About the Academy

The ICT in Education Teacher Academy is a professional learning community for educators who want to use digital technology with greater confidence and purpose in their teaching and learning environments.

Members come with different experiences, questions and goals. Some are taking their first steps with digital technology. Others want to reflect on what they already do, strengthen their planning or help lead change across a team. The Academy supports educators to start where they are and keep developing their practice.

Why we exist

Using digital technology well involves more than knowing which tools are available. Educators need opportunities to ask questions about their practice, consider how technology supports learning, try ideas in their own setting and reflect on what happened.

The Academy exists to make that professional learning ongoing and practical. An educator’s starting point might be a question from an ordinary day: How could the photos we take for documentation help us understand and extend children’s learning? Another might be planning a lesson and wondering whether digital technology would add something worthwhile.

These questions can lead to small, purposeful changes in practice—and to new questions worth exploring.

Who we support

Our main focus is early childhood and primary educators, including teachers and leaders who support digital pedagogy across a service or school. Educators can join individually, and early childhood services and schools can bring teams together through an Academy partnership.

Educators working in secondary settings may also find learning that is relevant to their practice.

How professional learning moves into practice

There is no single starting point for every member. An educator might begin by reflecting on something that happened that day, planning an upcoming experience, or searching for help with a specific question.

The Academy supports them to:

1. Start with a question or goal drawn from their teaching and learning environment.

2. Explore ideas through workshops, the Members’ Library, the Wisdom Tool and conversations with other members.

3. Plan and try an approach that fits their learners and setting.

4. Reflect on the experience using the Workbook and the Academy’s ongoing learning prompts.

5. Share what they learned so others can consider the idea in their own practice.

The Workbook and Success Path help members recognise where they are now, identify a next step and notice their growth over time. The monthly learning framework provides a shared focus, with prompts that help members return to their practice throughout the month.

A community that learns from its members

Some of the most useful professional learning comes from hearing what another educator tried, why they chose it and what happened next.

Academy members are encouraged to contribute to each other’s learning. They can take part in community discussions, ask questions, share a lesson plan or activity idea that worked well, describe a positive learning outcome, or record a short video about their experience.

These contributions give other members practical examples to think with. They also make space for educators to compare approaches, adapt ideas to their own settings and build on one another’s experience.

Find your starting point

Whether you are exploring your own practice or supporting a team, the Academy offers a place to keep learning alongside other educators.