The resources on this page are a good starting point to help you find professional learning opportunities. This list should not be considered exhaustive, and you are encouraged to take ownership of your learning by seeking out further activities that are both interesting and relevant to your specific circumstances.
Please note that the resources on this page are suggestions only, they are not endorsed by the Board, and not all of them may be relevant or accessible to your teaching context. If you have any questions about a specific professional learning activity you should contact the provider for more information.
Teachers Registration Board of South Australia
From time to time the Board offers professional learning such as the annual conference and workshops about your professional responsibilities. Information about events will be communicated to you by email. A range of upcoming professional learning opportunities are published via the following:
- Online Learning opportunities - below
- The Buzz
- The Board’s Facebook page, which also shares articles and resources of interest to teachers
- Videos, PowerPoint slides and other resources from previous Board conferences and workshops are on the Event Calendar page of the website.
- provides evidence-based teaching practices that will help you create a positive classroom climate
- outlines strategies to strengthen your teacher–student relationships
- gives you a range of tools, techniques and links that support the development of student resilience and inclusiveness in your classroom.
Graduate Certificate of Education (Assessment of Student Learning) | |
Teaching kids about money can be a very valuable lesson to learn at a young age. The earlier a person starts learning, the better off they will be in the future. | |
Australian Childhood Foundation | |
(for members only) | |
Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience | |
Positive practical behaviour solutions. Providing training and resources including books and coaching to support parents, teachers, childcare staff, youth and disability staff. | |
Be You is the national mental health in education initiative delivered by Beyond Blue, in collaboration with Early Childhood Australia and headspace. | |
An educational guide on dental care for neurodivergent children. | |
Improve your teaching skills, stay up-to-date with the latest trends, and demonstrate your commitment to professional development. | |
A not-for-profit organisation with a mission to support any adult to teach coding and computational thinking to children. Free online course for teachers, teacher aides, and pre-service teachers to learn more about the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies through coding. Our course is designed to be self-paced and is the equivalent of 5 hours of PD. | |
Courses for beginners in music and multimedia. Especially welcome, are non-music general and relief teachers. | |
Connect.Ed provides training, mentoring and consultation on trauma-informed education and care, supporting children to grow and thrive. | |
Cool Australia Learn for Life | |
| Coursera | Coursera partners with more than 275 leading universities and companies to bring flexible, affordable, job-relevant online learning to individuals and organizations worldwide. We offer a range of learning opportunities—from hands-on projects and courses to job-ready certificates and degree programs. |
Department for Education plink & Facebook Teaching & Learning page | (Employees of DECD only) |
For anyone looking to improve their knowledge around dietary requirement management. | |
EDMed – | Assistance in planning for the return of a student who has suffered a serious physical illness or injury. Free, 1-hour professional development session that provides a range of educational strategies and information to assist in the smooth transition and integration back to school. |
Edutopia - George Lucas Educational Foundation | Videos showcase evidence-based learning practices that can be used in teaching, and articles discussing a range of current education issues |
Evidence for Learning | Evidence for Learning helps great practice become practice in education. |
Free online courses. | |
Enhance how you teach subjects such as English as a foreign language or STEM, or try new approaches to assessment, behaviour management or special needs provision. | |
Growth Mindset - Improving Teaching and Learning Suitable for primary & secondary teachers - a 25% discount is presently available for this course by entering the discount coupon code griffin25. | |
Healing professional learning that helps educators create welcoming, inclusive and safe environments that foster the wellbeing and resettlement of students with refugee experiences. Available to educators Australia-wide. | |
Neruoreducation Series, 20 hours of online learning with a focus on | |
Language for Life course | |
Jolly Phonics - self-paced | |
Environmental Education - Online Courses - Self-Paced - Flexible Hours | |
The world’s most fun & easy to use 3D design learning program. Transform STEM learning with a pioneering, research-backed tool. Improve children’s spatial reasoning skills, reduce STEM anxiety, develop creative confidence and help close the STEM gender gap. | |
Dive deep into learning with interactive lessons, earn professional development hours, acquire certifications and find programs that help meet your goals. | |
Moneysmart | |
A free digital resource led by expert ophthalmologists and optometrists to provide trusted information on eye health and vision. | |
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD) | Professional learning to help you with implementing and gaining confidence in the NCCD model. |
Bridging the gap between research and practice. | |
This course is about exploring key areas of personal development and personal effectiveness in the educational setting. NLP offers people from all walks of life tools and techniques to master the way they think, feel, and act. NLP helps teachers improve the lives of their students and helps teachers manage stress more effectively, increasing well-being and eliminating burnout. | |
Office of the Children’s eSafety Commissioner | |
PACE | Learn about the latest developments in mentoring, enhance your mentoring and leadership skills. Support your team and early career teachers. |
PACE | Learn about the latest developments in wellbeing education, reflect on your teaching and lead with confidence. |
PACE | The University of Adelaide School of Education online micro-credentials. Learn how to apply the latest eLearning theories in your teaching practice. Develop contemporary learning experiences and create cutting-edge resources that you can confidently use in your classroom. |
The Parliamentary Education Office provides professional learning for teachers and pre-service teachers. Our programs are free, accredited and align with the Australian Curriculum. We help teachers deliver informative and engaging parliamentary and civics and citizenship curriculum for their students. | |
Provides programs and workshops to help teachers, school leaders and other education professionals create an autism-friendly school culture. | |
The service offers a continually updated and expanding library of presentations and interviews from more than 60 world-leading experts, across 26 categories of mental health, wellbeing and learning engagement; as well as full access to the highly acclaimed Positive Schools 2020 conference talks and other Positive Schools Online events. | |
An educational resource that provides comprehensive information on the cultural background of Australia's migrant populations. | |
Free training for teachers | |
South Australian Country Fire Service | |
Resilient & Inclusive Classrooms | |
Sue Larkey e-learning On-demand courses to help you teach children on the Autism Spectrum and make a difference. | |
The course explores an autonomy-supportive teaching pedagogy that drives student responsibility and engagement. Teaching for Metacognition - a 25% discount is presently available for this course by entering the discount coupon code griffin25. Other courses. | |
Explores the most significant factors for musical improvement and the teacher's role in enhancing student-competence awareness - a 25% discount is presently available for this course by entering the discount coupon code griffin25. | |
Contains a large number of video presentations covering many topics including education, teaching content areas, and professional growth | |
Free online professional learning courses aimed at increasing diversity competence in education professionals and their students. | |
Learn about autism, a complex and challenging long-term condition for many individuals and their families worldwide, and an aspect of human diversity to others. | |
University of Adelaide | |
How to write risk assessments for school excursions. | |
Created to help teachers and school leaders form relationships and partnerships with communities and parents to achieve better educational outcomes for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. |
