Early Childhood Practitioner Recordings

Sara Stefani
Kensington Community Co-Op

Sara Stefani

Kensington Community Co-Op

In this video, Sarah, a community kindergarten teacher, talks about the importance of children’s home languages and how her team supports children’s cultural and linguistic diversity. Sarah also shares experiences liaising with community groups which connect with the community and acknowledge children’s cultural and linguistic strengths.

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Springvale Rise Primary School Playgroup

This video focuses on how the Springvale Rise Primary School has built a community for newly arrived refugee families. Debbie, Jamabi, and Julie introduce their community hub programs which offer English class, playgroup, community class, the garden club and friendship group. Through activities in these programs, the three speakers further elaborate about how refugee families are welcomed and engaged in the community.

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Tony Hardham
Wodonga TAFE

Jess Pollard
Southern Rise Community Centre

Jess Pollard

Southern Rise Community Centre

In this video, the pre-school teacher Jess speaks about how her multicultural team facilitates children and families’ engagement in the community. Drawing from her teaching practices and resources, Jess discusses the importance of having bilingual assistants to support newly-arrived children and families transitioning to Australian early childhood education.

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Shantra Roach
City of Yarra

Shantra Roach

City of Yarra – Supported Playgroups Facilitator

With professional and community collaborations, Shantra shares experiences of creating safe, welcoming and inclusive environments for culturally and linguistically diverse families and children. Shantra shares a success story about an evidence-based programme (parent/child Mother Goose programme) which particularly focuses on children’s development of languages through different activities. This programme was also successfully facilitated via zoom during the Melbourne lockdowns.

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Karen Anderson
Balnarring Pre-School

Karen Anderson

Balnarring Pre-School

In this video, Karen talks about how her pre-school incorporated indigenious languages, cultures and resources into teaching and learning, for instance, celebrating first nations’ cultures and building partnerships with the first nations’ elders. Karen believes relationships with the community and embedding first peoples’ perspectives are very important for early childhood education.

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Jenny Peck
Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre

Jenny Peck

Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre

Jenny introduces the Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre (LMERC) general services with a focus on the availability of 70-80 multilingual resources for students and teachers of all levels. Jenny also talks about how the library grew and expanded their resources, stating that “every student, every teacher that comes in- it’s an exchange.”

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Early Childhood Practitioner Recordings

Sara Stefani

Kensington Community Co-Op

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