Post on 27-Jun-2020
Professional Development Workshops
2018 - Scott Gibson
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Workshop overview
Audience: This workshop is suitable for educators, managers, teachers and principals, whilst having the ability to be adapted for parent sessions.
Workshop timeframe: This 2 hour workshop is available to be delivered at a time and venue that suits your needs.
Facilitator: Scott Gibson
Price : Customised workshop - $500 plus GST and travel (up to 20 participants)
Advertised calendar workshop - $60/person plus GST
Space requirements: This workshop requires space to set up a laptop and projector, or alternatively can be delivered at our Hobart, Launceston or Burnie venues.
The Risk of no Risk: Developing a risk-based program for children
For many of us, playing outside, usually in nature with NO adults in sight and taking
risks was an everyday part of childhood.
However, what we took for granted as children, has changed so dramatically that we now
have children spending more time indoors than any other time in history due to rapid
urbanisation, increased screen-time and a growing culture of risk aversion.
This workshop has been developed to provide adults with the opportunity to explore:
why children need to take risks
how to support risk taking in the OSHC, LDC, FDC, school or home environments
adventurous activities for children
adult’s role and responsibilities
developing a benefit risk assessment
strategies for bringing families, managers and educators on board
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Workshop overview
Audience: This workshop is suitable for educators working in LDC, OSHC and FDC.
Workshop timeframe: This 3 hour workshop is available to be delivered at a time and venue that suits your needs.
Facilitator: Scott Gibson
Price : Customised workshop - $750 plus GST and travel (up to 20 participants)
Advertised calendar workshop - $75/person plus GST
Space requirements: This workshop requires space to set up a laptop and projector, or alternatively can be delivered at our Hobart, Launceston or Burnie venues.
Creating an Engaging Environment: Key ingredients for engaging children and families
‘Children are miracles. Believing that every child is a miracle can transform the way we
design for children’s care. When we invite a miracle into our lives, we prepare ourselves
and the environment around us. We may set out flowers or special offerings. We may
cleanse ourselves, the space, or our thoughts of everything but the love inside us. We make
it our job to create, with reverence and gratitude, a space that is worthy of a miracle! Action
follows thought. We can chose to change. We can chose to design spaces for miracles, not
minimums’ Anita Rui Olds, 1999
This workshop allows participants to explore the key ingredients to creating an engaging
environment, before applying what they have learned into their own service setting,
focussing on the following:
how to provide a space that invites children and families to engage in, and contribute to
learning experiences
enhancing the learning environment through the use of natural resources
Reggio, Montessori and Steiner approaches to presenting engaging environments
exploring service settings through a series of photographs and videos
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Workshop overview
Audience: This workshop is suitable for educators and teachers.
Workshop timeframe: This topic is delivered as 4 hour workshop
Facilitator: Scott Gibson
Price : Customised workshop - $1000 plus GST and travel (up to 20 participants)
Advertised calendar workshop - $90/person plus GST
Space requirements: This workshop is delivered in a local bush-land setting
Exploring Nature: Developing a nature program for children
Early childhood professionals are in a privileged position to develop strategies for
re-connecting children to natural play spaces. When children engage in nature they are
happier, more relaxed, more independent and more inquisitive. They learn how to
recognise, assess and negotiate risk, building confidence and competence; all essential
skills for life.
This practical workshop will be delivered within a bush-land setting where participants will
be provided with resources that allow them to investigate and reflect upon the process of
providing children with a challenging and engaging nature based experiences from a benefit
risk approach.
Topics of focus include:
identifying challenges and solutions within the natural environment
risk v’s benefits to children’s learning
engaging and supporting children in adventurous play (earth, air, fire and water)
science, technology, engineering, art and maths (STEAM) in outdoor settings
connecting to the seasons
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Workshop overview
Audience: This workshop is suitable for educators and teachers.
Workshop timeframe: This 3 hour workshop is available to be delivered at a time and venue that suits your needs.
