MAV Early Childhood School Readiness Funding Professional Learning Packages

Building mathematics capabilities for all Early Childhood Educators 

MAV's coaching model is delivered by highly qualified early childhood professionals based in Victoria who bring strong knowledge of local government contexts, workforce pressures and reform priorities. Working in strategic partnership with services, coaches support leaders to identify priorities, set clear and achievable goals, and build organisational capability to plan, implement and sustain improvement. Coaching is guided by the MAV Professional Growth Model, which provides a clear framework across four phases—Identify, Coplan, Enact and Review—supporting services to recognise strengths and needs, design evidence informed strategies, implement change in locally responsive ways, and evaluate impact to drive continuous improvement and accountability. 

Coaching is designed to align with the two-year SRF planning cycle, providing ongoing strategic support across all four terms over two years. Progress reviews in Term 3 (year one) and Term 2 (year two) support evaluation and reporting, including SRF Plan pulse check requirements. 

• Online Coaching delivers flexible numeracy professional learning via Zoom or Teams. Educators reflect on practice, identify strengths and challenges, and develop evidence-informed strategies with an MAV coach, aligned to the Victorian Numeracy Learning Progressions.
• Service-Based Coaching provides embedded, practice-focused learning within early childhood settings. Through observations, modelling, and in-the-moment coaching, MAV coaches support educators to refine intentional numeracy teaching based on children’s learning needs.
• Virtual Masterclass offers online, research-informed numeracy learning led by an academic expert. Educators explore current research and, with MAV support, translate insights into practical teaching strategies aligned to the Victorian Numeracy Learning Progressions.
• In-Person Workshop delivers face-to-face, evidence-informed learning with an academic expert. Through presentations, collaboration, and discussion, educators build strategies for intentional numeracy teaching in play-based contexts.

• Coaching Programs

  Foundations Program (up to two educators)	Capacity Building Programs (up to 4 educators)	Comprehnsive Partnership Program (up to four educators)
  Identify Session: $760   Co-plan Session: $760	Identify Session: $760   Co-plan Session: $760	Identify Session: $760   Co-plan Session: $760
  Enact Sessions: 4x 1 hr Online Coaching Sessions: $3040) 2x Service Based half day Coaching Sessions: $3000 Access to MAV Professional Learning Hub   Registration for two educators to attend Melbourne Mathematics Conference in the Early Childhood Stream ($700)   Review Session ($760)	Enact Sessions:   8 X 1hr Online Coaching sessions ($6080)   4 X Service Based Half Day Coaching sessions ($6000)   2 X 1hr Virtual Masterclasses ($2000)   Access to MAV Professional Learning Hub   Registration for four educators to attend Melbourne Mathematics Conference in the Early Childhood Stream ($1400)   Review Session ($760)	Enact Sessions: 8 X 1hr Online Coaching sessions ($6080)   6 X Service Based Half Day Coaching sessions ($9000)   6 X 1hr Virtual Masterclasses ($6000)   Access to MAV Professional Learning Hub   Registration for four educators to attend Melbourne Mathematics Conference in the Early Childhood Stream ($1400)   Review Session ($760)
  Program Cost: $8600 Cost per person: $4300     This program can be adapted to include one additional educator. This enhancement provides an additional   2 X 1hr individual coaching sessions ($1520)   1 X service011based half011day coaching session ($1500)   1X registration to attend the Melbourne Mathematics Conference (Early Childhood stream) ($350)   The total cost for this additional provision is $3,370.	Program Cost: $17760 Cost per person: $4440     This program can be adapted to include one additional educator. This enhancement provides an additional   2 X 1hr individual coaching sessions ($1520)   1 X service011based half011day coaching session ($1500)   1X registration to attend the Melbourne Mathematics Conference (Early Childhood stream) ($350)   The total cost for this additional provision is $3,370.	Program Cost: $22700 Cost Per Person: $5675 This program can be adapted to include one additional educator. This enhancement provides an additional   2 X 1hr individual coaching sessions ($1520)   1 X service011based half011day coaching session ($1500)   1X registration to attend the Melbourne Mathematics Conference (Early Childhood stream) ($350)   The total cost for this additional provision is $3,370.

• Speciality Programs

  Each Program Cost: $1520

  • Up to ten educators 
  • Cost per person $152

  Re-seeing Mathematics: Reflecting on Beliefs, Building Positive Mathematical Dispositions	From Early Learning to School Learning: Strengthening Transition Through Mathematical Evidence	Observation, Feedback and Effective Mathematics Instruction
  Target Audience: Early childhood educators (birth–5), educational leaders, and early years teachers.	Target Audience: Early childhood educators (birth–5), educational leaders, and early years teachers.	Target Audience: Early childhood educators (birth–5), educational leaders, and early years teachers.
  Duration: 2 hours in person workshop	Duration: 2 hours in person workshop	Duration: 2 hours in person workshop
  This professional learning workshop supports early childhood educators to reflect on and intentionally shift their dispositions towards mathematics, aligned with the EYLF v2.0 (AGDE, 2022). Through guided reflection, collaborative dialogue and practice-based provocations, educators examine how their mathematical identities and beliefs shape pedagogy, interactions and expectations. The workshop reframes mathematics as relational, play-based and embedded in everyday contexts, building confidence to notice, value and extend children's mathematical thinking. A focus on language, intentional teaching and learning dispositions supports children's confidence, curiosity, persistence and communication, contributing directly to Outcome 4 (Confident and involved learners) and Outcome 5 (Effective communicators).	This professional learning workshop supports early childhood educators to strengthen transitions to primary school through a shared, evidence-informed understanding of children's mathematical learning. Drawing on the AERO Mathematics Learning Progressions, the EYLAT and the EYLF v2.0, educators build confidence to notice, interpret and communicate mathematical thinking within play and everyday routines. Through reflection, practical examples and collaborative analysis, educators explore how learning dispositions, observable behaviours and assessment evidence align across early learning and school contexts. The workshop emphasises collecting authentic mathematical evidence, using assessment for learning, and clearly articulating children's strengths and learning trajectories to support continuity. A focus on partnerships with families and schools reinforces transition as learning continuity, promoting children's confidence, curiosity and sense of capability as they move into primary school.	This workshop strengthens mathematics teaching practice through in-person observation and coaching using Teachstone's CLASS®, an internationally recognised, evidence-based framework. Participants explore how high-quality teacher-child interactions support engagement, mathematical thinking and conceptual understanding. Using the CLASS lens, the workshop examines key dimensions of instructional support in mathematics, including purposeful questioning, feedback and facilitation of rich mathematical interactions. The session models how structured observations enable strengths-based, actionable feedback that supports reflective practice and continuous improvement. Participants gain practical insights into how observation and coaching cycles build confidence, professional capability and positive dispositions toward teaching mathematics. The workshop is designed for leaders and educators seeking to embed effective, evidence-informed coaching approaches to enhance mathematics learning for children aged 0-8.

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Future Programs

• Graduate Teachers – a six-hour online course which introduces the foundations for early years mathematics teaching and learning 
• First Nations Mathematical Perspectives – understanding context, content and place-based mathematics 
• Enriching mathematical language - the Early Years Planning Cycle in action 
• Early years mathematics – how does this inform your Quality Improvement Practice (QIP)