RIE® Foundations™ Course (Sydney metro)

This ten-day comprehensive course is for students, parents (including expectant), and professionals who want to develop and deepen their understanding of infant development and care. The course consists of five face-to-face and five online interactive sessions with Elena Marouchos, RIE® Associate.

This comprehensive professional development course is designed to enhance the skills and competencies of parents and professionals who work in the field of infant care. It offers a deep foray into Magda Gerber’s Educaring® Approach and a heightened appreciation of infant and toddler unfolding. It is a combination of instruction and self-study including observation, readings, discussions and reflective writing and lays the foundation for those wanting to implement the Approach. 

Who is it for:

This course will benefit anyone who wants to gain a comprehensive understanding of Magda Gerber’s Educaring® Approach to respectful infant care and apply it in their professional and/or personal life. Students include infant and toddler professionals serving a wide variety of communities, including child-care providers and administrators, home visitors, college professors, therapists, nannies, aligned infant health professionals and parents seeking in-depth training.

What will you take away:

An overview of the following:

  • Natural gross motor development
  • Fine motor development that is driven by the innate urge to play
  • Social-emotional development
  • Designing the environment for optimum learning
  • The art of observation
  • Understanding parents’ and infants’ needs, expectations, and learning processes
  • Appropriate “curriculum” for infants and toddlers

 

Agenda 

Face - to- Face Component:

Date: Monday 20th October - Friday 24th October 2025

  • Venue: Gowrie NSW Erskineville Early Education and Care - Training Room

Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm  

Online Component:

Date:

  • Friday 31st October
  • Friday 7th November
  • Friday 14th November
  • Friday 21st November
  • Friday 28th November 

Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

 

Gowrie NSW Educators please submit an expression of interest to the Education Hub, educationhub@gowriensw.com.au

 

FAQS:

  • Are there any Prerequisites?

No Prerequisites are required for this course.

  • How many students will be in my course?

The class is intentionally kept small, allowing ample opportunity to come to know your fellow students as you learn together throughout the course.  Students spent time in large and small group discussions, independent study and observations in the field.  At the completion you will receive a certificate.

  • What happens when I complete my RIE Foundations?

Upon successful completion of RIE Foundations, you will receive a certificate of completion recording the course hours you have earned that you can use in your professional portfolio to demonstrate your ongoing training.

 

  • No future dates available.