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Gender Glorious Professional Development

Gender Glorious Professional Development equips educators of children aged 0-6 years with strategies to foster gender equity and inclusion in early childhood settings.

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Program details

  • Priority area: Wellbeing (social and emotional), access and inclusion
  • Primary audience: Educators
  • Delivery mode: Group training, online
  • Strength of evidence: Level 5 – Foundational research evidence
  • AEDC sub-domains:
    • Emotional maturity – anxious and fearful behaviour
    • Social competence – responsibility and respect
  • Item cost: Variable

Program description

Gender Glorious Professional Development is a workshop by Body Safety Australia that supports educators of children aged 0-6 years to embed practices that promote gender equity and are inclusive of sex, sexuality and gender diverse children, colleagues and families. The workshop comes in a variety of formats, including a 2-hour introductory session, half-day or full-day. Workshops can be delivered face-to-face and virtually.

Topics include:

  • What is gender? Gender expression and identity explained
  • Language and gender: How it shapes society
  • Childhood development: How and when gender stereotypes creep in
  • Barriers and roadblocks: How gender norms can hinder a child’s development
  • An anti-bias approach: Strategies to increase understanding of differences and their value to a respectful and civil society
  • Review the gender equity of your physical environment.

Detailed cost

  • Full-day face-to-face workshop: $4,276 (including GST) for up to 50 participants
  • Full-day online workshop: $2,858 (including GST) for up to 50 participants
  • Half-day face-to-face workshop: $3,327 (including GST) up to 50 participants
  • Half-day online workshop: $2,230 (including GST) up to 50 participants
  • Two-hour introductory face-to-face professional development: $2,389 (including GST) up to 50 participants
  • Two-hour introductory online professional development: $1,600 (including GST) up to 50 participants
  • Travel costs: for face-to-face delivery, there are additional travel costs that apply to areas more than 50 km from Melbourne, 3000. Please contact provider for further details.

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Implementation considerations

  • Target population: educators of children aged 0-6 years.
  • Staffing: services should consider the cost of backfill when determining the cost of accessing this resource. Professional development programs can be delivered after centre hours.
  • Factors to consider: no minimum number of participants is required, although having all educators in an early childhood setting involved in the workshop helps to support a whole-of-community approach. 
  • Training requirements: no training requirements needed.
  • Tools and systems: participants attending the online workshop will require access to a computer and internet. On-site programs require presentation technology such as a projector or smart TV. Body Safety Australia can arrange a projector for the program upon request.

VEYLDF alignment

Item uses these practice principles

  • Reflective practice
  • Partnerships with families
  • Respectful relationships and responsive engagement
  • Equity and diversity

Item responds to these sub-outcomes

 Children become strong in their social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.

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