Shine As An Educator

By Kath Hausler: A passionate Early Childhood Educator and owner of Kathy's Family Day Care.

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Shine As An Educator episodes:

03.10.2018
#97 Shine as an Educator – Do You Use Visual Cues With Your Children?
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Do you use visual cues with your children? So many different ways to use them… Routines Communication Supporting children making choices Visual cues can be an amazing tool, we as educators are NOT using to support our...
02.20.2018
# 96 Shine as an Educator – Is Back to Basics Important For Your Programming?
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Is Back to Basics important for your programming? I definitely believe YES But some educators are really drawn to complicating it and doing a little extra, every day, which is fabulous as long as you have the...
02.16.2018
# 95 Shine As An Educator – How Are You Breaking Down Your Programming?
CRITICAL REFECTION QUESTION How are you breaking down your programming? Do you break your programming down when you need to move forward? How do you start? How do you improve what you do? How do you save time? What do...
02.06.2018
# 94 Shine As An Educator – How Are You Planning Your Year To Be Delightful?
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION How are you planning your year to be delightful? How are you creating an atmosphere around yourself that is positive and that you LOVE to be in? YOUR CHALLENGE Think about and focus on How are you...
12.05.2017
#93 Shine as an Educator – Decisions and Choices
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Do you recognise how important your choices are? Are you kind with your choices? Kind to yourself – Kind to the children – Kind to the CHALLENGE Over the next week – Recognise the decisions you are...
11.21.2017
#92 Shine as an Educator – Hard Conversations
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Are you NOT asking the hard questions? OR Having the hard conversations? This time of year can be very difficult We as educators need to be strong advocates for our children but we also need to be...
11.13.2017
#91 Shine as an Educator – How Are You Connecting With Your Community?
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION How are you connecting with your community? Are you doing enough? CHALLENGE Choose 3 ways to increase your children’s connection to their community… Some Easy suggestions >> 1 Take Photos of local landmarks/ buildings to hang up...
10.30.2017
#90 Shine as an Educator – Is Fun Unprofessional?
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Is fun part of your day? How high a priority is fun to you? Does fun keep you motivated? Does fun keep you focused? Does fun help you like what you do? Is fun something you need?...
10.23.2017
#89 Shine as an Educator – Where to Next for You?
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Where to next for you? I feel a bit funny asking this but there is 9 weeks left until Christmas The educators that I speak to who have really owned this year with confidence and determination to...
10.17.2017
#88 Shine as an Educator – Are You Programming from Genuine Interests?
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Are you programming from genuine interests? So I was asked why an educators children flit from one experience to another? She has spent a lot of time creating beautiful experiences for her children but they still flit...
10.02.2017
#87 Shine as an Educator – Educators Need Curiosity
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION How do you use curiosity to take the pressure off as an educator? My discussions this week have been with educators that just aren’t coping. How can you introduce the concept of curiosity to better help you...
09.26.2017
#86 Shine as an Educator – Are you respectful of other educators choices?
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Are you respectful of other educators choices? And I mean care settings plain and simple!! Now don’t just say yes and move on >> Do you network with other educator Do you take time to actually know...
09.19.2017
#85 Shine as an Educator – Are You Happy as an Educator?
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Are you happy as an Educator? Do you enjoy spending time with the children What things do you do each day that make you happy? . . YOUR CHALLENGE TODAY Take a step back, sit somewhere and...
09.10.2017
#84 Shine as an Educator – Is Your Reflective Practice Disruptive?
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Is your Reflective practice disruptive? And I thank Anthony Semann for this concept Is your Critical Reflection valuable and making you challenge why you are doing or not doing, what you are doing as an early childhood...
09.04.2017
#83 Shine as an Educator – Follow Up’s
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION How are you offering follow up’s? Are you offering them in a way that works for your children? Are they a positive experience and worthwhile? CHALLENGE FOR TODAY Are you supporting your children in a way that...
08.27.2017
#82 Shine as an Educator –TRUST as a core Value
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION How do you encourage and build trust in your care setting? Trust is an unquestionable super important part of being an educator BUT knowing how to encourage, support and build trust can be tricky but is paramount...
08.21.2017
#81 Shine as an Educator – Respect or Respectful?
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION How are you recognising and unwavering with your respect for the children in your care? As an early childhood educator remember we are advocates for our precious children in every part of what we do…. CHALLENGE Reflect...
08.14.2017
#80 Shine as an Educator – The Gift of Time
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Do your children need the gift of time? Are you going from planned experience to planned experience? What benefits to the children are you seeing and could does your flow of the day need changing? CHALLENGE Peel...
08.07.2017
#79 Shine as an Educator – Lift your motivation
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Does your motivation need a little pick me up? Are you being the educator that you would really want to be around every day?.. CHALLENGE What do you need to do to really lift your motivation? Introduce...
07.31.2017
#78 Shine as an Educator – Choosing Special Days
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION What special days do you want to include in your care setting? Make a list of 10 days you are interested in including! CHALLENGE Look at the days that you have listed for your critical Reflection Question?...
07.25.2017
#77 Shine as an Educator – Shining example?
CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Are you the shining example of being healthy in childcare? CHALLENGE How can you take action to be a BETTER example to being healthy? Check out Simple Reflect – The latest documenting tool for Educators TOP TIPS...
07.17.2017
#76 Shine as an Educator – Connecting with Families
CRITICAL REFLECTION Do you priorities connecting with family’s? CHALLENGE Look at three ways you can connect with family’s… Check out Simple Reflect – The latest documenting tool for Educators TOP TIP… You are unique You need to connect with parents...
07.15.2017
#75 Shine as an Educator – Reflective Practice
