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The Empowered Educator

Inspiring ideas, training and resources for early learning.

What Is Intentional Teaching in Early Education?

What Is Intentional Teaching in Early Education?

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Do you ever feel frustrated when children don’t seem engaged during activities you planned? Or wonder if your teaching is…
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How Educators Can Use ChatGPT AI Vision Technology To Improve Planning, Assessment & Learning Outcomes

How Educators Can Use ChatGPT AI Vision Technology To Improve Planning, Assessment & Learning Outcomes

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It’s 9am on a Tuesday – you’re knee-deep in an ocean of playdough infused carpet, paint-covered aprons, and a table…
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Uncover Children’s Schema Play With An AI Assistant

Uncover Children’s Schema Play With An AI Assistant

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Welcome back to the second part of our interesting series on the wonders of children’s play schemas. PART 1 HERE…
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An Educators Guide To Children’s Schema In Early Childhood

An Educators Guide To Children’s Schema In Early Childhood

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As an early childhood educator, have you ever noticed a child endlessly filling containers or obsessively lining up objects? These…
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How to implement EYLF v2.0 Quality Improvement Planning

How to implement EYLF v2.0 Quality Improvement Planning

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How can early childhood educators implement continuous quality improvement with the Early Years Learning Framework?The journey of evolving practice and…
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Organise, Visualise & Document  Children’s Early Learning With Airtable

Organise, Visualise & Document Children’s Early Learning With Airtable

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If you feel frustrated or disorganised when trying to document children’s early learning then let me introduce you to my…
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Educator Goals For Self-Assessment

Educator Goals For Self-Assessment

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An important part of an educator’s role is to confidently set achievable goals that consistently support a strong self-assessment and…
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Playful Learning Ideas With Colour, Light, Shadow and Reflection.

Playful Learning Ideas With Colour, Light, Shadow and Reflection.

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In this post I’m going to give you a collection of playful learning activity ideas using colour, light, shadows and…
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How to Prepare for the Assessment and Rating Process – Stepping Stones Series Part 1

How to Prepare for the Assessment and Rating Process – Stepping Stones Series Part 1

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How do you as an early childhood educator prepare for the assessment and rating process?Perhaps it feels like the process…
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Music and Movement Activities for Children

Music and Movement Activities for Children

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Incorporating music and movement activities for young children is a valuable part of any early childhood program…and there are many…
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16 Ways Educators can help young children self-reflect & why it’s important!

16 Ways Educators can help young children self-reflect & why it’s important!

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How can we, as early childhood educators, help children of all ages regularly self-reflect and therefore contribute to their ongoing…
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How You Can Document Child Observations (Using methods you might not have thought of!)

How You Can Document Child Observations (Using methods you might not have thought of!)

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When working as an educator in the early childhood profession, documenting child observations is simply a means of gathering information…
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5 Essential Steps to Becoming a Confident Educational Leader

5 Essential Steps to Becoming a Confident Educational Leader

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There seems to be a whole lot of uncertainty surrounding the relatively new Educational Leader Role so it’s not surprising…
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How to Document Children’s Voices

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Documenting and incorporating the children’s voices for baby and toddler groups into early childhood programs and environments when they are…
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Writing Observations for Baby and Toddler.

Writing Observations for Baby and Toddler.

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Recording observations for baby and toddler groups can be a challenge for early childhood educators but it just takes a…
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Jodie
Hi, I'm Jode, Mum to 3 girls in Australia, and an early childhood educator, presenter and consultant.
I share ideas, inspiration & resources for play based, inquiry led learning
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