Training
The Kindergarten IT Program offers training that is focused on the technology needs of community kindergartens as well as on-boarding for some of the early learning platforms provided by the Victorian Department of Education.
Training webinars
To support educators, carers and volunteers we are offering a range of Digital Security sessions including our new webinar Digital Security – Child Safe Practices & Personal Electronic Devices.
The courses offered
Who can attend?
Teachers, staff and volunteers from community kindergartens throughout Victoria can attend our training. If you are unsure contact us to confirm your kindergarten is registered with the program.
Schedule and enrolment
| Date | Time | Course | Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 14 October | 10am – 12pm | Online TLDS Training – 901 | Enrol Now |
| Tue 14 October | 3pm – 5pm | Online TLDS Training – 901 | Enrol Now |
| Wed 15 October | 10am – 11am | Online TLDS Training – 901 | Enrol Now |
| Wed 15 October | 3pm – 4pm | Online TLDS Training – 901 | Enrol Now |
| Thu 16 October | 10am – 11am | Online TLDS Training – 901 | Enrol Now |
| Thu 16 October | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Child Safe Practices & Personal Electronic Devices | Enrol Now |
| Fri 17 October | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Child Safe Practices & Personal Electronic Devices | Enrol Now |
| Fri 17 October | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Child Safe Practices & Personal Electronic Devices | Enrol Now |
| Mon 20 October | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Child Safe Practices & Personal Electronic Devices | Enrol Now |
| Mon 20 October | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Child Safe Practices & Personal Electronic Devices | Enrol Now |
| Tue 21 October | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Antivirus & Antimalware | Enrol Now |
| Tue 21 October | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Antivirus & Antimalware | Enrol Now |
| Wed 22 October | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Antivirus & Antimalware | Enrol Now |
| Wed 22 October | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Antivirus & Antimalware | Enrol Now |
| Thu 23 October | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Antivirus & Antimalware | Enrol Now |
| Thu 23 October | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Security Updates | Enrol Now |
| Fri 24 October | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Security Updates | Enrol Now |
| Fri 24 October | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Security Updates | Enrol Now |
| Mon 27 October | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Security Updates | Enrol Now |
| Mon 27 October | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Security Updates | Enrol Now |
| Tue 28 October | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Email | Enrol Now |
| Tue 28 October | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Email | Enrol Now |
| Wed 29 October | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Email | Enrol Now |
| Wed 29 October | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Email | Enrol Now |
| Thu 30 October | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Email | Enrol Now |
| Thu 30 October | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Password Managers | Enrol Now |
| Fri 31 October | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Password Managers | Enrol Now |
| Fri 31 October | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Password Managers | Enrol Now |
| Thu 06 November | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Password Managers | Enrol Now |
| Fri 07 November | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Password Managers | Enrol Now |
| Mon 10 November | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Child Safe Practices & Personal Electronic Devices | Enrol Now |
| Tue 11 November | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Child Safe Practices & Personal Electronic Devices | Enrol Now |
| Wed 12 November | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Child Safe Practices & Personal Electronic Devices | Enrol Now |
| Thu 13 November | 3pm – 4pm | Digital Safety – Child Safe Practices & Personal Electronic Devices | Enrol Now |
| Fri 14 November | 10am – 11am | Digital Safety – Child Safe Practices & Personal Electronic Devices | Enrol Now |
How to apply
Click on the ‘Enrol Now’ link next to the course you would like to attend and complete the online form. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to the webinar.
How to cancel
If you need to cancel your current training booking, please contact 1800 629 835 or email info@kindergarten.vic.gov.au
Waiting list
We try to spread the sessions across the working week, but sessions can book out quickly. If a session is showing as Booked Out or none of the times offered are suitable, you can request to be placed on our waiting list.
Email info@kindergarten.vic.gov.au with preferred course, day of week and time.
About the courses
The sessions will be delivered on the Zoom video streaming platform. The link received in the booking confirmation email includes the option to download the Zoom app. Further guidance on attending Zoom webinars can be found here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004954946
Pre-requisites:
- Use a keyboard to enter text
- Interpret user manuals and help functions
- Read and write basic workplace documents
- Internet connection
- PC, Mac or tablet with audio (camera/mic optional)
Digital Safety – Child Safe Practices & Personal Electronic Devices NEW
Overview: This one-hour Digital Safety session introduces to kindergarten staff and volunteers the Department of Education’s updated restrictions and requirements regarding digital technologies and personal electronic devices that now apply in Victoria. Duration: 1 hour.
Who is the course for? This course is for teachers, staff, committee members and volunteers working within early childhood services.
Topics:
- Welcome and Introduction
- Statement of Regulatory Expectations – National Model Code (SRE-NMC)
- Compliance and Guidelines for Providers
- Your Service’s Updated Policies
- Personal devices and Service issued devices
- Who do the restrictions apply to and when
- When staff can use personal devices
- What are the ‘essential purposes’ exceptions
- Records and Documentation
- Arrival Implementation
- Ongoing steps
Pre-requisites:
- Operate a personal computer/laptop
- Read and write basic workplace documents
Webinar requirements:
- Internet connection
- PC or Mac computer with audio. With web-camera/mic optional
- The sessions will be delivered on the Zoom video streaming platform. The link received in the booking confirmation email includes the option to download the Zoom app.