Facilitator: Scott Gibson
Price : Customised workshop - $750 plus GST and travel (up to 20 participants)
Advertised calendar workshop - $75/person plus GST
Space requirements: This workshop requires space to set up a laptop and projector, or alternatively can be delivered at our South Hobart, Launceston or Burnie venues.
The Adult’s Role in Play: Examining how adults influence children’s play
As adults we can significantly affect children’s play. We can influence what children
experience through allowing permission to play. We control the time available for the
opportunity for children to play, we impact on how and if space is made available for play
and we provide or deny resources inductive to children’s play.
We often talk about play-based learning, but what does this look like in practice?
This workshop will include both practical and theoretical components exploring:
the importance of play
what role does the adult play?
identifying and exploring different forms of play
making time for play
supporting risk taking in play
promoting the value of learning through play to families and colleagues
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Workshop overview
Audience: This workshop is suitable for educators, managers, teachers and principals.
Workshop timeframe: This 2 hour workshop is available to be delivered at a time and venue that suits your needs.
Facilitator: Scott Gibson
Price : Customised workshop - $500 plus GST and travel (up to 20 participants)
Advertised calendar workshop - $60/person plus GST
Space requirements: This workshop requires space to set up a laptop and projector, or alternatively can be delivered at our Hobart, Launceston or Burnie venues.
Loose Parts Play: Supporting play through the use of loose parts
The best play comes from things that allow children to play in a variety of ways on
many different levels. Environments that include loose parts are infinitely more stimulating
and engaging than static ones. The play environment needs to promote and support
imaginative play through the provision of loose parts in a way that doesn’t direct play and
play opportunities, but allows children to interact with their environment in ways that
challenge and stretch them to develop their own abilities and ideas.
This workshop will includes both practical and theoretical components exploring:
what are loose parts and where can we source them?
how can loose parts enhance children’s play?
loose parts from a sustainability approach
promoting the value of loose parts to the broader community
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Workshop overview
Audience: This workshop is suitable for educators and teachers.
Workshop timeframe: This 3 hour workshop is available to be delivered at a time and venue that suits your needs.
Facilitator: Scott Gibson
Price : Customised workshop - $750 plus GST and travel (up to 20 participants)
Advertised calendar workshop - $75/person plus GST
Space requirements: This workshop requires space to set up a laptop and projector, or alternatively can be delivered at our Hobart, Launceston or Burnie venues.
Using Real Tools: A practical approach to using real tools with children
Many adults may hesitate at the thought of young children using real tools; hitting a nail
with a hammer or using a saw to cut down a piece of wood. But real tools provide children
with real life experiences that promote communication, coordination, fine and gross motor
development, self-regulation and self control.
This workshop will provide a range of tools and resources for educators and teachers to
explore, allowing individuals to build confidence and understanding around the use of real
tools with children of varying age groups.
This practical workshop explores:
how real tools enhance individual/group learning and development
what tools should we use and how do we use them safely and effectively?
projects to promote age appropriate experiences
supporting risk taking in play
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Workshop overview
Audience: This workshop is suitable for educators and teachers.
Workshop timeframe: This 3 hour workshop is available to be delivered at a time and venue that suits your needs.
Facilitator: Scott Gibson
Price : Customised workshop - $750 plus GST and travel (up to 20 participants)
Advertised calendar workshop - $75/person plus GST
Space requirements: This workshop requires space to set up a laptop and projector, or alternatively can be delivered at our Hobart, Launceston or Burnie venues.
It’s not Junk: Recycling, reimagining and repurposing
This engaging and practical session is based around the use of recycled and reused items
and the ways these can be used to promote creativity and sustainable practices within
education and care or school settings.
Participants will be actively involved in constructing a variety of projects utilising second
hand and repurposed resources, allowing them to explore the possibilities of potential
‘throw away’ items.
This practical workshop explores:
what type of materials can be utilised and where are these found?
how can these resources be applied to the indoor/outdoor environment?
creative uses for these items and where to find new ideas?
strategies for engaging children in creative experiences?
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Workshop overview
Audience: This workshop is suitable for educators in LDC or OSHC
Workshop timeframe: This 2 hour workshop is available to be delivered at a time and venue that suits your needs.
