CAWA's PD Workshop's a success

Workshop: Effective Communication with Parent's & Peer's

On Wednesday night the 31st August, CAWA hosted the Effective Communication Workshop.

The workshop was facilitated by CTAS.

The workshop was well received with Angela form CTAS presenting a very informative session.

 Comments: "Very effective trainer with loads of realistic ideas & strategies. Could relate well with peers."

"Useful & relevant information, well delivered"

"Great trainer", "Great work", "Thanks for a fun & informative evening Angela"

"I felt that I learnt a few things on how to communicate more effectively with parents"

On Wednesday night the 24th August, CAWA hosted a Beautiful Spaces Workshop.

The Workshop was facilitated by Meerilinga Young Children's Foundation.

The workshop was a great success, and CAWA would like to thank presenters Jenni & Shannon for delivering a fantastic workshop that was not only beautifully set out but full of ideas, and inspiration. I am sure all educators that attended left with some great fun ideas to implement into there centres.

The Behaviour Management workshop hosted by CAWA and facilitated by Angela CTAS, was anthor success with particpants looking forward to the next PD.

Comments:

"Great session, thank you", Enjoyed the delivery message", "Was well presented"

"I felt that it confirmed what I already knew & what I was doing-but with some new ways of trying some things and that I may have re-learnt"

CAWA hosted the Time & Stress Management workshop on Wednesday 7th September, facilitated by Angela from CTAS.

Once again Angela produced another well informed workshop on this topic.

Some handy tips:

Set Smart Goals

• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Realistic
• Time Based

The 5 D's

• Do it now
• Do it later
• Do it if time permits
• Delegate it
• Dump it

The 5 D's will help you to address the urgent tasks, accomplish what you can & help you keep an eye on deadlines.

"Failing to plan is planning to fail"

Succesful Delegation:

• Delegate whole task
• Ensure understanding of what is required
• Explain reasons for delegation
• Set a timeframe (be specific & realistic)
• Ask for feedback
• Thank them afterwards

Comments:

"Was great, gave clarity to actual daily events & how we can manage them"

"I like the things needed list-useful", "Great thanks again I feel your easy to relate to & you know what you're talking about! See you in Moovin & Groovin", "Fantastic", Learnt a lot", Clear & Concise"

On Wednesday the 13th September CAWA hosted a Glue, Paint & Stuff workshop facilitated by Jenni from Meerilinga.

This was a great hands on workshop, that saw all participants put into seperate groups to work with, all that attended participated really well and it was great to see such creativity, even from those that said they had none. "Everyone has a creative side"

This workshop was not what the participants expected, it ended up being so much more than what they thought.

'Each group was given a paper bag with little bits of scrap and materials and asked to make a creature and dwelling, see below for some of the results'

Each group had a snail put on there table, and were asked to write down words that they felt related to the snail and what it was doing, they were encouraged to touch, observe and write.

After this little exercise a piece of calico was put on the tables and they were encoraged to pick from materials, such as paint, natural pieces such as bark, what ever was available to them and to make something from the materials.
 

 Below is the great creative artwork that they produced, all groups incorporated snails and the natural environment into their pieces with out being told, this was a way of showing the participants that by just introducing something into the environment, look what you can do with your imagination.