In this episode, we are joined by Jessica Holder, RECE, and Vicki Davis, RECE, to take us further into How Does Learning Happen?, and its use as a powerful tool for early childhood educators.

Not only do the HDLH? foundations (well-being, expression, belonging and engagement) guide and fuel the way we create conditions for early learning, but they also offer professional educators some powerful tools for thinking about what happens in those environments.

Vicki Davis is a Registered Early Childhood Educator (RECE) She started her ECE journey as an apprentice with The Family Centre, in Wallaceburg, after her big move from London in 2008. Vicki is currently balancing 3 jobs: working as an Early Childhood Educator, raising a family, and managing a kitchen reno!

Jessica Holder, is also an RECE, holds a BSc, and is a Forest School Practitioner. She is the Pedagogical Leader at Discovery Child Care Centre and co-founder of Discovery Professional Learning where she works collaboratively with educators all across Canada to reflect on their pedagogical choices and to grow the programs they co-construct with children and families.

The values that drive her work are co-construction, intersectionality, democracy, emergence, and curiosity. She is passionate about supporting educators’ well-being and believes in creating contexts for educators to sense their value to children, society, and our future.