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Second ECSDN Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competencies
18 July 2019 @ 10:45 AM - 5:00 PM

Early Childhood Studies Degree Network Workshop II
Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competencies
The Workshop will take place at the University of Northampton on Thursday 18th July 2019 and we look forward to sharing our experiences from this pilot year with you and discuss ways forward in supporting a Graduate Early Childhood Workforce
Tanya Richardson & Sigrid Brogaard Clausen
Vice-Chair (Workforce and Professional Issues)
Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network
Programme
9.45 – 10.15 | Registration |
10.15 – 10.30 | Welcome and introduction of piloting universities
Brief feedback from ECSDN visits (Carolyn Silberfield’s report). ‘Round table’ conversations led by the piloting universities (rotation after each discussion point?) |
10.30 – 11.00 | Learned experiences shared and discussed; working with the
competencies – mapping and assessing |
11.00 – 11.30 | Focus on student experience |
11.30 – 12.00 | Q&A Panel Plenum
(summing up main issues discussed) |
12.00 – 13.00 | Mentoring role and training |
13.00 – 13.45 | Lunch and networking (Please bring your own lunch) |
13.45 – 14.15 | Q & A Panel Plenum
(summing up main issues discussed in round table and lunch conversations) |
14.15 – 15.00 | How we quality assure
(locally: placement settings and university and nationally) |
15.00 – 16.00 | Plenum; Q & A and ways forward, further feedback from the ECSDN visit |
Delegate Booking
If you would like to attend, please complete the registration form and return to Juls@EYMatters.co.uk no later than 30th June 2019
On receipt of your registration form, your details will be entered into the Event Database and confirmation will be sent out to you with further details of the day.
Please see, below, details of how to book a parking space and the appropriate link, along with other information regarding travel.
Travelling by Car – Booking Parking
You can book your parking from the link below:
Parking Portal
- Please ensure that you select Waterside Campus – Car Park 2 and complete all required fields.
- Full instructions will be provided if a booking has been successful and if there are no spaces left you will receive directions to local public car parks.
- All visitors are required to pay for parking on the campus. Full instructions will be provided at the time of booking.
Travelling by Public Transport
Northampton train station is about a 10-15-minute walk away so is easily accessible.
Full venue address:
Room CH305
University of Northampton
University Drive
Northampton.
NN1 5PH