Six practical modules built from the moments that catch educators out. Run it as one intensive day, or embed it across the term at staff meetings so it becomes how your team does PD — and nobody is ever pulled aside.
A few weeks in, you can see it. One educator's pick-up chats say nothing. Another avoids the family with the complaint. You'd like to help — but a one-on-one conversation makes it a problem, and the good ones get defensive.
Run the Program and it's just what the team is doing this term. The educator who needed the family-conversations module gets it, alongside everyone else — and the whole room gets more consistent in the process.
The same six areas as the educator and Team Checks — so your before/after scores map straight onto what was covered.
Getting alongside the quiet child. Asking about the thing, not the child. Using their word back so they know you listened.
NQS QA5 · EYLF secure relationshipsNaming the need, not the behaviour. Getting low and slow before you speak. One sentence ready for the third snatched toy — and for the child who hits.
NQS QA5 · QA2Writing the thinking, not the object. One line in the moment instead of twenty at five o'clock. One question that turns today's play into tomorrow's plan.
NQS QA1 · EYLF v2.0 planning cycleSwapping the general for the specific at pick-up. Leading with what you did when something's gone wrong. Buying time honestly when you don't have the answer.
NQS QA6Changing the sentence — not going outside, changing classrooms. Setting up one provocation. Letting sensible risk happen.
NQS QA3 · EYLF outcome 4Asking straight away. One sentence for speaking up in a team meeting. Bringing your background instead of hiding it.
APST · QA7 culture| Intensive | Embedded | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | One 3.5-hour team session — a staff-development day, morning or afternoon | Six modules of around 40 minutes each, one per fortnight, at your existing staff meetings |
| Best when | You have a PD day and want the whole picture in one go | You want PD to be part of the term, not an event — and nobody pulled out of the room |
| Who attends | Whole team, up to 20 | Whole team, up to 20 — the same people every fortnight |
| Order | All six, in sequence | You pick the order from what the Team Check shows |
| What you get | Scripts for all six areas, a team action plan, a leader debrief | Scripts per module, a one-page leader note after each module, a leader debrief at the end |
| Before and after | Team Check + educator Check | Team Check + educator Check |
| Where | In your centre (Melbourne; interstate by arrangement) or online | Online for any centre in Australia, or in-centre in Melbourne |
Where: online for any centre in Australia · in your centre in Melbourne · interstate by arrangement (travel quoted upfront). Investment: depends on team size and format — Louis gives you a straight answer within a business day.
Are you and your team tired of the slide deck and the online click-fest? Louis's sessions are practical, on your feet and genuinely fun. You'll role-play the moments that actually happen in your rooms — the parent at pick-up, the child who hits, the drizzle at the door — and leave with language you'll use tomorrow.
Educators remember what they've said out loud, not what they've watched.
See what a session looks likeNew and internationally trained educators hit the same wall around week three: they know the theory and don't have the words. Leaders usually notice around week six.
The pathway runs the same six areas as a small-group series in weeks two to ten — so you catch the wobble early, and the new starter gets the language before it becomes a pattern. Run it alongside the Program, or on its own for a cohort of new staff.
Because a director is buying the experience their team will have in the room.
The content was practical, engaging and directly relevant to everyday practice. I left with new ideas, greater confidence and strategies I could use straight away.
Minnie Zhang · Educator · Google review
Without a doubt one of the best educators in the industry. Louis is constantly creating content that's real, factual and supported by decades of hands-on experience.
Lisa Flanagan · Google review
A fun and cool educator with a lot of first-hand experience in early childhood. The program was very hands-on, practical and with lots of fun.
Haishi Qin · Educator · Google review
Very dedicated to his role as an educator. His strengths were his relationships with not only the children, but their families and his colleagues.
Sarah Wilcox · Operations Manager, Wonderschool
How many educators, what you're seeing, and whether a PD day or staff meetings suit you better. Louis will come back within a business day with a written outline, the investment, and the dates he has.
Tell Louis what you're seeing. He'll come back within one business day with what he'd do, what it would cost, and whether Praxibel is the right fit — a real reply, not an autoresponder.
Six modules, live, built around your rooms. Tell Louis what you're seeing and he'll send you an outline.