Want to ENJOY Creating Opportunities For Early Learning Again?
You can! Join The Academy For Empowered Educators and gain more time to spend engaging in quality interactions with the children & less time worrying about what to write on your program, when to record child observations or how to tick all the 'regulation' planning boxes in the time you have available each day.
Introducing...
The Academy For Empowered Educators
The Academy is the most comprehensive, empowering, on-demand professional development resource and training solution of it's kind, specifically created for early Childhood Educators all over the world who want to make their job not only easier but more fulfilling!
Educators can access the community support and tools they need inside the Academy to help them arrive at work each day feeling motivated and confident….instead of letting all the unimportant things like a poopy pants incident, pockets filled with snotty tissues, red handprints on the shorts (that will probably have to be explained yet again to some stranger at the shops after work) and writing this week’s program overwhelm them.
When you join this online resource hub and community created for early childhood educators just like you, you will be able to….
Somedays, does it feel like your only option to stay sane is to get out of Early Childhood?
Let's face it ….
The pay's not great...
Coming in at just slightly more than a jar of Nutella next to that bottle of wine from the shelf on the bottom that had cobwebs growing under it.
Expectations continue to grow...
Your Sunday afternoon is spent writing a program of activities that looks good displayed on the wall but in all reality you are only going to get the time to do 1 or 2 of those exquisitely planned gems of early childhood learning because you are going to spend too much time cleaning toilets, emptying rubbish, filling in paperwork and attending meetings out of hours.
You take frustrations home..
You have no patience left when it comes time to actually parent your own children or connect meaningfully with your family.
You have to 'catch up' on paperwork at home...
You're an educator who enjoys learning new skills but you feel frustrated trying to find ways to turn the collection of templates, programs and assessments you use into a process that doesn’t require you to give up nights and weekends with your own family.
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It might even feel like you never have enough time to just engage with the children & create opportunities for playful learning …you're too busy writing...or cleaning...or figuring out if you're even using the right observation template.
So you can see why it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking you're not good enough or doing things the right way.
But guess what? It’s not your fault -
you’re not doing everything the
wrong way and neither are you alone.
Every educator should have the right to ask for helpful feedback & guidance and be able to explore simpler (yet still best practice) ways to do their job….without the ‘you should know that’ looks.
It's an essential step to continued learning and growth of our skills.
Which is why you need the tools and resources to help you get through all those child observations, assessment visits, room setups, forward planning notes, program writing and reflections at lightning speed.
That time you save enables you to once again focus on engaging with the children and encouraging playful learning...the part of the job you love.
So if you’re an educational leader, room leader, family daycare educator, student, preschool teacher, kindergarten teacher or director who wants to confidently balance your planning, activities, documentation, assessments and time with well set up, engaging learning environments and meaningful interactions with children...but aren't sure where to start or what to do to mentor others toward creating change…
Here’s how we’ll get you there:
Introducing...
The Academy For Empowered Educators
The Academy is the most comprehensive, empowering, on-demand professional development resource and training solution of it's kind, specifically created for early Childhood Educators all over the world who want to make their job not only easier but more fulfilling!
This professional development portal not only GIVES YOU THE TOOLS & TRAINING… it also SHOWS YOU HOW to use them with visual examples and step by step strategies.
What are other educators saying about their time inside The Academy?
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What will you have immediate
access to today?
4 Resource libraries you can select from as needed to give you everything you need as an early childhood educator to stop stressing about paperwork, documentation and showing evidence of linking to learning outcomes - without the jargon, judgement or hours of writing instead of play!
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What are other educators saying
on the socials about joining The Academy?
How will The Academy make my planning easier?
Program Planners, Activity Guides, Forward Planning, Communication, Reflection, Observation Templates and learning environment inspiration all come together to create a time-saving process and framework to follow that not only helps you spend less time on paperwork but also guides you towards a better understanding of the planning cycle and how to use documentation meaningfully and efficiently - banishing wasted time, unnecessary writing and outside hours admin!!
