Professional development for teachers

The Victorian parliament offers a range of opportunities for teachers looking to engage in professional learning, which are designed to enhance professional knowledge and practice, and support student learning.

There are a range of learning opportunities on offer, including seminars, conferences, workshops and online learning, with particular relevance to Civics and Citizenship and Legal Studies.

Each professional learning session addresses the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST). The standards that are most often addressed through participation in parliament’s professional learning opportunities include:

• APST 2 Professional knowledge: Know the content and how to teach it
• APST 6 Professional engagement: Engage in professional learning
• APST 7 Professional engagement: Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community.

Are you new to teaching civics and citizenship, or wanting to expand your knowledge of some of the key concepts? Or perhaps you're wanting to explore some different activities you can do in the classroom. 

Our self-paced online professional development series covers:  

• An overview of how each module works
• Representation and democracy
• Institutions and processes that support democracy
• Active citizenship
• Representation, for example in parliament

The course is structured so that you can read, watch or listen to each session and contribute to the discussion boards when convenient. There will also be some online events where you can ask questions and chat to other teachers.

Best of all, it's free.

Monday 28 April 2025, 4.30 pm - 5.30 pm 
A free professional development event
Presented online 

Our annual Parliament Prize competition will be opening in May again this year. In preparation, we're running a free, 1-hour professional development session, where we will take a closer look at the Parliament Prize competition, including Members' Statements, the entry form and most importantly, tools and techniques for including Parliament Prize into the classroom. There will also be plenty of time to have all your questions answered. 

The event is suitable for teachers of Grades 5 & 6 and Years 7 to 12 civics and citizenship related subjects and English, but teachers of any year level or subject are welcome to join us. 

We're always happy to hear from teachers who would like to discuss their requirements when introducing Civics and Citizenship into the classroom.

Whether you're looking for advice on the use of our resources or subject matter expertise, we're here to help.

Use the form below to send us an email and we'll work with you to organsie a time to talk.

We promote all our professional learning opportunities through our social media channels and our education newsletter, Springboard. Sign up to Springboard to find out what's coming up.