Teacher Professional Development Services

Our thoughts are with the teaching community in these difficult times. While we have cancelled all workshops and in-services, our online PD will continue throughout the year uninterrupted.

This week, we'll be giving away one online course each day (you can choose which course you'd like). To enter, simply "like" this post and each day we will choose one person at random to win a PD. Winners will be notified in the comments section.

Teacher Professional Development Services Teacher Professional Development Services. Evidence based strategies to improve teaching and student learning.

Our teachers are working harder than ever before. Why don't we value them more? | Jane Mueller The stress often outweighs the fulfilment that comes from the job. It’s not surprising teachers are exhausted

Is your registration renewal coming up? All of our online courses are self paced and available on demand. They're all also accepted/endorsed by VIT, NESA, QCOT, TRBSA, TRBWA, TRBNT, and TRBT. To register, sign up online or request an invoice for your school.

https://teacherprofessionaldevelopmentservices.com.au/online/

Casual teachers: Did you know we offer discounts on PD just for you?

Our online courses are self-paced, meaning you won't need to take time out from teaching in order to meet your PD requirements for registration renewal. Prices start at $39 for casual teachers!

https://teacherprofessionaldevelopmentservices.com.au/online/

Disturbingly, we noticed another PD provider stating on their website that Victorian teachers need to complete a full 20 hours of Special Needs PD in order to 'keep their jobs' under the VIT's Special Needs plan. This is NOT the case. The VIT requires that PART of your annual 20 hours of PD consists of PD with a focus on teaching students with special needs. For full information, please see the VIT website. We have PD that meets the requirements so feel free to check out our website for more info but please don't be fooled by misinformation or waste money on PD you don't need or want.

Special Needs Plan - Victorian Institute of Teaching As part of the government Special Needs Plan, teachers are now required to build their capacity to teach learners with disability.

We like to think we're fairly open to criticism but it was a bit of a surprise yesterday to have a teacher describe one of our online courses as ''a great curse''. Seems a bit harsh :D The rest of the sentence was quite complimentary so we'll hope for the best and assume that was an autocorrect fail :D You can see more feedback from our teachers on our course pages.

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NESA have been upgrading their system for recording teacher PD attendance. If you've been waiting a few days for your hours to appear, don't fret, they'll be up soon. :)

UPDATE: NESA have informed us that no PD providers can access the NESA database for another couple of weeks :(

We went to google looking for a nice picture to wish everyone well on our special day but couldn't stop giggling at the variety of spelling options available. We made our own image, feel free to debate if we got it right. :)

As a Melbourne based company, our office will be closed this Friday for the AFL Grand Final public holiday. As a Melbourne based company that loves our South Australian customers, we won't say which team we're hoping will win!

It's that time of year when interest in our 'Motivating Reluctant Learners' course spikes :) Help yourself and the kids by teaching a growth mindset, discussing the kids' attributions, using SMART goals effectively, providing useful feedback, and addressing skills deficits. You can also try bribing them with chocolate - it doesn't really work but you get to eat the leftovers :D

Motivating Reluctant Learners Explore evidence-based strategies for motivating reluctant learners.

Staffrooms are such important spaces for collaboration. (Also, there should be good biscuits ;) )

The importance of the school staffroom A school staffroom is the place in which educators spend the majority of their non-teaching school time. In today’s article, a West Australian principal shares why he believes a staffroom is important for improving staff wellbeing, and building a sense of community and connectedness.