Reflective Practice Let’s Go!! Our new Live Shine as an Educator podcast… and be sure to download the Reflective Practice Resource: http://bit.ly/SRReflect REFLECTIVE PRACTICE LET’S GO: CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION – Have you engaged with the children this week for Naidoc...
05.23.2017
#74 Shine as an Educator – Regional Conference, WHY – JUST – WHY?
So after an amazing regional conference last weekend I wanted to share some of my takeaways with you. I have shared a few – some memes – but wanted to give you some food for thought too. As I have...
05.16.2017
#73 Shine as an Educator – going through the motions??
So what do you need to hear from me today? I have been asking this of myself all day… So heres a super quick one. I try and offer you motivation, thought provoking stories, hints and tips on programming, what...
05.08.2017
#72 Shine as an Educator – Where’s the PASSION?
Part of our Mastermind focus this week was quite intense. We discussed self care and as many of you know I focus on self care a lot. Self Care is an area that needs your priority, if you are going...
05.02.2017
#71 Shine as an Educator – National FDC Week
This week is National Family Day Care Week I love this week, it gives us the opportunity to be out in the community promoting our services in a fun purpose driven way. As well as having lot’s of fun with...
04.25.2017
#70 Shine as an Educator – Creating Meaningful Observations
Creating Meaningful Observations Oh my goodness where to start This podcast came about by an educator stating to me that I was waisting my time, her reputable scheme had recently told her, she doesn’t need to worry about Observations But...
04.18.2017
#69 Shine as an Educator – What about being HAPPY?
Right before Easter Weekend, I shared a meme and live streamed encouraging you to take some time out I said – Look at your plans for the 4 days and make sure you include some time dedicated to refilling your...
04.11.2017
#68 Shine as an Educator – Is the schoolies struggle real?
So right at the start I need to remind you of the #Educatorscan webinar that we are sharing on a Wednesday night for the month of April. It is on the Simple Reflect face book page, Nicky Leonti and I...
04.04.2017
#67 Shine as an Educator – #educatorscan
So our focus last week was ‘Have you found a way that works for you?” It’s an important question that can mean the difference between being a thriving, cruising educator or an educator that is struggling to keep up… And...
03.28.2017
#66 Shine as an Educator – Does this work for ME?
So we are on Shine as an Educator #66 And I have been asked several times this week how I keep up? How do you keep up? Well most of the time I do But this week I found this...
03.14.2017
#65 Shine as an Educator – A programming mission…
So last week I challenged you to look on your programming with fresh eyes. To look at your programming as a valuable asset in your care setting. And three key points to focus and reflect on over the week. We...
03.06.2017
#64 Shine as an Educator – What does your programming mean to you?
So after focusing a little on topics that were specifically FDC, I thought we might venture back to our focus topic of programming This week I have several 1:1 VIP clients that are focusing on programming and observations. Improving the...
02.28.2017
#63 Shine as an Educator – Making your FDC PAY!!
So this topic today, I am super passionate about. It might be one that surprises you. Hopefully after I have explained and shared with you my thinking – you will understand why!! Specifically for FDC educators and relates to the...
02.20.2017
#62 Shine as an Educator – Literacy and numeracy in your environment.
Today we are moving on A solid step into our practices and looking at literacy and numeracy in your environment But first lets revisit the last few weeks. We have focused on Reflective Practice – a lot – over the...
02.13.2017
#61 Shine as an Educator – Challenge then Celebrate!
Today we finished our 4 week Shine as an Educator challenge A Reflective Practice challenge that focused on where to start when establishing an ongoing, thoughtful and valuable practice of critical reflection. Where to start, what ah ha moments we...
02.06.2017
#60 Shine as an Educator – What level of support do YOU need?
I put a meme up this week reading “What level of support do you need? AND I have titled our number 60 podcast it too. A couple of things happened this week that I will share with you, that made...
01.30.2017
#59 Shine as an Educator – Do you know yourself?
Today I propped myself on a log to take some personal time and I will tell you about that in a moment but This week I was reflecting on Australia Day and I asked this very important question, WHAT MAKES...
01.23.2017
#58 Shine as an Educator – When days turn to $&@-!!
Now this has come up a bit this week and I am going to chat to you about it not just in a podcast but watch for the blog as well. I think it’s something that early childhood definitely struggle...
01.17.2017
#57 Shine as an educator – What way works for YOU?
One quick question for you today!! It’s an important question and I love to ask it. I get so many emails and messages from educators asking if what you are doing is enough, is good enough, is right, should I...
01.09.2017
#56 Shine as an educator – Do you really NEED reflective practice?
Welcome to our first podcast for 2017 We have already hit the ground running so to speak with the launch of the Shine as an Educator mini ebook and 4 week challenge – and I will leave the link in...
11.22.2016
#55 Shine as an educator – How’s your Communication skills?
This week I announced the winner of our Survey competition – the prize was an awesome authentic aboriginal resource puzzle and card deck. I was so excited by it and love that I was able to give it to an...
11.14.2016
#54 Shine as an educator – Support our Precious Children
Yep here it is the announcement I have been dying to give. This week I am announcing the release of our new course Support our Precious Children. So much has gone into this 10 Day intensive and I am so...
10.17.2016
#53 Shine as an educator – Will you survive A&R
Will you survive A&R? YES survive we did!! I thought today I would share some of my tips for surviving A&R, some take aways and of course our critical Reflection question. So I think I need to start by sharing...
10.03.2016
#52 Shine as an educator – Philosophy truths…
So this week I received the call from my scheme saying I was up for an Assessment and Rating visit, and I was like all cool, calm and collected for a bit and then realised I was going to have...
09.26.2016
#51 Shine as an educator – How resourceful are YOU?
Last week I spoke about mindset, I threw out the challenge to take action on something you had been putting off, to look at your mindset as an early childhood educator. Well I reflected a little myself and the last...
09.19.2016
#50 Shine as an educator – Your Mindset?
So a very special episode – number 50 – and one to me that is a huge sigh of relief, it is a milestone I have been aiming at for almost a year, a bit of grit and determination has...
09.12.2016
#49 Shine as an educator – Critical Reflection!!
I read a wonderful statement this week that I think we often forget, that isn’t often reflected on AND is so true I wanted to share with you… Critical reflection does not always have to be negative, you can reflect...
09.05.2016
#48 Shine as an educator – Let’s talk Resources
So I have a confession – I am usually super organised usually up to date usually on a roll with my systems But lately – especially this week – I have been really struggling with my resources!! I’ve ended up...

