On today’s episode I speak with Renee Mitchell (Director) and Charmaine Greenwood (Assistant Director) of Goodstart Early Learning in Red Hill, Queensland. I am in awe of Renee, Charmaine and their team as their dedication to honouring children’s rights in their practice is overwhelmingly inspiring.

Renee, Charmaine and I discuss:

🌸 Respecting + advocating for children’s rights.

🌸 What is a children’s council and how have they brought it to life?

🌸 Supporting transitions with a Children’s Handbook.

🌸 Sharing the importance of rights with families and grown-ups.

🌸 Transforming practice and embracing the messy middle.

🌸 Making space for children’s voices to lead your work.

As the Centre Director of Goodstart Red Hill for 21 years, Renee has attracted a team of like-minded thinkers. With the changing and evolving landscape of the world and our Sector, Renee’s Adaptive Leadership has led to the Centre’s Distributed Leadership model; creating a collaboratively rich professional space.

Embedding the WNDER project spanning 10 years to date, the Red Hill team and children have been Wandering and Wondering beyond their gates to engage with their local community, explore their surrounding wild spaces, and learning how to care for Country.

Connecting with each other, and the community, Renee advocates for the needs of Educators, children, and implementing Change.

Find out more about Goodstart in Red Hill:

💫 Send them an email: kse@goodstart.org.au

💫 Find them on Instagram: @goodstart_red_hill

💫 Find them on Facebook: Goodstart Early Learning Red Hill

💫 Watch a short clip about their Children’s Council

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EP 11 | Children’s Council + Honouring Children’s Voices with Renee Mitchell and Charmaine Greenwood

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EP 11 | Children’s Council + Honouring Children’s Voices with Renee Mitchell and Charmaine Greenwood