What else will The Academy do for me?
Provide Regular Training
Login & watch short toolbox training videos that will give you simple steps to take action or save time. Watch on your computer or device when it suits you. Download training certificates
Lead & Prepare for Assessment
Prepare for assessment and quality improvment planning with step by step tools and training that motivates. Mentor educators, set goals, run meetings and lead with confidence.
Clarify & Break Down ECE Essentials
Gain access to the entire collection of popular Empowered Ed Simple Series E-books, toolkit training sessions and printable guides. All the essentials explained simply!
Give You A Program
Ditch the overwhelm when you begin using the completed program plans already linked to matching activity guides and learning outcomes.
Give You Activity Ideas
You will never be short of an activity idea, invitation to play or DIY resource again when you can access the library of 100's of activity guides and select those from a specific learning area focus.
Save Time & Organise
Download tools & watch training that will help you get on top of basic administration, paperwork, staffing, accounts, policies, portfolios & marketing.
Academy monthly bronze bonus
Then $39 each month if you continue - cancel at anytime.
Take 50% off today & pay $19.50 NOT $39
Choose a monthly subscription, save $19.50 on your 1st month's membership & receive access to EVERYTHING inside The Academy for Empowered Ed's for as long as you decide to continue your subscription.
academy ANNUAL bronze bonus
Take 50% off today & pay $198.50 NOT $397
Choose an annual subscription if you really want to SAVE $ and receive access to EVERYTHING inside The Academy for Empowered Ed's for an ENTIRE YEAR!
What are other educators saying
about their time in The Academy?
Why Did I Feel The Need To Create Member Hub?
Because I'm just like you and I've thought about leaving this educator gig too. Actually, I did.
I'd had enough and just couldn't do it anymore. I went back to uni again, got a degree in social work and human services and loved the career change. But I missed the children....missed setting up play experiences....missed feeling like I was making a difference in the early years of a child's life.
But I didn't miss the planning overwhelm, the working on my weekends, the lack of support, the staff cliques, the weekend workshops, the unpaid staff meetings, the uncertainty of knowing if I was doing everything right.
So I decided to come back to early childhood... but this time I was going to do it my way - I was going to embrace different and throw the 'know it alls' into that nappy bin that no one ever wants to empty.
I was going to simplify while still being excellent at my job. I was going to be assertive. And I was going to share this vision with other educators like me.
And that’s WHY The Academy For Empowered Educators is here.
Is this your space to belong, to be inspired, to get answers to your questions, to become more confident and less stressed as an Educator?
The Academy For Empowered Educators has been created especially for early years educators who recognise the importance of play-based learning and want to access the support, guidance and tools to help them create playful environments & active learning experiences without the overwhelm or over the top documentation.
Academy monthly bronze bonus
Then $39 each month if you continue - cancel at anytime.
Take 50% off today & pay $19.50 NOT $39
Choose a monthly subscription, save $19.50 on your 1st month's membership & receive access to EVERYTHING inside The Academy for Empowered Ed's for as long as you decide to continue your subscription.
academy ANNUAL bronze bonus
Take 50% off today & pay $198.50 NOT $397
Choose an annual subscription if you really want to SAVE $ and receive access to EVERYTHING inside The Academy for Empowered Ed's for an ENTIRE YEAR!
Member content is suitable for educators in the following roles:
- Family Day Care Educators, Coordinators & Mentors, Educational Leaders
- Pre-School & Kindergarten Teachers
- Home Daycare Owners
- Centre-based early childhood teachers
- Outside School Hours Care Educators & Leaders
- Head Start Teachers
- Early learning Centres - Leaders, Assistants, Directors.
- Home Educators
- Early Childhood Students - Certificate, Diploma, Bachelor
- Occasional Care Centre Educators & Playgroup Facilitators
What makes the Member Hub essential for early childhood educators like you?
