Teachers will be able to upskill for free with a new microcredential course focused on managing classrooms, released this week by the University of Adelaide.
Evidenced-based and developed by experts, the new course will help to further empower teachers in the classroom and improve outcomes for their students.
One in three teachers report losing teaching time due to disruptive behaviour and reports show that students perform better in reading literacy when classrooms have a positive disciplinary climate than those who don't.
The Classroom Management course will give teachers strategies to create safe and orderly classrooms, address frequent interruptions to learning, build positive and inclusive practices and manage escalations in behaviour.
The Albanese Government is investing more than $3 million in funding to the University of Adelaide to design and deliver microcredentials courses for teachers.
The free courses will provide vital professional development opportunities for teachers, school staff and school leaders.
The qualifications will offer teachers a potential credit pathway towards post-graduate study with the School of Education at the University of Adelaide.
This investment is part of the National Teacher Workforce Action Plan and builds on the Government's Engaged Classrooms initiative, which is developing free classroom management resources for teachers.
The self-paced online course can be completed in the teacher's own time, at their own pace, to fit in around their other commitments.
Microcredential courses in Explicit Teaching and Teaching Phonics will also be rolled out in the coming months.
Registration details can be found here.
Quotes attributable to Minister for Education Jason Clare:
"This evidence-based, free short course will help teachers build on their skills in classroom management.
"It will support new and experienced teachers and help to improve student learning outcomes."
