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About Educa Academy

Learn what Educa Academy offers and how to access online courses, resources, certificates and training enquiries.

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Educa Academy is Educa’s online learning platform for professional development, practical early learning content and self-paced learning.

What is Educa Academy?

Educa Academy brings together expert-led learning content from New Zealand, Australia, North America and other early learning communities around the world.

You can use Educa Academy to:

  • Build confidence with Learning Stories

  • Explore practical early learning topics

  • Access self-paced online courses

  • View course materials and recordings, where available

  • Download completion certificates, where available

What you can access

Educa Academy includes:

  • Learning Story courses and workshops

  • Self-paced video courses

  • Downloadable course resources

  • Parenting resources

  • Certificates for selected courses

Courses cover Learning Stories and related early learning topics, including assessment, planning, behaviour, infants and toddlers, family engagement, diversity and inclusion, leadership and child protection.

Note: Some learning content may be free, while other courses, bundles or memberships may be paid.

How to access Educa Academy

To get started:

  1. Select Sign In from the top-right of the page.

  2. Create an account or sign in with your existing Academy login.

  3. Choose a course, bundle, membership or free learning option.

Find and continue your courses

Once you are signed in, your Learning Dashboard shows the courses connected to your account.

From your dashboard, you can:

  • Open courses you are enrolled in

  • Continue a self-paced course from where you left off

  • Access course recordings and materials, where available

  • Download certificates, where available

Note: Each teacher should use their own Educa Academy account so course progress and certificates are linked to the correct person.

Learning options

Educa Academy offers a few ways to learn:

Single courses

Choose a specific course when you want to focus on one topic or meet a particular professional development need.

Memberships

Memberships give you broader access to available Academy content.

Curated bundles

Bundles group related courses together, making it easier to focus on a specific area of practice.

Training enquiries

If your centre or team needs additional training support, you can submit a training enquiry through Educa Academy. The form will send your request to the Educa team, who can follow up with more information.

Next steps

Visit Educa Academy to explore available online courses and learning options.

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