Facilitator: Scott Gibson
Price : Customised workshop - $500 plus GST and travel (up to 20 participants)
Advertised calendar workshop - $60/person plus GST
Space requirements: This workshop requires space to set up a laptop and projector, or alternatively can be delivered at our South Hobart, Launceston or Burnie venues.
Reinventing the Resource Kit: Turning the ordinary into extraordinary
When working within the education and care sector we can often get bogged down with
new ideas to provide for children – this workshop aims to get you thinking outside the box,
working with others to explore innovative ways to provide resources for children.
Participants will engage in interactive activities designed to spark imagination, develop
collaborative thinking and explore opportunities to repurpose the ordinary into
extraordinary.
This practical workshop provides participants with the opportunity to:
work as a team and collaborate with like minded individuals
reflect on current resources in service setting and explore new uses/ideas
be playful, creative and have fun
explore where to find new and inspiring ideas to engage children of all ages
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Outside School Hours Care (OSHC): Overview of workshops available
Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) is a complex and challenging space to be working in.
From the sites and location of services, the wide age group of children attending,
educators experience levels, sizes of programs and the list goes on.
When teams are working together, children are engaged within the program, being an
OSHC Educator or manager is a very rewarding and fulfilling role.
Scott has worked within this space for over 15 years, with experience as an educator,
co-ordinator and director of multiple OSHC programs and understands the complexities
this sector brings. Scott is able to provide programs, services, organisations and
individuals; customised training, coaching and mentoring in all areas of OSHC from entry
level to senior management including topics such as:
innovative program development
developing strategies to support behaviours
engaging older children
developing an indoor/outdoor program
leadership for adults and children
risk, challenge and adventure with children
documenting with children
managing your team
promoting children’s skills for life
policy development
applying Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory to service settings
science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM)
sustainability
routines and transitions
preparing for assessment and rating
developing your QIP
Contact Scott for a free consultation (details on back page)
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Scott brings more than 15 years education and care experience to the Gowrie Training &
Consultancy team, holding specialist knowledge and management expertise in Outside
School Hours Care.
Scott is a passionate advocate for risk based/adventurous play and has worked extensively
with thousands of children, providing experiences that allow them to build confidence,
competence and resilience; all essential skills for life. Throughout this time Scott has
encountered a wide range of perceptions from adults in regards to risk taking and has
developed key strategies for promoting the importance of risky play and developing skills
for adults/teams to build confidence in this area.
Another key focus area of Scott’s is reconnecting children and adults to the natural
environment through a practice-based approach. ‘We are so lucky in Tasmania to have
access to such a diverse range of natural spaces including parks, forests, beaches, rivers
and bush-land reserves. Allowing children the opportunity and time to play within these
spaces brings with it a multitude of benefits that foster children’s health, well-being and
overall development’.
Scott has presented workshops both nationally and internationally and is skilled in
designing and facilitating practice focused training and mentoring to educators, leaders,
managers and teachers in group, service-based and school contexts. His belief in
‘hands-on’ approaches to understanding and experiencing key learning concepts enables
participants to clearly see the possibilities.
Workshops are available as:
Customised - gather your team or a group of up to 20 participants and save $$$
Calendar workshops - advertised throughout the year for individuals/groups
Here’s what participants are saying after attending Scott’s workshops:
‘This was a fantastic workshop, I learned so much. I came in not sure what I was going to do
and I was very nervous. Within the hour I knew this was going to be a fantastic day, the nerves settled and I left with a wealth of knowledge’
‘An amazing and very inspirational training session’
‘As always Scott provides great workshops, his passion rubs off on others’
‘Great session - thought about lots of things I had not considered before. Thanks Scott!’
Scott Gibson: Education and Care Consultant
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SCOTT
GIBSON
EDUCATION & CARE CONSULTANT
GOWRIE TRAINING & CONSULTANCY
346 MACQUARIE STREET, SOUTH HOBART, TAS 7004
(03) 6230 6841
WWW.GOWRIE-TAS.COM.AU
scott.gibson@gowrie-tas.com.au