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Professional development

Professional learning & development for teachers

In centre professional development opportunities

For a customised professional development experience, our experienced team members can come to your centre. In collaboration with you they can tailor a workshop to your team’s needs and interests. Request a quote below today!

Courses currently offered include:
  • Leading change in your early childhood outdoor environment
  • Peaceful curriculum for infants & toddlers
  • Leading with Heart & Soul
  • Environment design 2 day institute
  • Performance appraisal, certification & teaching as inquiry
  • Strengthening the parent-teacher relationship
  • Curriculum & planning for 3-6 year olds
  • Pathways to primary school
  • Rituals
  • Doctor Bob’s teacher trickery
  • Get creative with natural materials
  • Understanding toddler behaviours
  • You can ukulele
  • Respectful care is only fair
  • Assessment & documentation of learning stories
  • Camaraderie, conflict & communication
  • Internal evaluation & strategic planning
  • Risk, resilience, and loose parts play
  • Nurture in nature
  • Wellbeing
  • Zentangle
  • Self-regulation, behaviour, & social competency
  • Childspace study tour
Course cancellation policy

If Childspace cancels a course for any reason, a full refund will be made.

If you need to withdraw from a course, a full refund will be made, providing that we have at least 7 days’ written notice (prior to the course date) to [email protected]. If a withdrawal is made within 7 days of the course date due to unavoidable circumstances, a refund may be made, less an administration fee of 25% of the course fee. In this case we recommend that you send a replacement person. In the case of non-attendance on a course without notice, no refund will be made. Enrolment on a course constitutes acceptance of this policy.

Upcoming courses

Check out our upcoming professional development courses and workshops for early childhood education teachers and others in ECE.

Discounted registration fees for Subscribers to The Space and Childspace at Your Place memberships.

Australia
Auckland
Christchurch
Greymouth
Hamilton
Hawke's Bay
Nelson/Blenheim
New Plymouth
Rotorua
Tauranga
Thames
Wellington
Whangarei

Auckland

  • UNFORTUNATELY THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED!! Quality documentation and curriculum planning

    Saturday, 20 September 2025, 9am-12Noon

  • UNFORTUNATELY THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED!! Self-Regulation and social competency in young children

    Saturday, 20 September 2025, 1pm-4pm

Christchurch

  • No upcoming Christchurch courses for 2025

Greymouth

  • No upcoming Greymouth courses for 2025

Hamilton

  • No upcoming Hamilton courses for 2025

Hawke's Bay

  • No upcoming Hawke's Bay courses for 2025

Nelson/Blenheim

  • No upcoming Nelson/Blenheim courses for 2025

New Plymouth

Rotorua

Tauranga

  • No upcoming events in Tauranga for 2025

Thames

  • No upcoming Thames courses for 2025

Wellington

Whangarei

  • No upcoming courses in Whangarei for 2025

Australia

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Feedback from teachers

Not only is Childspace an incredible institute and advocate for the Early Childhood Sector, they are also renowned for their epic, creative, educational and fun-filled conferences.

I have been attending Childspace conferences for over 10 years now and I still to this very day smile at the memories I have created with the unique individuals I have met. I am still astounded at the amazing people from all over the world I have listened to and shared theories and ideas with, and I sincerely sigh with love at the beautiful friendships I have made, that continue to flourish to this day.

Conference with Childspace is an educational, insightful and memorable journey, whether it is a one-day adventure or 3 days of shear AWESOMNESS. It will strengthen a team and boost morale, and if you travel and attend alone, you will be filled with newfound knowledge, new friendships and wisdom before you leave.

I highly recommend attending one or many of Childspace’s conferences to immerse yourself in all that we cherish and love about Early Childhood.
Sez Van de Ven
Sez Van de Ven Principal at Pukekos Educare
St Clair Corner has attended nearly all of Childspace Conferences.

Childspace always make us feel very welcome and special, they are well organised, invite interesting and inspiring guest speakers.

They incorporate fun activities that we can all participate

And they have art and craft experiences that we can take back to our centres.

We take back to our centres a wealth of information, experiences and new learnt skills.

We feed off the energy created by Toni and Robin.

We leave totally inspired at the end of conference.
Mervyn and Heather
Mervyn and HeatherSt Clair Corner ECE
I hope you have recovered from all the hard work of holding such a fantastic study tour for us last week.

I have never been so invigorated and charged with positive energy and buzzing with ideas as I have experienced throughout the tour and fortunately, ever since.

Thank you for such great learning experience.
Parin Naeimi
Parin NaeimiTeacher

Childspace Conference 2025!

October 10-12, 2025

Join us in Wellington for our national conference, Creativity & Joy! October 10-12, 2025.

Celebrating 20 years of Childspace conferences with a weekend of learning, networking, and fun!

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