The future of early years inspection and regulation: raising standards for 2007
Delegates will hear from Ofsted about its latest work, including the roll-out of the new early years inspection and regulation framework. The conference will also assess the practical implications of the Government's latest policy initiatives on early years, discuss the implications of the Education and Inspections Bill and discuss how to make sense of all the restructuring.
London. Cost: 195 plus VAT. Visit www.neilstewartassociates.com or call 020 7324 4330.
6 December
Working with under-fives who have challenging behaviour
For early years practitioners, teachers, managers from the PVI sector and advisory staff. Topics include strategies that support practitioners, good nursery practice, a quality of behaviour management policy for the staff team, theories of behaviour development, including risk and resilience, and issues relating to children with additional difficulties including language delay or aggressive behaviour.
London. Cost: from 123.38. Visit www.early-education.org.uk or call 0207 539 5400.
9 December
Play
Delegates will consider what is play, using their own experiences to establish a definition, and will explore how and why play changes over the first six years of life.
York. Cost: 55. Call 01759 302638 or e-mail steve@sjtait.fsnet.co.uk.
11 and 12 December
What is a pedagogue?
This conference invites policy makers, personnel in local authority children's services, academics, those involved in training and educating the children's workforce and others to look afresh at the workforce and its development.
London. Cost: from 50 (student), 180 (standard). Call Tracy Walpole 020 7612 6958 or e-mail t.walpole@ioe.ac.uk.
