Professional learning

On this page:

• Social media age restrictions explained – a guide for educators and youth-serving professionals
• How AI is influencing new online risks for children and young people
• The trust trap: navigating friendships, pressure and manipulation online
• Risks and rewards of online communities: What educators and youth-serving professionals need to know
• Webinars and presentations on request
• On-demand professional learning videos
• Self-paced online modules for lower primary teachers
• eSafety Champions Network
• Virtual classroom webinars for primary schools

Explore our other educational webinars designed to keep you, your students, school and community group safe online.

Our presentations and webinars can be incorporated into a staff meeting or delivered at conferences and used towards elective professional learning hours.

If you’re a school leader or part of a professional network and are interested in organising a webinar, contact us for more information, or visit our Training and presentations FAQs. Minimum participant numbers are required for most sessions.

Social media self-defence for school leaders

This one-hour session is designed for primary and secondary school leaders or aspiring leaders who want to build their skills and learn more about managing social media in their school community and/or professional lives. It examines the types of tech-based abuse experienced in educational settings and offers evidence-based guidance for improving safety. The webinar includes case studies that illustrate formal and informal responses to tech-based abuse in schools and explains eSafety’s reporting schemes.

The webinar covers:

• the latest research and data about the types of online abuse experienced in school environments
• the professional and personal impacts for teachers and flow on effects in school workplaces
• strategies and guidance for setting up social media with a focus on safety
• eSafety’s role and our reporting schemes
• case studies that demonstrate the practicalities of responding to online attacks, including how to manage reporting processes.

Tailored learning for specific topics

We can also provide sessions on a range of online safety topics to suit your needs, including:

• Responding and reporting: critical online incidents in school settings
• Navigating online friendships
• Wellbeing and digital technologies
• Digital rights and responsibilities of students and educators
• Online harmful sexual behaviours, misinformation, and emerging technologies
• Online safety considerations for generative AI in education
• Supporting online gaming experiences

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Professional learning videos on a range of online safety topics are available for government, Catholic and independent school sectors. Contact your school sector for more information and to request access.

School sector representatives can contact educationsectors@esafety.gov.au for access to current professional learning videos:

eSafety 101

Provides an overview of the role, functions and supporting programs and resources of the eSafety Commissioner for K-12 schools and families.

Responding and reporting critical online incidents

Designed for school leaders, teachers, and non-teaching staff, who play a role in supporting or leading the response and reporting associated with critical online incidents that occur within school communities. Case studies are explored, reporting processes and incident assessment tools shared.

Supporting safer online gaming experiences

Designed for primary and lower secondary school staff. It provides strategies for supporting children and young people to have safe, positive experiences when playing games online. 

These self-paced online modules are for lower primary school educators teaching online safety. Each program is based on recent research and includes practical teaching strategies, classroom activities and additional reading.

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eSafety Champions are teachers, wellbeing professionals or staff representatives who make online safety a priority in their schools. Education sector representatives are also welcome to join the Network.

Every Champion in the network is given the skills, tools, and knowledge to keep their school safe online.

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eSafety's trainers deliver live online safety lessons to primary schools via Virtual Classroom webinars.

We work with government, Catholic, and independent school sectors to deliver webinars nationally, including to regional and remote areas. Different topics are run throughout the year, covering a range of current online safety issues. The advice is informed by the latest research and intelligence from our investigation teams and eSafety's Best Practice Framework for Online Safety Education.

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