We offer a range of professional development programs for early childhood educators and teachers, no matter their career stage.
Please share these great opportunities, designed to help build strong and long-lasting careers, with all early childhood teachers and educators at your services.
Beginning Teacher Conferences
The free early childhood Beginning Teacher Conference series returns from Monday 12 May 2025.
The series helps to prepare and inspire new early childhood teaching professionals in their first year of practice, including provisionally registered teachers, and those anticipating to graduate in the next 12 months.
It offers early childhood professionals:
- access to the latest research on relevant topics through thought-provoking presentations and discussions with their peers
- valuable evidence-based insights from early childhood leaders and best practice examples applicable to teaching practice
- opportunities to build professional networks with peers.
Each program will be delivered in person and online to ensure the program can be accessed by participants across the state.
Event details
The conferences will take place in person at the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership, 41 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and online. They will be held between 9 am and 3 pm on the following dates:
Series 1: Designing Learning Experiences: Play, Program Development, and Assessment
- Monday 12 May 2025 — in person
- Tuesday 27 May 2025 — online
Series 2: Building Foundations: Emotional Regulation and Family Engagement in Early Childhood
- Monday 28 July 2025 — in person
- Friday 1 August 2025 — online
Series 3: Cultural Connections: Aboriginal Perspectives and the Multiculturalism in Early Education
- Tuesday 28 October 2025 — in person
- Friday 7 November 2025 — online.
How to register
Participation is open to:
- early childhood teachers in their first year of practice
- 2025 early childhood education graduates with anticipated graduation in the next 12 months working in a funded kindergarten program
- diploma qualified educators currently undertaking End to End Career Support coaching.
To register to attend the Beginning Teacher Conference series, visit Supports for early career early childhood professionals.
Registration closes midnight Tuesday 27 May 2025.
Coaching support for early childhood professionals
Early childhood teachers and diploma-qualified educators working in funded kindergarten services during their first 2 years of practice are eligible to take part in the End-to-End Career Supports Coaching Program.
The program enables participants to receive up to 9.5 hours of tailored coaching from experienced early childhood coaches.
The coaches offer practical knowledge and actionable strategies, to support you in your professional journey. They will help you to enhance your skills, increase your confidence, and improve your practice, leading to better child learning outcomes and a more positive work environment.
Coaching sessions take place online, with the option for one in-person visit.
For more information, or to register for this program, refer to Supports for early career early childhood professionals.
Professional development for provisionally registered teachers
Moving to full registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) is an important step for early career childhood teachers.
To assist provisionally registered teachers (PRTs) to understand the process of moving to full registration, the VIT host a range of free PRT seminars.
These seminars will cover:
- requirements for gaining full VIT registration
- evidence-based processes using the Inquiry process
- professional obligations, including the Codes of Conduct and Ethics
- access to information and resources.
There are options to attend either a face-to-face or online seminar. To register, visit the VIT website.
Other supports for PRTs include the PRT Grants Program and the PRT Mentor Program.
Professional development for casual relief teachers
The VIT recognises the value in supporting casual relief teachers (CRTs) throughout their career to provide continuity and stability of learning for Victorian children and young people.
For teachers working in a casual or relief basis, online PRT seminars dedicated to casual relief teachers are available. A face-to-face Provisionally Registered CRT Program will also take place in 2025.
The program will cover:
- VIT and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST)
- demonstrating proficiency
- navigating the Inquiry process as a CRT
- documenting the Inquiry process.
To learn more and register, visit the VIT website.
Find out more
For more information about the Beginning Teacher Conferences series or the End-to-End Career Supports Program, refer to Supports for early career early childhood professionals.
For more information about the PRT seminars and CRT programs, refer to the VIT website.
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