managing director of Safe 4 Kids. A modern day superwoman advocating for child abuse prevention education programs to be introduced to children from 3 years of age. We explore stories, examples and language for educators to use with children and how to get families involved in the process. A very serious, but necessary conversation. If you liked todays episode please be sure to like and subscribe and give us a rating, this way our message gets shared with more people far and wide. To follow Holly and access the resources discussed in todays session: Disclosure poster: https://safe4kids.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Safe4Kids-Disclosure.pdf My Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Safe4KidsAbusePreventionProgram/ My Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/safe4kidseducatorscommunity/ My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ Thesafe4kids Link to our kit: https://safe4kids.com.au/protective-education-program/ To connect with us on Facebook and continue to conversation around Everything Early Childhood: https://www.facebook.com/groups/307551604838003 New Episodes released weekly - Thursdays 6am.

www.platinumed.com.au Need support with your next A&R visit get in touch with us today!

The Everything Early Childhood podcast episode 8 featuring special guest Kellie Bentley. Have you ever wondered what comes first, the brain or the body? Listen to this episode to find out! As we explore the body, the brain and discuss neurotypical development, signs to look out for, some strategies and how we can support our children to develop strong neural systems. Resources: Kellie Bentley - unlocklearningandhealth.com.au INPP Australia - https://inppaustralia.com.au/ Dr. Christine Payard - https://www.bodytobrainlearning.com/site/about

Welcome to the Everything Early Childhood Podcast, designed for Approved Providers, Nominated Supervisors and other child care business leaders. This fun, light-hearted and very serious podcast features weekly episodes on strategy, advice and conversations with fascinating and inspiring people from across our sector. Join the journey and have access to the tools and inspiration you need to create high performing child care businesses.  From your feedback today's episode looks at an introduction to the Quality Improvement Plan.  

Welcome to the Everything Early Childhood Podcast, designed for Approved Providers, Nominated Supervisors and other child care leaders. This fun, light-hearted and sometimes serious podcast features weekly episodes on strategy, advice and conversations with fascinating and inspiring people from across our sector. Join the journey and have access to the tools and inspiration you need to create high quality child care businesses. Episode 10 features our guest Andrea Christie-David who is not only an advocate for inclusion in early childhood but is a powerhouse business professional, starting her career as a human rights lawyer and then building up multiple businesses which she originally started to meet her own needs as a parent, but quickly found there were many more families who were in need of in home care support, particularly families who has children with additional needs.  This is how her journey got started, but her whole life story and experiences have shaped her passion around supporting children, families and early learning services around looking at everything with an inclusion lens. Andrea Christie David the Director of Leor and G8 Education specialised care division, she sits on the board of Relationships Australia and is an amazing powerhouse leader!

Welcome to the Everything Early Childhood Podcast, designed for Approved Providers, Nominated Supervisors and other child care leaders. This fun, light-hearted and very serious podcast features weekly episodes on strategy, advice and conversations with fascinating and inspiring people from across our sector. Join the journey and have access to the tools and inspiration you need to create high performing child care businesses.

Louise Mercieca our special international guest a nutritional therapist, author and presenter is very passionate about preventative nutrition, so surely the best way to do this is to get them right from the start? She has found herself on a bit of an Early Years Nutrition Mission and shares her important message with us in this episode. Welcome to the Everything Early Childhood Podcast, designed for Approved Providers, Nominated Supervisors and other child care leaders. This fun, light-hearted and sometimes serious podcast features weekly episodes on strategy, advice and conversations with fascinating and inspiring people from across our sector. Join the journey and have access to the tools and inspiration you need to create high performing child care businesses.

All things business, life and of course crafting your unique message for your business. Lizzie is the owner of Write It! A copywriting service that gives small businesses BIG voices. As a launch copy specialist, she supports business owners to create compelling, character-filled copy that sets their products, services and businesses up for success! She loves to collaborate with her clients on bold, brave pieces that inspire trust in a brand and build a genuine rapport with their audience. She writes from her heart, and loves seeing the amazing work that comes out when working with a client who is on the same wavelength. As they say it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to run a business and you want Lizzie in yours!!

Alicia Wade is such an inspiration, starting her career like most in early childhood and working her way up to a director, area manager and now is keynote speaker, author, and coach inspiring countless others with her amazing talents and story. It hasn't always been a straight line for Alicia and she openly shares her journey of overcoming challenges throughout her whole career, especially around self belief. She pays tribute to the amazing mentors along the way who believed in her and kept motivating her to push through. We discuss life, business, leadership lessons, gratitude and resilience.

Stephanie Pinto is an emotional intelligence coach, paediatric anxiety therapist and international speaker. She has 2 children of her own and is passionate about helping people bring back calm and connection with their kids. You will be familiar with her Facebook community "raising emotionally intelligent kids" I know I've been following her work for years and love how much it resonates and can be transferred into our roles as early childhood professionals. Stephanie Pinto joins us in this weeks episode to share her knowledge around emotional intelligence both in children and adults and how important it to have compassion and check in with ourselves before stepping into that big emotions space with children. Stephanie is an amazing wealth of knowledge and we are so blessed for her to come on and share so many amazing gems that we can take with us and use in our everyday practice. For more information on Stephanie Pinto you can find her at stephaniepinto.com

In 2017 i was lucky enough to work with a client that owned 11 services in Japan to help them establish services in Australia. As part of the project i went over to Japan to see there services. Here we share stories on travel, architecture, curriculum and culture on all things early childhood. If you have ever wondered what Early Learning Services in Japan are like, i cant wait to share this episode with you all!

Barbara is affectionally known as The Time Tamer. Barbara Clifford is the lead trainer and coach in Time Management and a recognised leader in Stress Management at the Hinwood Institute. She has been a featured columnist for a Murdoch newspaper and is in demand as a Speaker and Facilitator. We loved spending time with Barbara in this diverse episode all about time management, stress and changing our state!

Angela Lee Jenkins is a great human on a mission to help everyone bounce back, build resilience and focus on their wellbeing. With a background in body and brain health she shares some of her strategies that she uses to help individuals and groups to bounce back from tough times. Angela shares her personal story which has made her more resilient and the reason she started on this journey. She believes we are all here to share our greatness! Find out more information at Angelaleejenkins.com.au