Spend a minute… with the ECA Professional Learning
Early Childhood Australia’s Spend a Minute (SAM) newsletters provide practical tips and advice on key areas of pedagogy. Short, bite-size explorations of themes and ideas, with links to professional learning to expand your learning further.
View back-issues of Spend a Minute below.
Spend a minute on Inclusion in Early Childhood (June 2023)
Spend a minute on your professional identity (January 2022)
Spend a minute on learning environments (February 2022)
Spend a Minute on loose parts (January 2021)
Spend a Minute on eSafety (February 2021)
Spend a Minute on safe sleep practices (March 2021)
Spend a Minute on partnerships with families (April 2021)
Spend a Minute on digital documentation (May 2021)
Spend a minute on respect for infants and toddlers (May 2021)
Spend a minute on creative arts (June 2021)
Spend a minute on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art pedagogy (June 2021)
Spend a minute on Professional identity and advocacy in early childhood education and care (July 2021)
Spend a minute on STEM (August 2021)
Spend a minute on supporting transitions to school (September 2021)
Spend a minute on the role of the centre manager (October 2021)
Spend a minute on why inspiration matters (November 2021)
Spend a minute on the value of online learning (November 2021)
Spend a minute on community partnerships (December 2021)
Spend a Minute on cultural inclusion (January 2020)
Spend a Minute on sustainability (February 2020)
Spend a Minute on mentoring (March 2020)
Spend a Minute on induction (March 2020)
Spend a Minute on professional identity (April 2020)
Spend a Minute on children’s engagement with digital technology (May 2020)
Spend a Minute on educational leadership (May 2020)
Spend a Minute on self regulation and challenging behaviours (June 2020)
Spend a Minute on Nature Pedagogy (June 2020)
Spend a Minute on children’s rights (July 2020)
Spend a Minute on STEM (August 2020)
Spend a minute on the rights of the child to play (August 2020)
Spend a Minute on transition to school (September 2020)
Spend a Minute on transition to school during COVID-19 (October 2020)
Spend a Minute on being outdoors (November 2020)
Spend a Minute on quality improvement (December 2020)
- Spend a minute on music (January 2019)
- Spend a minute on sleep and transitions (January 2019)
- Spend a minute on festivals and festivities(January 2019)
- Spend a minute on critical reflection (February 2019)
- Spend a minute on the ECA Code of Ethics (February 2019)
- Spend a minute on technology and practice (February 2019)
- Spend a minute on physical literacy (March 2019)
- Spend a minute on mental and spiritual wellbeing (March 2019)
- Spend a minute on the value of play (March 2019)
- Spend a minute on reconciliation (April 2019)
- Spend a minute on developing a learning community (April 2019)
- Spend a minute on Education for Sustainability with guest author Dr Sue Elliott (April 2019)
- Spend a minute on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages (May 2019)
- Spend a minute on the Reggio Emilia educational project (May 2019)
- Spend a minute on Education for Sustainability in practice (May 2019)
- Spend a minute on learning environments (June 2019)
- Spend a minute on inclusion (June 2019)
- Spend a Minute on cooking and nutrition (July 2019)
- Spend a minute on making meaning through maths (August 2019)
- Spend a minute on cognitive development in the early years (September 2019)
- Spend a Minute on STEM (September 2019)
- Spend a Minute on Inquiry-based learning (October 2019)
- Spend a Minute on leadership (November 2019)
- Spend a Minute on 2019 (December 2019)
