🟢 Are your program plans in step with the land - or just with the wall calendar?

In this episode of Early Education in the Age of AI, Jodie invites you to step outside, notice the signs of the season around you, and discover how to bring them into your planning in ways that are both engaging for children and respectful of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander seasonal knowledge.

🟣 What You'll Find Out:

✅ Why seasonal planning goes far beyond “spring” and “summer.”

✅ How Aboriginal seasonal calendars connect learning to place and culture.

✅ Common roadblocks educators face when planning with the seasons - and how to overcome them.

✅ Practical, beginner-friendly AI prompts to help you research, link to the EYLF, create provocations, and connect with families.

✅ Two real-life scenarios … one from a family daycare and one from an early learning centre, showing how AI can be adapted to different environments.

✅ Essential tips for ensuring your planning honours cultural protocols and community voices.

Whether you’re in a small backyard space or a sprawling early learning centre, you’ll leave with ideas you can try this week…starting with just one seasonal observation and three AI-generated learning experiences.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

🟢 AI Empowered Educators Membership

🟢 Create a Storybook with Google Gemini

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🟢 EP 29 - Feeling unsure about how the September 2025 NQF changes will impact your service - or how to adapt without adding more hours to your current workload?

In this episode of Early Education in the Age of AI, I break down the latest National Quality Framework (NQF) updates in simple language, so you know exactly what’s changing and why. We’ll explore what these updates mean for early learning environments, family daycare, preschool, and OSHC services, and most importantly…how you can use simple, ethical AI tools to respond confidently while keeping your professional judgement at the core of your work.

🟢 Whether you’re an AI beginner or simply curious, this episode will help you:

✅ Understand the key changes coming into effect in September 2025

✅ See how they connect to your planning, documentation, and compliance tasks

✅ Learn 3 beginner-friendly ways AI can help with the planning cycle and incident reporting

✅ Save time while still meeting your obligations under the National Quality Standard (NQS)

✨ The main NQF changes arriving in September 2025 and how they affect educators in all service types

✨ How AI can support incident reporting, policy updates, and compliance documentation without risking privacy or ethics

✨ Practical examples of AI prompts tailored for early childhood and OSHC educators

✨ Tips to make sure AI strengthens… not replaces, your own professional knowledge

📌 Download the AI Prompts & Action Guide for NQF Changes on the Podcast Page HERE

📌 Join me inside the AI Empowered Educators Membership – AI smartforms, chat assistants and training for all early childhood professionals

📌 National Quality Agenda IT System - An online tool offering providers secure direct communication with regulatory authorities

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🟣 In This Episode...

Many educators feel that technology has no place in nature play, and for good reason. We want to protect the authentic, hands-on experiences that are central to early learning. However, this episode reframes the conversation, explaining how AI can be a useful ally for the educator behind the scenes. Find out how to use AI as a creative assistant and consultant to help develop a clear outdoor play philosophy that’s grounded in the ‘3rd Teacher’ approach, audit existing spaces for hidden potential, and brainstorm budget-friendly ideas for engaging playscapes using natural and upcycled loose parts.

Jodie also walks you through personalising specific prompts that will make it easier to create risk-benefit analyses that give you the confidence to facilitate challenging, adventurous play, and for brainstorming local seasonal observation guides that connect children to their specific environment.

🟣 What You'll Find Out:

✅ How to use AI to define your unique outdoor play philosophy.

✅ How to audit your outdoor space to find hidden potential.

✅ How to brainstorm budget-friendly, nature-based play ideas.

✅ How to create a risk-benefit analysis for adventurous play.

✅ How to generate a locally focused seasonal observation guide.

✅ How to communicate the value of outdoor play experiences to families.

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💻 Discover What’s Possible with AI in Early Learning... HERE on the FREE AI Resource Page

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🟢 In This Episode

This episode gives educational leaders and educators the AI tips and strategies needed that help to solve the challenge of making new educators feel genuinely welcomed, supported, and confident from their very first day. We explore how leaders and new team members can partner with AI to turn the usual onboarding process from a series of generic forms and fire exit maps into a more personalised, collaborative journey. Learn how to use AI as a co-mentor to set new staff up for success, build their practical skills, and guide them toward deep, reflective practice, all in alignment with the NQF.

🟣 What You'll Find Out

✅ How to create a personalised 48-hour welcome plan with AI.

✅ How new educators can use AI to prepare for their first day.

✅ How to use AI to draft a learning story with confidence.

✅ How to generate reflective questions to guide mentoring sessions.

✅ How to use AI ethically and in line with NQF updates.

✅ How AI can act as a bridge between theory and practice.

🟣 Inspire Reflection

"The goal of inviting AI into our mentoring and onboarding processes... It's not meant as something to replace the human connection... Look at it as enhancing or strengthening it instead."

What is one part of your current onboarding process that you could personalise using AI?

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