What's Shine As An Educator about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Shine As An Educator episodes:

#97 Shine as an Educator – Do You Use Visual Cues With Your Children?

# 96 Shine as an Educator – Is Back to Basics Important For Your Programming?

# 95 Shine As An Educator – How Are You Breaking Down Your Programming?

# 94 Shine As An Educator – How Are You Planning Your Year To Be Delightful?

#93 Shine as an Educator – Decisions and Choices

#92 Shine as an Educator – Hard Conversations

#91 Shine as an Educator – How Are You Connecting With Your Community?

#90 Shine as an Educator – Is Fun Unprofessional?

#89 Shine as an Educator – Where to Next for You?

#88 Shine as an Educator – Are You Programming from Genuine Interests?

#87 Shine as an Educator – Educators Need Curiosity

#86 Shine as an Educator – Are you respectful of other educators choices?

#85 Shine as an Educator – Are You Happy as an Educator?

#84 Shine as an Educator – Is Your Reflective Practice Disruptive?

#83 Shine as an Educator – Follow Up’s

#82 Shine as an Educator –TRUST as a core Value

#81 Shine as an Educator – Respect or Respectful?

#80 Shine as an Educator – The Gift of Time

#79 Shine as an Educator – Lift your motivation

#78 Shine as an Educator – Choosing Special Days

#77 Shine as an Educator – Shining example?

#76 Shine as an Educator – Connecting with Families

#75 Shine as an Educator – Reflective Practice

#74 Shine as an Educator – Regional Conference, WHY – JUST – WHY?

#73 Shine as an Educator – going through the motions??

#72 Shine as an Educator – Where’s the PASSION?

#71 Shine as an Educator – National FDC Week

#70 Shine as an Educator – Creating Meaningful Observations

#69 Shine as an Educator – What about being HAPPY?

#68 Shine as an Educator – Is the schoolies struggle real?

#67 Shine as an Educator – #educatorscan

#66 Shine as an Educator – Does this work for ME?

#65 Shine as an Educator – A programming mission…

#64 Shine as an Educator – What does your programming mean to you?

#63 Shine as an Educator – Making your FDC PAY!!

#62 Shine as an Educator – Literacy and numeracy in your environment.

#61 Shine as an Educator – Challenge then Celebrate!

#60 Shine as an Educator – What level of support do YOU need?

#59 Shine as an Educator – Do you know yourself?

#58 Shine as an Educator – When days turn to $&@-!!

#57 Shine as an educator – What way works for YOU?

#56 Shine as an educator – Do you really NEED reflective practice?

#55 Shine as an educator – How’s your Communication skills?

#54 Shine as an educator – Support our Precious Children

#53 Shine as an educator – Will you survive A&R

#52 Shine as an educator – Philosophy truths…

#51 Shine as an educator – How resourceful are YOU?

#50 Shine as an educator – Your Mindset?

#49 Shine as an educator – Critical Reflection!!

#48 Shine as an educator – Let’s talk Resources