Built For Brave
Children deserve Educators who can stay calm, work together and respond well under pressure.
Built for Brave
When the day gets tough, does your team stay calm and work together — or do stress, frustration and negativity spread?
Built for Brave is a practical 2-hour workshop that helps Educators:
- stay calm under pressure
- take responsibility instead of blaming
- reframe setbacks
- support each other
- respond more positively when things go wrong
You can’t remove the pressure. But you can build a team that handles it better. Children deserve to learn in an environment that is calm.
Outcomes: Build a Calm, Positive and Accountable Team.
Duration: 2 hours
Location: At your service, we come to you
Audience: Your whole team
Cost: Request a quote today.
If you are in QLD, this program is eligible for Kindy Uplift Funding.
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Calm and Present
Help Educators recognise their emotional reactions and learn practical ways to stay calm when pressure rises.
Positive Attitudes
Help your team notice unhelpful thinking, reframe setbacks and focus their energy on what they can influence.
Personal Accountability
Move away from blame, avoidance and excuses and towards responsibility, ownership and action.
Supportive Culture
Help Educators understand how to build a culture where people support rather than escalate each other.
Brave Behaviours
Give your team the confidence to respond constructively, and make better choices when things feel difficult.
From Stress and Frustration
- Stress spreading through the team
- Blame and excuses
- Negative conversations
- People becoming defensive
- Getting stuck on what went wrong
- Waiting for someone else to fix things
- “Why is this happening to me?”
To Calm and Accountability
- Calm responses
- Personal accountability
- Positive communication
- Supporting each other
- Reframing setbacks
- Taking action
- “What can I do next?”
Teams that can keep their cool under pressure create better outcomes for children, families, and each other. This workshop will help your team:
- Stay calm together – reduce stress and model steadiness for children.
- Work productively – focus on what matters instead of getting stuck in chaos.
- Take accountability – own actions and build trust as a group.
- Reframe challenges – shift from blame to problem-solving.
- Strengthen culture – create a consistent, reliable, and positive atmosphere
What Your Team Will Do:
- 2 HOURS
- Desert Island Survival – A fun team activity exploring communication, decision-making and how people respond when they’re under pressure.
- Calm & Productive Behaviours – Your team identifies the behaviours that help create a calm workplace — and the behaviours that add to stress and chaos.
- Between the Flags Educators - explore personal accountability and learn to recognise the difference between getting stuck in blame and taking productive action.
- Reframing Practice – Your team practises changing the way they think about everyday frustrations, setbacks and challenges.
- Personal Floatation Toolkit – Every Educator develops practical strategies they can use to reset, regulate and refocus when things become difficult.
- Action Plan - Your team identifies the behaviours they want to see more of and agrees on how they will support each other moving forward.
This program is specifically designed for Children’s Services and OSHC teams.
We come to you, afternoons, evenings, Saturdays or PD days. Sessions can be split over several days if preferred. We can come to you, or we can take your team off site for an hour or a whole weekend, the choice is yours!
After the workshop you'll see:
Educators taking greater responsibility instead of blaming, avoiding or making excuses.
Teams helping each other stay calm, productive and accountable without it feeling punitive.
Fewer unnecessary flare-ups and emotional reactions when the day becomes difficult.
Less energy spent on negativity and frustration — and more energy focused on children, families and each other.
After this workshop, you can start to relax as your team takes greater responsibility for how they respond, contribute and support each other.
Less firefighting. Less managing everyone’s reactions. More ownership across the team.
The programs are specifically designed for early childhood and OSHC teams.
Is it NESA registered:
The programs hours can be logged as professional development.
Is it eligible for QLD kindy Uplift funding
Yes it is, we'll provide you with the evidence and supporting resources.
Where is the program delivered?
The program is delivered at your location. We come to you. We deliver programs all over Australia and New Zealand.
Will I receive a certificate?
Yes, you’ll receive a certificate at the completion of the session. It will be emailed directly to the email address you register with.
What kind of support can I expect after the workshop?
All programs include post workshop phone calls. These phone calls are a great opportunity to ask any questions you may have or to design post workshop experiences.
Do you require a laptop and AV equipment?
No, the facilitator will bring all the resources needed for the workshop.
What room set up do you require?
Chairs in a circle.
Do you deliver the program after hours or on a Saturday?
Yes, we can deliver the program at a time to suit you.
Can I replace a team meeting with a workshop?
Yes, lots of services have evolved their meeting night to focus on professional development. We can also present at PD days and conferences.
