Register now to attend the free conference and hear from local and international experts.
The second Best Start, Best Life: Educational Leaders Conference will take place on Friday28 March 2025 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The conference theme is ‘Brain development and the criticality of the early years’. Participants will hear from local and international experts about practical, evidence-based approaches to improve early childhood education. It is also an opportunity to network and connect with other educational leaders.
All educational leaders working in a Victorian-funded kindergarten are invited to attend either in person or online.
About the conference
The full-day conference will include keynote presentations from 2 international experts:
- Professor John Spencer, Professor of Psychology, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Professor Spencer’s research focuses on infant brain health, executive functioning, working memory, attention and inhibitory control.
- Professor Deborah Phillips, Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University and Co-Director, Centre for Research on Children, United States of America. Professor Phillips’ research focuses on the developmental effects of early childhood programs for children, including those with additional needs.
- intentional teaching
- improving teacher-child interactions
- building subject matter knowledge in language and literacy
- using learning progressions.
- Date: Friday 28 March 2025
- Time: 9am to 5pm
- Platform: in-person and online
- Venue (in person): Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
- Cost: free
For further enquiries contact: educationalleadersconference@eventfrog.com.au
