The Curriculum Through ICT Program

Partners in Learning

The Department of Education and Training is pleased to be part of the Partners in Learning Program. WA was the first state in Australia to announce this national initiative which provides teachers throughout Australia with greater access to ICT resources and professional development.

Partners in Learning is a $250m million worldwide initiative run by Microsoft. Here in WA, we have two programs focusing on the needs of public school teachers.

Teachers Have Class!
From the beginning of 2005 the Department offered up to 2,000 teachers the opportunity to take part in online training to develop their ICT skills. These skills are fundamental to effective teaching of our students for the future.

The primary resource for ICT skills development under the new partnership is SchoolKiT’s PDpoint – the professional development resource for schools and school districts focused on ICT integration and quality teaching.

Over five years, the program will target up to 13,000 teachers - to help them realise their potential through the effective use of ICT. This in turn will benefit students in WA public schools.

The Department's commitment to the Partners in Learning Program will build on its $45m investment in Notebooks for Teachers from 2001. The continuation of this initiative for a further 3 years will result in 16,000 notebooks being leased to teachers through this scheme.