Everything in One Place
You need different resources at different times and you are busy so you need them quickly! We get that and it's why all you need to do is login online and all training videos, weekly plans, activity guides and more are right there at your fingertips.
Simple Plans & Activities
Planning and documentation is often a source of overwhelm but they don't need to be confusing or complicated! You will save so much time when you can access program planners already completed with activities & linked to learning outcomes.
I Walk the Talk
I know what it's like to be a student, an assistant, a room leader, a coordinator, FDC educator, a director....so the training and tools in the hub come from REAL experience. I know what works...and what doesn’t.
Regular Workshops
Forget about paying for single training workshops. Members not only have access to a collection of short training videos - you also receive a seat at any live presentations and on demand ‘watch the replay anytime you want’ access .Of course personalised professional development certificates, slide guides and MP3 audio also accompany every workshop.
Playful Learning Focus
All materials, ebooks, training, planners and activity guides have been developed with a play based learning focus at the core. The outside environment is also recognised as an important learning space & included throughout content.
Cancel Anytime
I have no doubt that you are going to find the Empowered Ed Member Hub worth every cent of your monthly subscription when you see how much time and stress it saves you, but if for any reason you decide to leave you can cancel your membership at any time. No hidden fees!
Get inside The Academy now by taking 50% off your 1st months membership OR 50% off an annual subscription. Cancel at anytime.
Choose the amount you want to save below...
My Personal Promise To You...
I know that choosing to purchase digital resources and training online can cause some anxiety, especially if you aren't used to buying online or are unsure about how soon you'll get access to your purchase...or even what to do if you have a problem...
And that's why I'm giving you my personal promise and guarantee that you'll immediately have access to the The Academy Professional Development Portal after receiving your purchase confirmation email (that's the awesome thing about buying online...no waiting!).
You'll also be able to start downloading any of the resources inside The Academy and save them to you own computer or device so you have them forever to use! The training videos and workshops are waiting there ready for you to simply press play...whenever it suits you.
I've been sharing resources, support and training online for over 10 years now so you can feel confident that I know what I'm doing and have systems on top of systems (the perfectionist in me!) to make sure that you absolutely get what you paid for and if on the off chance that the internet gremlins get in and cause trouble or your enter your email incorrectly at the checkout and have difficulty logging in...rest assured that all you'll need to do is email me and I'll get it sorted for you asap.
Educators are important to me and I don't take your trust lightly, so please accept this as my personal promise to you. I wouldn't be still doing this after 10 years online if I didn't treat my customers with the respect they deserve.
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So, The Academy Looks Like A Good Option For Me….
But….I need my questions answered first...
I hear you, an empowered educator is an informed educator and that’s why I’ve compiled a list of the questions that other savvy educators ask before joining us inside The Academy... Simply click on the questions below to reveal the answers you need.
YES. I know many educators still prefer to print, write and file rather than use a computer or device so I've spent a lot of time making sure the member hub is easy to use and the resources are a simple click to download to your own computer.
Then you can just print if you prefer to work in hard copies. If you love to work on the computer or device and save on ink and paper then you are also covered! You can save the plans and activity guides then just type into the documents and save, email or upload to the cloud. All you need is an internet connection to log in to your member homepage.
Definitely not! The Academy has a play-based learning focus and although there are more structured factsheets and tools for educators to use for your own professional development the printables, activity guides and plans have been created to ensure children become active and engaged participants in their own learning.
Think of the printables as simply tools to invite learning and play - not 'how they must play' or boxes to check off! My aim is to help you find ways to encourage learning through play - whether that is in an outdoor or indoor environment, a centre or home-based environment.
No! That would go against everything I want the Academy For Empowered Educators to be. The idea is you take what you need each week - that might be a plan or an activity idea, perhaps a 15-minute training video on something you are struggling with or maybe it's a checklist to print with aim of helping you organise your observations.
