The free Starting Out Safely professional development training is presented by some of Australia’s leading early childhood experts.
We share practical strategies to support young children’s learning about road safety, based on the latest evidence-based research. The sessions identify how road safety education links to the EYLF, the National Quality Standard and the National Practices for Early Childhood Road Safety Education.
You need to complete this Professional Development as part of the eligibility to access the associated ThingleToodle education session for funded
4 year old kindergarten programs.
This session is suitable for all ECEC professionals.
Register below for the 2026 sessions. If you would like to arrange a face-to-face professional development session for your service, EYM or teacher network please contact the team via email at rse@elaa.org.au
| Delivery Day / Date | Delivery Time | Delivered By | Link to Register |
| Tuesday / 10 February 2026 | 6.30pm – 8.00pm | Catharine Hydon | CLOSED |
| Friday / 6 March 2026 | 12.30pm – 2.00pm | Karen Glancy | CLOSED |
| Friday / 8 May 2026 | 12.30pm – 2.00pm | Jenny Voogt | CLOSED |
| Tuesday / 2 June 2026 | 6.30pm – 8.00pm | Karen Glancy | CLOSED |
| Friday / 26 June 2026 | 12.30pm – 2.00pm | Jenny Voogt | CLOSED |
| Friday / 17 July 2026 | 12.30pm – 2.00pm | Jenny Voogt | CLOSED |
| Wednesday / 22 July 2026 | 6.30pm – 8.00pm | Jenny Voogt | CLOSED |
| Tuesday / 4 August 2026 | 6.30pm – 8.00pm | Catharine Hydon | CLOSED |
| Friday / 4 September 2026 | 12.30pm – 2.00pm | Karen Glancy | https://tinyurl.com/34ca6t59 |
| Friday / 11 September 2026 | 12.30pm – 2.00pm | Jenny Voogt | https://shorturl.at/eEpBI |
| Tuesday / 13 October 2026 | 6.30pm – 8.00pm | Karen Glancy | https://tinyurl.com/yck5ddjw |
| Friday / 30 October 2026 | 12.30pm – 2.00pm | Catharine Hydon | https://tinyurl.com/3eda7j4u |
| Thursday / 19 November 2026 | 6.30pm – 8.00pm | Jenny Voogt | https://shorturl.at/5845q |
| Wednesday / 25 November 2026 | 6.30pm – 8.00pm | Jenny Voogt | https://tinyurl.com/mu4c65sn |
ThingleToodle sessions and eligibility:
If you have participated in the TAC funded Starting out Safely professional development (PD) in the last three years, and have a road safety education and safe transportation policy, you are eligible to request the associated ThingleToodle education session.
There are only 500 of these sessions available each year Statewide and as such we are not always able to accommodate the visit in the same year of your PD. However, the PD remains with the person who completed for a period of three years. If we do not allocate a visit in the year of your PD, you are escalated to the top of the priority list for a visit the following year. This is subject to receiving your current timetable and policy information either in term 4 or at the commencement of term 1, for the following year as timetables change most years. This also applies in regard to where you are teaching if you change services, you will need to notify us.
Each year, we will ask you to submit the following form: https://childroadsafety.org.au/thingle-toodle/timetable-form/ so that we can add your service to our ThingleToodle priority request database.
Please upload a copy of your policy of your Best Practice Safe Transportation and Road Safety Education Policy before you hit the SUBMIT button.
Kindly note that sessions are allocated through email, specifying the date and time, and we do not take bookings.
ELAA delivers Victoria’s early childhood road safety education program, Starting Out Safely, on behalf of the
Transport Accident Commision (TAC).
Contact the RSE team by email: rse@elaa.org.au
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