Access high-quality professional learning to:

• build skills and knowledge to better understand Respectful Relationships Education (RRE)
• deliver RRE through a whole-school approach
• promote a school culture of respect and gender equality
• strengthen safe and inclusive learning environments
• drive primary prevention and lasting change.

Professional learning sessions will build the capability to deliver RRE in a whole-school approach to promote a culture of gender equality and respect.

Leader professional learning

Professional learning for leaders is being delivered in 2026 to RRE Program schools.

Principal networks can also email RRE-Schools@det.nsw.edu.au to request access to leader professional learning. Leader professional learning includes face-to-face and online sessions for system and school leaders.

As a result of this professional learning, leaders will:

• understand RRE, gender and how to apply a gender lens
• leverage existing initiatives, actions and programs to support RRE
• create a respectful school culture
• address resistance and build ownership within the school community
• support staff and students with lived experience of domestic, family and sexual violence
• plan for and embed RRE in whole school change.

School staff professional learning

Professional learning is designed and delivered through the RRE Program for:

1. leaders and teachers of RRE K–12 curriculum
2. whole school staff implementing RRE and creating respectful school cultures.

These modules are designed to:

• deepen teachers' understanding of RRE, respect, gender and inclusion
• develop the skills to recognise and address the drivers of gender based violence
• build confidence to respond to school based situations which centre around gender, masculinities and/or attitudes which can lead to violence
• drive primary prevention and lasting change.

A number of professional learning courses which build knowledge, skills and confidence to promote respectful and equal school cultures and environments are available to complement RRE professional learning.

NSW Department of Education professional learning

• Behaviour professional learning is available for Department of Education staff and school leaders to select courses in the area of student behaviour management and support.
• Restorative Practice professional learning fosters a culture of open communication, empathy and accountability.
• Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) professional learning eLearning provides the foundations for the Positive Behaviour for Learning framework and is the pre-requisite course for all other PBL professional eLearning.
  • The course aims to develop participant understanding of the positive behaviour for learning framework systems and practices, educational context and outlines the benefits of positive, proactive instructional approach to behaviour support.
• Supporting our Students’ Mental Health (SoSMH) (staff only) will provide you with the foundational knowledge and practical skills you need to effectively support all students.
• Inclusive education – disability, learning and support professional learning helps teachers and support staff meet the educational needs of the diverse range of learners in their classes, including students with disabilities and/or additional learning and support needs.
• Domestic and family violence in children and young people (staff only) online microlearning is designed to equip teachers and school staff with the skills to identify indicators that a child or young person may be experiencing or at risk of domestic or family violence and/or coercive control.
• Anti-racism professional learning opportunities via online, self paced, podcasts and bite size videos build understanding of racism and actions schools can take to prevent and respond to racism.
• Engaging culturally and linguistically diverse communities – Highly Accomplished face-to-face professional learning is targeted at school leaders and staff who want to effectively communicate and engage with their culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
• Multicultural Education professional learning focuses on building intercultural understanding and working with diverse communities.
• Responding and reporting critical online incidents (MyPL) is 30 minutes, video-based professional learning from the Australian eSafety Commissioner. It supports leaders and educators to learn how to respond to and report critical online incidents using case studies and information about incident assessment tools. It shows educators how to manage cyberbullying, sharing of intimate images without consent, sharing of fight videos, viral challenges and behaviours that may lead to self-harm or suicide.

Professional learning delivered by other organisations

eSafety Commissioner offers a range of live and self paced professional learning for teachers and leaders covering the latest online safety research, case studies and teaching strategies. It aims to support educators and those who work with young people in school settings to integrate online safety into their teaching and learning programs and student wellbeing education.

NAPCAN Child Protection week webinars addressing protecting young people from image based abuse, preventing childhood emotional abuse and building healthier masculinities in today’s world.

OurWatch webinar (2023) focused on resistance and backlash in the prevention of violence against women. This recorded webinar explores how prevention workers can plan for and address the resistance that comes with the transformative change process. (Duration 1:56:19)