About our programs
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.
Get in touch
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.
Upcoming events
Connecting Civics and Citizenship
This new and free professional development series is an opportunity to develop and expand your knowledge of some key civics and citizenship concepts and explore how to connect them to the classroom.
Each module is between 30 to 45 minutes to complete, is self-paced and includes discussion forums and some online-live events to make sure all your questions are answered.
The series covers:
- An overview of how each module works
- Representation and democracy
- Institutions and processes that support democracy (across two modules)
- Active citizenship
- Representation, for example in parliament
- Bringing it altogether and including civics and citizenship in the classroom
This series launches soon.
Preparing for Parliament Prize
With Parliament Prize fast approaching (submissions open in mid-May) we are running two online professional development sessions to help you, and therefore your students, prepare for the competition.
Thursday 2 May 4:30 - 5:30pm
The first session will focus on ‘Preparing for Parliament Prize’, providing an overview of the competition and how you may want to connect it to the classroom.
Wednesday 8 May, 4:30 – 5:15pm
The second session will include tips on how to connect Parliament Prize to the classroom, along with answering some of the frequently asked questions.
