Louis Bell runs a free 30-minute session for graduating early childhood cohorts — the moments that catch new educators out in their first weeks, and what to say instead. No cost, no pitch, in person or online.
Your students graduate knowing child development, the frameworks, the planning cycle. Then a parent asks why their child was bitten again, and everything they learned goes quiet.
That gap isn't a teaching failure — it's the part that can only be learned in the room. Louis has spent 22 years in that room, and 30 minutes of it lands hard with a cohort about to walk into their first placement.
Practical and specific. Every point comes with the actual words a new educator can use — not principles to apply later.
The pick-up question every educator answers twenty times a day, and the hard one nobody enjoys. Including what to say when something has gone wrong.
Turning twenty minutes of play into a plan for tomorrow. The difference between a record and a next step.
The unwritten rules of an Australian centre, speaking up as the newest person in the room, and why asking for help isn't failing.
Delivered in person or online, to suit your timetable. Works as a guest lecture, a placement-preparation session or a graduate send-off.
Louis sends students a free three-minute confidence check beforehand. It tells him where the room is actually at, so he pitches the session at the right level instead of guessing.
Afterwards, you get the anonymous cohort summary — where your students feel most and least prepared, across six areas of practice. Most institutions have never had that read on their own graduates.
See the check your students would take →A graduate who can hold a confident conversation with a family in week one makes a very different first impression on a service.
Louis isn't a consultant describing the sector from outside it. He's been in Australian centres for 22 years, including four as a kindergarten teacher.
No fee, no sales presentation to your students. He mentions his own program once at the end, briefly, and that's it.
“Every educator deserves the opportunity to thrive, not simply survive.”
— Louis Bell, Founder of Praxibel · B.Ed (Early Childhood & Primary)
More than 22 years in Australian early childhood, including four years as a kindergarten teacher. A published children's author, and a long-time mentor of graduate and internationally trained educators. Read Louis's story →
Tell Louis roughly when and how many, and he'll come back with an outline. No cost and no obligation — if it isn't a fit for your students, he'll say so.
Fifteen minutes, no pitch. Tell me about your cohort and I'll tell you honestly whether a session would be useful for them. — Louis