There is absolutely no need to login everyday and do everything all of the time. You can combine the resources in the 4 planning pillar resource libraries with what you are already using - whether that is in paper form or online with an app to make everything less time consuming for you.
Because there are new training videos, webinars, planners, activity guides, ebooks and printables added to the Academy every single month!
What other educators have to pay separately for from my reosurce shop which can quickly add up - you will have access to anytime for just one low payment each month. You will also have access to training and resources not available outside of the Academy Portal.
You could definitely try and that is certainly an option if you feel you are getting all that you need from surfing educational websites, reading books and interacting in huge Facebook groups to download bits and pieces of free stuff you then have to figure out how to use. I certainly don't want you to purchase something you don't need -that is just wasting my time and yours so I want to make sure you make an informed decision.
But going on the emails and private messages I receive everyday, the majority of early years educators have very little time to spare and are already feeling overstretched with a work/life balance that is just not sustainable anymore.
By joining the Academy you can forget about endless hours searching for that template, activity idea or answer to your question - it's all there in the one place now and you can simply log in when it suits you, download what you need, ask a question, talk to other educators or watch a training video and download your personalised certificate.
I'm confident The Academy is worth your time and money because I know I have already helped thousands of educators just like you over the past 10 years online with my resources and back to basics, keep it simple style.
Definitely! I regularly have educators and parents from around the world buy my resources, attend my webinars, watch my online course videos and join my Facebook community so no matter where you work you will find value and help for your role in the Academy.
There are references, links and resources for Australian educators to make working with the Early Years Learning Framework easier but I have made sure to link all activities, plans and videos to general learning areas and current approaches common to all early childhood professionals so I have you covered...no matter where you live or what standards/frameworks you follow.
I’ve been sharing play-based activities, programming strategies, tips for family day care educators, ideas for outdoor play & environments and more on my website since 2010 and working in the early education and family services sector for over 30 years so I know a *little bit* about connecting with early years educators and leaders.
I've also been developing and selling resources that save educators time and help them understand the basics for the past 8 years so I'm confident my work connects with educators just like you.
The Academy For Empowered Educators includes the same type of content and the down to earth approach I have been sharing for many years online. My ideas, tips and tools have been used by educators around the world - for many different early childhood roles.
I value the level of trust and reputation for helpful resources and advice I have built with fellow educators through my website and social media pages so I am definitely not about making over the top promises to you that I can't keep just to make money.
If you need to know more about me though before you decide if The Academy is for you why not visit my website The Empowered Educator, my Facebook page with over 43,000 likes, my Empowered Ed community group with over 24,000 members or my Pinterest page with over 74,000 followers. I'm pretty sure that many people can't be wrong about my support, ideas and reputation and I'd to mentor and support you too!
The wonderful part about becoming a member is that you’ll be learning not only from me, but from other empowered ed's who’ve already simplified their programming, become more organised, developed systems that allow them to now spend more time with the children in their care and ultimately know firsthand that there IS a way to get their mojo back and love their work again.
I can't wait for you to get there with us.
Want To Experience This Excitement Too?
If I Can Do This So Can You.
I want to let you know something Empowered Ed's…
I’m not extra special.
Not better than you.
I’ve never had access to exclusive consultants, ‘easy’ groups of children, unlimited time or fancy resources.
Through trial and error I created simple tools and systems that made work easier for me based on over 30 years practical, hands-on (often tearful) experiences in early childhood across a variety of roles.
Here’s the thing. You don’t need to be an expert or love paperwork – that’s not me either... so if I can do this, so can you.
You just need a pathway to follow and the tools Member Hub gives you... and let’s not forget the importance of a little personalised support without fear of judgement.
Look, you work really hard and this was your calling, if something for less than the cost of a dinner out per month can make you finally fall back in love with your job again and actually get you back spending time with your own family outside of work hours...isn’t it all worth it?
See you in there….
