This is a professional learning session for early childhood educators and tertiary students.
The aim of road safety education is for educators to work with children and their families to develop skills, behaviours and attitudes that assists children to be safer on our roads as passengers, pedestrians and users of bicycles and other wheeled toys.
Road safety education (RSE) requires intentional (thoughtful, purposeful, and deliberate) planning that articulates the way educators support children to acquire the skills to be effective road users into the future.
Road safety education must be evidence based and match the child’s stage of development and level of independence as a road user. As children develop these skills, they become safe and active participants in their communities, now and into the future.
The session
The session will include:
- the statistics of child road trauma
- why children are at particular risk
- Victoria’s Road Safety Strategy
- children as pedestrians, passengers, and cyclists
- safe carparks
- child car seats
- parent and community engagement and partnerships
- structures, regulations and policies
- risk assessments
- National Quality Framework – exceeding themes using RSE
- effective practices for RSE curriculum decisions
- getting out and about
- Quality Improvement Planning
Event details
- Suitable for early childhood educators and tertiary students
- Date: Tuesday 20 June 2023
- Time: 7pm to 8.30pm
- Venue: Karralyka, Mines Rd, Ringwood East
- Presented by Karen Glancy (Starting Out Safely program facilitator)
This is a free event and bookings are essential.
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This session is being delivered in partnership with TAC and ELAA.
About the presenter - Karen Glancy
Karen Glancy has extensive experience in early years education and care services, including private and community based long day care, occasional care, sessional kindergarten, early learning centres in private schools, family education and support in the community and in early parenting centres, supported playgroups, TAFE teaching and inclusion support.
Funded by TAC, ELAA delivers Victoria’s early childhood road safety education program, Starting Out Safely. This event is proudly supported by Maroondah City Council.
Additional information
- If the ticket holder is unable to attend, they may give their ticket to another person.
- Certificates of attendance will be emailed after the session.
For more information, please contact Cathie Wills on 03 9294 5740 or email