Who are we?
Our story began in 2008 when Inspired EC was co-founded by Tash Treveton and Nicole Halton, who had formed an instant connection when they began working together in a preschool room back in 2003.
Our passion lies in nature based education and the importance of play in high quality environments, but what really sets us apart is our approach to working with early childhood professionals. We do not believe that it is up to us, or anyone for that matter, to give all the answers. We pride ourselves on asking the questions and supporting educators to come up with their own answers.
Organisations we have worked with include:
Meet the Founders
INSPIRED EC CO-FOUNDERS
Nicole Halton
Writer, Resource Creator, Trainer, Consultant, Approved Provider
Nicole has a particular interest in positive school transitions, nature play and slow pedagogy. Nicole is fascinated by play and the development of the brain. Nicole is an author of many books and of the Inspired EC Blog. Nicole is a recurring co-host on the Child Care Bar and Grill Podcast.
Tash Treveton
TimberNook Facilitator, Playground Designer, Trainer, Consultant, Approved Provider
Tash is passionate about children having access to natural, risky and engaging outdoor play spaces for children. Tash is a licensed trainer for Dr Claire Warden's Talking and Thinking Floorbooks. Tash loves all things infant/toddler practice and in 2024 completed training in the Pikler approach
We look forward to working with you!
Just as we believe that children are competent, capable learners, able to hypothesise, problem solve and create - the same applies to the adults that we are lucky enough to work with. We have always said that our role in our work is not to provide educators and services with "the answers" but to support them to consider their unique context and engage in research, reflective practice and evolve to meet the needs of the children, families and communities in which they work.
Who Makes Up Inspired EC?
We have an amazing team who work across a range of roles, supporting educators, education and care services, and families
Keilla Hobourn
Training Coordinator and Office Manager
Lauren Jackson
Children's Services Operations Manager
Alison Morris
Children's Services Accounts Manager
Anna Blackwell
Resources Manager and Children's Services Accounts Support
Ellen Goldup
Children's Services Administration Trainee
Bianca Thomas
Marketing Coordinator and Exec. Assistant
Denise Spencer
TimberNook Facilitator
Carol Booth
Policy and Advocacy Leader
Task King
NSW Nominated Supervisor
Jo Payne
QLD Nominated Supervisor
Sue Wiedermann
VIC Nominated Supervisor
Carolyn Atkinson
QLD Educator Mentor
Jo Mills
NSW Educator Mentor
Adelaide Morvell
NSW Educator Mentor
Andrea Dockley
VIC Educator Mentor