Digital Safety – Email
Overview: This one-hour webinar will show you how to identify and deal with dangerous email. How to spot phishing email, how to deal with dangerous attachments. We will look at what happens when an email account is hacked and what to do about it. Duration: 1 hour.
Who is the course for? This course is for teachers, staff and committee members who are working with email.
Topics:
- Welcome
- Our cybersecurity obligations
- What are the risks?
- Spam and phishing email
- How to recognise phishing email
- Malicious email and dangerous attachments
- Signs an account has been compromised
- Actions to take
- Questions and resources.
Pre-requisites:
- Operate a personal computer/laptop
- Read and write basic workplace documents
Webinar requirements:
- Internet connection
- PC or Mac computer with audio. With web-camera/mic optional
- The sessions will be delivered on the Zoom video streaming platform. The link received in the booking confirmation email includes the option to download the Zoom app.
Digital Safety – Password Managers
Overview: This one-hour webinar will explain modern password management methods for you and your teams. Password security hygiene is explained as well as passphrases, special characters and multifactor authentication.
We will discuss modern tools to help your team keep secure like password managers and authentication apps and how to use these tools to regain order over password management.
Duration: 1 hour.
Who is the course for? This course is for teachers, staff and committee members who are working with multiple password protected services, have shared accounts with other team members and need to ensure easy, and efficient password management.
Topics:
- Welcome
- Our cybersecurity obligations
- What are the risks?
- Password hygiene
- Create Strong Passwords/Pass Phrases
- Multifactor Authentication
- Authentication Apps
- How a Password Manager can help
- Password Manager in the workplace
- Signs an account has been compromised
- Actions to take Questions and resources
Pre-requisites:
- Operate a personal computer/laptop
- Read and write basic workplace documents
Webinar requirements:
- Internet connection
- PC or Mac computer with audio. With web-camera/mic optional
- The sessions will be delivered on the Zoom video streaming platform. The link received in the booking confirmation email includes the option to download the Zoom app.
Digital Safety – Security Updates
Overview: In this seminar, the key steps for keeping Windows, Apple, Android and iOS equipment updated are demonstrated. The role of the updates in preventing cybercrime, loss of data and exposure of sensitive information is explained. Concepts like End of Support and End of Life are introduced with guidance on where to find this information for the software you use.
Duration: 1 hour.
Who is the course for?
This course is for teachers, staff and committee members who are working with computers and devices.
Topics:
- Welcome
- Our cybersecurity obligations
- Risks of out-of-date software
- Zero-day exploits
- Updating your PC
- Automatic and scheduled updates
- Updating your other devices
- Automatic updates on Android and iOS
- Updating mobile apps
- End of Support
- Actions to take
- Checklist
- Questions and resources
Pre-requisites:
- Operate a personal computer/laptop
- Read and write basic workplace documents
Webinar requirements:
- Internet connection
- PC or Mac computer with audio. With web-camera/mic optional
- The sessions will be delivered on the Zoom video streaming platform. The link received in the booking confirmation email includes the option to download the Zoom app.
This course is for teachers, staff and committee members who are working with computers and devices.
Digital Safety – Antivirus & Anti-malware
Overview: In this session, we discuss what antivirus software is available on desktop and mobile. We will look at how to use preventative features like active scanning and how to manually scan the computer. We will step through checking reports and quarantining files when threats are detected. Anti-malware programs are introduced as additional tools to help identify and remove malicious software.
Duration: 1 hour.
Who is the course for?
This course is for teachers, staff and directors who are responsible for keeping workplace computers and devices clear of malicious software.
Topics:
- Welcome
- Our cybersecurity obligations
- Antivirus and anti-malware software
- Active scanning
- Running Scans
- Reports
- Quarantine
- When do I need an anti-malware program
- Scanning, and quarantining with anti-malware
- Actions to take
- Checklist
- Questions and resources
Pre-requisites:
- Operate a personal computer/laptop
- Read and write basic workplace documents
Webinar requirements:
- Internet connection
- PC or Mac computer with audio. With web-camera/mic optional
- The sessions will be delivered on the Zoom video streaming platform. The link received in the booking confirmation email includes the option to download the Zoom app.
This course is for teachers, staff and committee members who are working with computers and devices.
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Online TLDS Training – 901 webinar
Overview This training session will provide an introduction to using the Online TLDS platform for new users. During the session you will learn how to create a TLDS for each child and will be shown how to use the platform to assist families to participate, progress the documents to submission and download completed copies of statements for hardcopy and storage.
Please note: The training does not provide guidance for educators on completing the transition statement content itself, only the functionality of the online platform.
Duration 2 hours.
Who is the course for?
This course is for IT beginners who have basic IT skills and teachers who have not used the Online TLDS previously. For other users, training is available through the use of online tips, user guides and the KITP helpdesk.
Topics
- Privacy and Information Sharing
- Accessing Online TLDS
- Service details
- Creating a new TLDS Profile
- Section 1
- Section 1.2
- Section 2 & 3
- Submission
- Managing Statements
About the Online TLDS platform
The online Transition Learning and Development Statement (TLDS), accessed through the Insight assessment platform, makes it easier for early childhood teachers to complete and share the TLDS with schools to support effective transitions.