First Year Teacher Specialised Learning Program

Course description

First Year Teachers with Department for Education, Children and Young People (DECYP) are required to attend a paid specialised professional development program prior to the commencement of Term 1 2025. The program is compulsory for newly graduated teachers starting in February 2025 (permanent or fixed-term) and newly graduated TIPP teachers taking up their permanency in 2025. It also recommended teachers who commenced their first year of teaching with DECYP after 6 February 2024 attend at the discretion of their principal.
This four-day specialised learning and induction program will be held regionally between 28 and 31 January 2025. Three days will be held at venues across the state, and the final day on site induction in your contracted school.
The program, facilitated and delivered by DECYP specialists, explores the fundamentals of effective teaching and learning. First Year Teachers will be welcomed into DECYP and our ways of working, including our culture and values. Teachers will be supported to build skills to promote a positive classroom culture and make adjustments for diversity and inclusion, as well as understand assessment against the 9-point scale, reporting requirements, and DECYPs Lifting Literacy priority.

Course outcomes

• Develop knowledge and capabilities to support classroom readiness and the transition into school life 
• Deepen knowledge and understanding of the Department for Education, Children and Young People 
• Understand the support and resources available for our Teachers and how to access them
• Build a professional learning network with other First Year Teachers and the wider DECYP community