There is no doubt that the coronavirus pandemic (COVID 19) has impacted the way teachers, schools and early childhood services are working and supporting their learners; many teachers are now working in an online learning environment.
The VIT understands that most teachers will have already undertaken significant professional learning to find new ways of teaching (navigating new programs, building digital lessons and assessments, team teaching), and we encourage teachers to continue developing their skills in teaching and learning in an online setting. These skills are not only timely for our current situation, they will be useful going forward - the lessons learned through this experience are likely to encourage the use of online learning as a tool into the future.
Professional learning
As a registered teacher or early childhood teacher, you are required to engage in at least 20 hours of professional development (PD) activities each year in order to renew your registration. Professional learning can be undertaken in a variety forms, including webinars, online modules, professional conversations, professional readings and research.
Remember, after engaging in a professional development activity take the time to reflect on how the learning will impact your teaching. Ask yourself the following questions
- what have you learned that you can use to develop your teaching knowledge and / or practice?
- how have you / will you apply your learnings to your teaching practice?
- what impact has / will the new knowledge have on learning outcomes?
Resources
To support your professional learning to work in an online setting, you may find the following resources helpful.
Please note that the following are independent resources and were not developed by or in collaboration with VIT.
Last updated: 29 Mar 2023