Teachers are critical to student learning and are being provided with significant ongoing support to ensure the Digital Education Revolution initiative is a success. Collaborative work is currently underway to make certain teachers continue to receive the necessary training and development to integrate ICT into their teaching practices:

• The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard MP notified all teacher employers in Australia that funds of up to $11.25 million of the total ($22.5 million) provided under the state and territory element of the Australian Government Quality Teacher Program (AGQTP) in 2009 should be directed to ICT-related school-based professional development for teachers.
  
• Under the auspices of the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA), the Australian ICT in Education Committee (AICTEC) is developing a Digital Education Revolution Road Map which will include a Teaching in the Digital Age Work Plan.  The Work Plan will focus on the teacher professional development required to integrate ICT into pedagogical practice to meet students’ needs and harness the resources of the Digital Education Revolution.  The Work Plan is being informed by the Teaching for the Digital Age Advisory and Reference Groups.

Please return to this page again for further updates regarding teacher professional development to support the Digital Education Revolution.