Online Professional Development Courses for Teachers
You are welcome to view our teacher pd online courses for teachers integrating technology in the classroom. Our training courses for teachers delivers practical and immediately actionable advice on the best teaching strategies with technology in Early Childhood and Primary Education.
Supporting early childhood and primary teachers is vital for the development of child ICT capability. We provide guidance and opportunities for teachers to become capable, competent and informed about the educational role and potential of ICT. Our online teacher professional development facilitates support to make the most of the opportunities that ICT presents for strengthening all aspects of Early Childhood and Primary Education.
By becoming a member of our ICT in Education Teacher Academy, you will enjoy getting instant access to ALL current and new online professional development courses for teachers.
Here are some of our staff development day ideas for teachers using technology in the classroom:
Online Professional Development Training for Early Childhood Educators
Our online workshops for preschool teachers will provide you with further expertise in early childhood education and care as it delivers practical and immediately actionable advice on research-based teaching strategies in early childhood that will enable you to assess and build on a young child’s technology home experiences. This is aim of integrating technology in the preschool classroom
Harness the Potential of Technology in Early Childhood Education – PD for Early Childhood Educators
Completing this training course for teachers will contribute to 5 hours of NESA and TQI PD addressing 2.6.2 and 4.5.2 and 5.1.2 of Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient teacher accreditation.
"I really enjoyed this course! It was very informative and well researched. It gave detailed descriptions regarding all areas outlined in the objectives. The videos made the learning seem more interactive! The tasks were very beneficial and applicable to my future teaching practices!"
Online Professional Development Training for Teachers in Primary Education:
When integrating technology in the primary classroom one of the main issues that many teachers face is planning ICT activities that develop student ICT capability. In the Australian Curriculum, learning progression is ICT capability through the process of integrating technology in the classroom is significant.
If you are a teacher using ICT in primary school, we can help you achieve your ICT integration goals for your school today. The following training courses for teachers will deliver evidence-based teaching strategies for primary school teachers.
We have capacity-building workshops for teachers in:
ICT Teaching Strategies for Primary School teachers
Completing this training course for teachers will contribute to 4 hours of NESA and TQI PD addressing 2.6.2 and 3.4.2 of Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient teacher accreditation.
“This course has been beneficial. I have learned more about how to integrate ICT in the classroom and how to support the students who struggle in this area. The readings have been particularly useful and it has been great to see other professionals and their use of ICT in the classroom.”
- Kerrie
"I have thoroughly enjoyed this course. I have learned the importance of ICT in all schools. This course has enhanced my ideas of classroom practice by giving me confidence in knowing that I was on the right track."
- Louise
Formative Assessment Professional Development
When integrating technology in the primary classroom it is important that you understand that the key components of ICT capability are practical. You should not be under the misconception that a child's finished ICT product represents his or her capabilities in ICT. Like in literacy assessment, you would not accept a book review as their complete capabilities in literacy. You would want to assess the skills and processes that they used.
It is the same for when integrating technology in the primary classroom. A child's ICT solution to a problem is just the end result. This course will provide you with further expertise to embed formative assessment strategies to determine a child's capabilities in ICT.
Completing this training course for teachers will contribute to 5 hours of NESA and TQI PD addressing 2.6.2 and 5.1.2 of Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient teacher accreditation.
"I consider myself to be highly confident in ICT, however, through this comprehensive course I learned things which I never knew about."
- Amanda
Teach Literacy with ICT effectively
Teaching and learning with ICT in the Primary school as it can enhance the learning of other capabilities such as literacy. In our literacy with ICT PD workshops for teachers, you will learn how to support and scaffold the development of literacy with ICT whilst being able to teach ICT capability too.
Completing this training course for teachers will contribute to 5 hours of NESA and TQI PD addressing 2.6.2, 3.42, and 3.5.2 (TQI) towards maintaining Proficient teacher accreditation.
NESA and TQI Online Teacher Professional Development
The following online professional development classes for teachers courses for teachers are for Highly Accomplished accreditation:
ICT Leadership course for Teachers in Primary Ed
Completing this training course for teachers will contribute to 5 hours of NESA and TQI PD addressing 2.6.3 and 3.4.3 of Australian Professional Standards for Teacher towards maintaining Highly Accomplished teacher accreditation.
