Learning Levels, Early Years Training, Professional Development

Early Years Training & Consultancy

Promoting Professional Potential

Every day in a hundred small ways our children ask,

‘Do you see me? Do you hear me? Do I matter?’

Their behaviour often reflects our response.

L.R Knost

Planning for Improvement

Why continue to develop as an individual and as a service?

There is an increasing expectation for those working in Early Learning and Childcare to undertake Continuing Professional Development, regardless of career level, job role and responsibility.

At Learning Levels, we recognise the importance of quality leadership and management; of the workforce to be committed to ongoing professional development and their understanding of Early Years pedagogy. Our ethos of working in collaboration with settings and individual practitioners, encourages higher levels of motivation and professional reflection.

Investing in appropriate regular training can help develop practitioner’s confidence in their abilities; it will also show that as an employer you are investing in their personal development.

Effective Consultancy

While long-term continuous quality improvement remains the responsibility of individual settings and those who lead them; we aim to provide effective consultancy that forms trusting relationships, builds capacity and empowers staff to find the best ways of working with every child.

Denise has a BA degree in Early Childhood Studies, gained from the University of Dundee under the watchful eye of Liz Greig. Her varied experiences have included the post of Early Years Development Officer and Manager of an EY centre that achieved inspection grades of excellent (6) from the Care Inspectorate.

“As an Early Years professional, I have spent almost three decades working within the Local Authority sector, developing significant knowledge and relevant working experience in nursery and early primary settings. This has enabled me to continue to develop a sound knowledge of best practice across Early Learning and Childcare.

A previous role as Early Years Development Officer provided me with rich and rewarding opportunities to work closely with private nurseries commissioned by the local authority.

I have had the privilege of developing and delivering training, presentations and workshops at local level and national conferences and seminars, demonstrating and showcasing best practice and influencing the work of others.

Throughout my career I have maintained a passion for inspiring and motivating those that choose to work alongside children and families and in return I have been inspired to continue to help improve outcomes for children.

Effective partnerships and respectful relationships have always been a cornerstone of my practice. Allow me to support your setting to create and maintain a highly motivated and passionate early learning and childcare team.”

Denise Howie

Denise has a BA degree in Early Childhood Studies, gained from the University of Dundee under the watchful eye of Liz Greig. Her varied experiences have included the post of Early Years Development Officer and Manager of an EY centre that achieved inspection grades of excellent (6) from the Care Inspectorate.

“As an Early Years professional, I have spent almost three decades working within the Local Authority sector, developing significant knowledge and relevant working experience in nursery and early primary settings. This has enabled me to continue to develop a sound knowledge of best practice across Early Learning and Childcare.

A previous role as Early Years Development Officer provided me with rich and rewarding opportunities to work closely with private nurseries commissioned by the local authority.

I have had the privilege of developing and delivering training, presentations and workshops at local level and national conferences and seminars, demonstrating and showcasing best practice and influencing the work of others.

Throughout my career I have maintained a passion for inspiring and motivating those that choose to work alongside children and families and in return I have been inspired to continue to help improve outcomes for children.

Effective partnerships and respectful relationships have always been a cornerstone of my practice. Allow me to support your setting to create and maintain a highly motivated and passionate early learning and childcare team.”

Denise Howie

Stand aside for a while and leave room for learning, observe carefully what children do, and then, if you have understood well, perhaps teaching will be different from before.

Loris Malaguzzi

What People Say

Balgillo Nurseries have worked with Denise at Learning Levels to develop and enhance the CPD available to our teams. Denise met with us to understand our vision for the training required and then created a bespoke course just for us. The course was thought-provoking and raised other aspects of practice for the staff, ultimately outcomes for the children we work with improved. We would highly recommend Learning Levels to others

Early Years Training & Consultancy

Promoting Professional Potential

Every day in a hundred small ways our children ask,

‘Do you see me? Do you hear me? Do I matter?’

Their behaviour often reflects our response.

L.R Knost

Planning for Improvement

Effective Consultancy

Denise Howie

Denise Howie

Stand aside for a while and leave room for learning, observe carefully what children do, and then, if you have understood well, perhaps teaching will be different from before.

Loris Malaguzzi

What People Say

Balgillo Nursery

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