Free Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators

The Fraser Foundation runs a free national webinar series featuring some of the most respected voices in early childhood — Maggie Dent, Nathan Wallis, Teacher Tom, Lael Stone and more. Every session is online, completely free, and open to all educators, directors and students across the sector, wherever you work. The Foundation covers the cost so educators never have to.

Registrations to date

23,900+

Webinars so far

10

Cost to educators

$0

Upcoming Free Webinars:

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Anthony Semann

“Difficult Conversations with Families”
Thursday 5th November - 6.30pm AEST

Register to attend

Kelly Goodsir

“The Quiet Work of Being Present”
Tuesday 17th November - 6.30pm AEST

Register to attend

Past Webinars

Maggie Dent — "Building Children's Resilience"

Tuesday 9 September 2025

The 10 Resilience Building Blocks for the early years.

Dr Kaylene Henderson — Cooperative Behaviour

Wednesday 2 July 2025

Top 10 tips for respectfully encouraging cooperation.

Nathan Wallis — "The Developing Brain"

Thursday 4 September 2025

Brain development from childhood to adulthood.

Adrian Pattra-McLean — "The 4 Personalities of Educators"

Tuesday 21 October 2025

A framework for self-awareness and team cohesion.

Sandi Phoenix — The Phoenix Cups

Thursday 6 November 2025

Understanding behaviour through children's needs.

Chris Phoenix — "Creating a Culture of Wellbeing"

Tuesday 3 February 2026

The Phoenix Cups framework applied to educator wellbeing and team culture.

Anthony Semann — Rethinking Environments

Thursday 2 April 2026

Transforming everyday spaces into places of belonging.

Teacher Tom — Play-Based Learning

Wednesday 13 May 2026

How children's play builds the habits of democracy.

Anthony Semann — "Supporting Children's Behaviour"

Tuesday 7 July 2026

Realistic, relationship-based behaviour strategies.

Lael Stone — "What's Behind the Behaviour"

Tuesday 4 August 2026

Emotional wellbeing and what drives big feelings.

Missed a session? Everyone who registers receives the recording to watch for one week afterwards. Recordings remain the property of our speakers and are provided for personal viewing only — they can’t be downloaded, shared or used for any other purpose.

Recording Policy

Testimonials

  • "THANK YOU Jae for the gift of acknowledgement & learning for EC people! WE are often relegated to the lesser celebrated aspect of education. I have worked in the profession for 42 years & I continue to learn. Nathan & Maggie are 2 of my favourite speakers with so much to back up our field. Thank you again"

    - Sybil F

  • "Thank you Fraser Foundation for this opportunity. Being in early childhood education is a true privilege and we need more incredible people to join in this important work in the most influential years of a child's life. Thank you for reaching out and being that help some people may need to follow their dreams."

    - Braig Educational Services and Training

  • The gift that just keeps on giving ! The skills every educator will take away and invest in children’s lives everyday !

    - Seeds Early Learning

  • I just wanted to send a quick email to say thank you or organising the presentation with Maggie Dent. I always enjoy listening to her present (usually at the ACA conference), so it was wonderful to allow all staff the opportunity to participate this time. I was able to organise my staff meeting so we could participate as a team, and the feedback from everyone was fantastic. We really appreciate you going the extra mile to provide these kinds of opportunities for our educators.

    - Ebony, Smartland Boutique Early Learning

  • Another amazing opportunity for educators to access the best of the best. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

    - Krystal J

  • I just wanted to take a moment to say how wonderful these free webinars have been! I have certainly watched the two so far and have registered for this… I’ve also sent the links so every educator I know! Such a fantastic way to both advocate for our sector, give our educators a little boost of information and promote the consideration of further study/ eduction in the sector.

    - KC - ECE & OSHC Consultancy