Staff Development Day organisation (Train the trainer - Inservice Prep)
Completing this training course for teachers will contribute to 1 hour of NESA PD addressing 2.6.3 of Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Highly Accomplished teacher accreditation.
Learn from our Primary Teacher Professional Development today.
More capacity building workshop for teachers (teacher identified professional development):
Technology Observation in Early Childhood Education and Care
When integrating technology in the kindergarten classroom it is important that you maximise your expertise on child observation in relation to technology use. So difficult to make judgements about the conceptual and procedural technological knowledge of the children, then through this online workshop
Completing this training course for teachers will contribute to 2 hours of teacher identified PD addressing 5.1.2 of Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient teacher accreditation.
Keep track of student progress with effective records
Completing this training course for teachers will contribute to 2 hours of teacher identified PD addressing 5.1.2 of Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient teacher accreditation.
What are the benefits of educator professional development courses online?
Self-Paced Learning
You will be able to maximise individual learning curves and styles in the classroom through our pd courses for teachers. This allows you to meet your teaching targets in the learning areas you teach.
Application of Theory
All theory in teacher PD courses is evidence and researched based. Our online learning programs will allow you to tap into the realm of online learning continuously and communicate and share your ideas with colleagues. With as little effort as possible you will be able to bring research-based educational theories into your classroom.
Affordability
Throw away the costs of venues and travel and even accommodation for some teachers, our teacher pd online is cost-effective and will not break your budget. Only pay for the course itself.
Accessibility
Our teacher technology teachers PD online workshops are available 24/7. This allows you to learn at your own schedule.
Saves Time
As a teacher, you probably already know how precious a commodity time is to you. Save time by joining our online PD courses for teachers today.
What the principles of teaching and learning with ICT?
Behind the principles of teaching and learning with ICT lies the conceptual understanding to reason why you need a digital pedagogy. As an educator, you face the constant challenge of refining teaching and learning techniques to keep up with the increasing demands and expectations of students who today are the digital natives of tomorrow. They expect that your teaching and learning that they will experience across their years of formal schooling will be digitally rich. Parents and also the wider community also expect digital pedagogies in the classroom.
The ICT capable child needs to have the disposition to construct ICT solutions to problem situations that are appropriate to the context and are based on knowledge and limitations of the hardware and software available.
A primary teacher’s principles of effective teaching and learning with ICT should be that a student’s use of technology in key learning areas is that to be transparent to the extent that they are almost unaware of its existence. They should be focused on its use as a tool to achieve other outcomes.
This is the ultimate aim of student ICT capability and this is a clear element in our online professional development of teachers.
We have done the research on professional development for teachers
These are the principles of professional development:
- Driven by a vision of the classroom;
- Helps teachers develop the knowledge and skills to create the vision;
- Mirrors methods to be used by students;
- Builds a learning community;
- Develops teacher leadership;
- Links to the system and;
- Is continuously assessed.
(Dunn)
ICT teacher professional development courses are perceived as an avenue for pedagogical change. Studies have shown (Lloyd and Cochrane) that for it to be effective it must in terms of Context:
- Be relevant (authentic, local and real)
- Be meaningful
- Be practical
- Meet immediate needs (direct impact)
- Meet ongoing needs (sustained impact)
In terms of time:
- Be timely (just-in-time)
- Be sustained (over time)
- Provide adequate time for participation, reflection and implementation
- Allow teachers to take responsibility for their own learning
In terms of community:
- Encourage sharing with others, hearing other stories from the field
- Provide ongoing support and heightened collaboration
- Expand professional and personal networks
In terms of personal growth:
- Add to personal knowledge
- Increase personal skills
- Enhance status (within learning community)
- Take account of teachers’ prior knowledge, different levels and learning styles
- Enable reflection
- Allow personal selection
We embody all these elements in our ICT training courses for teachers.
The benefits of professional development for teachers using technology in the classroom are:
- Encourages the use of a variety of features related to knowledge, skills and practice.
- Focuses on deepening your Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge.
- Promotes active learning individually and collectively.
- Provides you with a clear view of the connections between what you will learn during our ICT workshops for teachers and your practice.
The above elements signify the importance of the professional development of teachers using technology in the classroom. Effective staff development will enable teachers to harness the potential of ICT in their classrooms. Each capacity-building workshop for teachers embodies these principles of professional development in ICT.
Next Professional Development Day for Teachers we can help you achieve your goals in teaching and learning with ICT.