For new teacher training, you can choose between:
- face-to-face courses: two full day trainer-led sessions and five prerequisite e-learning (total time 17-18 hours) or
- online courses: four 2.5 hour trainer-led Zoom sessions, with additional self-paced e-learning and forum between sessions, plus four prerequisite e-learning (total time 17-18 hours).
Upcoming face-to-face courses (onsite at the venue)
Face-to-face trainees attend two full days of interactive training, at a convenient inner-city Sydney or regional venue. Training is usually scheduled for two days in a row (mid-week or over a weekend), or two days over two consecutive weeks.
The next face-to-face courses are:
- 9.30am – 4.30pm Saturday & Sunday, 19 & 20 September at UTS, Broadway, in Sydney CBD.
- 9.30am – 4.30pm Fridays, 4 & 11 December at The Ethics Centre, in Sydney CBD. *tentative
- 9.30am – 4.30pm Thursday & Friday, 14 & 15 January at The Ethics Centre, in Sydney CBD. *tentative
- 9.30am – 4.30pm Saturday & Sunday, 30 & 31 January in Sydney CBD (location tbc).
Upcoming online courses (via Zoom)
Online trainees must commit to attend all four Zoom sessions for that group, usually at the same times every week for two or four consecutive weeks (details and dates are listed below). All Zoom sessions are interactive and are run ‘live’ by a Primary Ethics trainer. You will need to participate fully with your camera on. Trainees must also complete self-paced learning between Zoom sessions (allow an additional one hour per session).
The next online courses are:
- 10.30am – 1pm Wednesdays & Fridays on 16, 18, 23 & 25 September 2026 [Group 449]
- 9.30am – 12noon Tuesdays & Thursdays on 27, 29 October, 3 & 5 November 2026 [Group 451] *tentative
- 12noon – 2.30pm Mondays on 9, 16, 23 & 30 November 2026 [Group 452] *tentative
- 2.30pm – 5pm Sundays on 10, 17, 24 & 31 January 2027 [Group 461] *tentative
- 9.30am – 12noon Mondays on 11, 18, 25 January & 1 February 2027 [Group 456] *tentative
- 9am – 11.30am Tuesdays & Thursdays on 12, 14, 19 & 21 January 2027 [Group 457] *tentative
- 6pm – 8.30pm Tuesdays & Thursdays on 12, 14, 19 & 21 January 2027 [Group 463] *tentative
- 2pm – 4.30pm Monday – Thursday on 18, 19, 20 & 21 January 2027 [Group 458] *tentative
- 9.30am – 12noon Fridays on 22, 29 January, 5 & 12 February 2027 [Group 453].
*tentative, pending minimum enrolments
Contact Danya Webb or Emily Zytaruk on training@primaryethics.com.au for more details, to change an enrolment or to be added to a waitlist if your preferred course is currently full. Make sure you’ve applied, had your interview, logged in, ‘clicked to launch’ your 2026 new ethics teacher training and completed the 4-5 prerequisite e-learning modules first.
In most cases, we are able to start new ethics classes (or organise for a new teacher to take over an existing ethics class, eg if the current teacher is retiring) at any time in the school year, up until the last few weeks of school in December. There are many students on waitlists waiting for more volunteer ethics teachers all across the state. Generally, we aim to train new ethics teachers as soon as possible.
If you are unable to start teaching for quite some time, then we recommend waiting to book into a training course that completes within 3-4 months of the date you will likely be able to start teaching ethics at your school. We want to set you up for success and this gives you the best chance to put your new skills into action while they are still fresh. If there is a longer delay between training and starting to teach (eg. 6 months), you will be required to complete an additional 90 minute teaching skills refresher e-learning module before your first class.
For 2027, there will be additional face-to-face and online training courses in early February – these will be published shortly. Note that ethics lessons resume mid February – early March at most NSW public schools.
