Ongoing professional development opportunities for teachers are as follows :
EDNA
EDNA is a network of the education and training community. It includes government and non-government schooling systems, early childhood, vocational and technical education, adult and community education and higher education.
Click here for EDNA's events calendar of learning opportunities.
ICT Learning Innovation Centre
The ICT Learning Innovation Centre is the Department of Education and the Arts' premier professional development centre for the education sector.
Developed in 2004 in partnership with the University of the Sunshine Coast, the ICT Learning Innovation Centre has been designed to deliver leadership in learning using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).
As the only Centre of its kind in Queensland, the state-of-the-art facility promotes the innovative use of information and communication technology to enhance learning and deliver quality-assured services in education.
Designed for life in the ‘Smart State', the ICT Learning Innovation Centre is supporting the development of Smart Classrooms, and assisting teachers to make technology an integral part of student learning.
The Centre is focused on developing and incubating innovative teaching and learning practices, and creating new teacher/educator professional development and training opportunities across Queensland.
A test-bed for new and emerging technologies and innovative pedagogical approaches, the ICT Learning Innovation Centre explores partnerships with industry and service providers to realise the learning potential of these new technologies.
Click here to see the calendar of learning opportunities on offer.
Scholastic Seminars
The Scholastic Seminar Program offers informative and motivating professional development seminars for Australian Educators. The program has been designed to provide up-to-date information on curriculum and syllabus innovations as well as practical ideas that can be readily applied in the classroom.
Click here to see the calendar of seminars in areas such as leadership, literacy, behaviour mnagement and thinking skills/learning styles.
For more information about local professional development opportunities please also see the Community Noticeboardand networking under the Current Events section of this website