In 2023/2024, SchemaPlay reviewed its accreditation processes in order to:
- Strengthen accredited educators knowledge and understandings of schemes and schemas
- Embed schemes in practice
- Provide pathways for deeper exploration of schemes
- Reduce the demands on educators and early childhood education and care settings
- Support services in maintaining accreditation for educators and early childhood education and care settings.
In 2025, Facilitating Conversations will offer workshops to support educators and early childhood education and care settings at each level of accreditation.
The following table captures the key elements of each programme.
| Bronze Level | Silver Level | Gold Level | |
| Schemes and schemas | Defining schemes and schemas Behavioural schemes Underpinning concepts | Operational schemes Underpinning concepts | Symbolic schemes Underpinning concepts |
| Following the child | Observing the child Fostering self-esteem, developing confidence, mastery and joy in learning | Observing groups of children Fostering social awareness, collaboration, mastery and joy in learning | Observing children using the Universal Design for Learning framework Fostering engagement Nurturing thinking skills |
| SchemaPlay model | Free-flow play and the ZPDF model | ZPDF Model | The ecology of the ZPDF model |
| Child constructed continuity | Seeding environments aligned to schemes | Seeding environments aligned to schemes and schemas | Seeding environments aligned to schemes and schemas to meet curriculum requirements |
| Engaging families | Providing information to families about schemes | Including family perspectives | Supporting home learning, working with families as partners |
| Reflections on practice | Documenting the learning Three Stories Worth Telling | Personal reflective diary | Critical reflection – educator and children’s |
| Embedding practice | Using schemes in routines and transitions Supporting schemes in stories, songs and rhymes | Sustained shared thinking Documenting the language of schemes in children’s recounts | Incorporating sustainable development goals Co-constructing curriculum |
There are 5 workshops in each series.
Bronze: 9:30am to noon, Saturdays 7 June, 14 June, 21 June and 28 June at Hillarys Community Kindy, 137 Broadbeach Boulevard, Hillarys plus an additional Zoom meeting in Term 3.
Bronze: 9:30am to noon, Saturdays 9 August, 16 August, 23 August, 30 August, 6 September at a venue to be confirmed. Could it be yours?
Silver 1: 9:30am to noon, Saturdays 25 October, 1 November, 15 November, 22 November, 29 November at avenue to be confirmed. Could it be yours?
Bronze, Silver and Gold Level workshops can also be negotiated with schools, services and centres.
Cost: $400/person/series including individual on-site visits (plus £15 for accreditation) or$4,000/service/series (plus accreditation)
Call Marie to discuss! 0409 034 692
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