'An Online Training Community for Teachers and Leaders'
Learn what you want, when you want! Select Academy is our online community hub for all things teaching and learning. You’ll find engaging and interactive courses that range from foundations skills to classroom-based high-level technological pedagogy. Subscribers also gain access to half-termly seminars on curriculum specific device embedment; lesson plans; 1:1 consultation opportunity and much more. Our platform goes beyond training. It’s a safe space for teachers to progress in at their own rate.
Learners
Engage in a range of educational courses at any time
Choose your own learning path to match your abilities
Track your personal technological progress
Access technology enriched lesson plans
Book 1:1 Apple Professional Development consultations
Enjoy half-termly online seminars on the latest innovations
Sign in to Select Academy on any device
Leaders
Free admin training for all Leaders
Track the whole school progression
Track grouped or individual progressions
Use Select Academy data as DLP evidence
Create your own course materials for your school
Request bespoke course from dedicated Apple Professional Learning Specialists
High Quality Content
25+
hours of content
400+
individual videos
30+
courses
25+
hours of new content
annually
Select Academy is a fantastic resource for supporting the ongoing training and professional development of our staff. The self-paced nature of the courses is great for our teachers. They can engage with the content fully regardless of their current skill level thereby ensuring the proficiency and ability of all users is continually developing and evolving.
Gerard O’Leary, Principal
- Celbridge Community School
Setting all of our Faculty and Students up on Select Academy is an easy way of making sure they have the support they need. Any time they need to find something out or improve their Apple knowledge they can sign in and find the relevant course.
Caroline Kennedy, ICT Lead
- The Law Society
Through Select Academy we have the opportunity for the ongoing upskilling of teachers to foster confidence and positive mindset regarding the introduction of digital technology within their classroom.
Laura Campion, Classroom Teacher
- Ratoath National School
Cost Calculator
Get Select Academy for your teachers today from as little as €360 per year. Simply type in the total number of teachers that you would like to access our online training platform to calculate a custom subscription.
Brand new to Apple Technology? Our Apple Foundations workshops enable teachers to embed new technology into classroom practice straight away. These hands-on sessions result in tangible ideas that can be planned into lessons across the curriculum.
Up to 3 Hours of Onsite Training
Build key Apple Technology foundation skills
Introduce Apple Classroom a continual Learning Resource
Engage with cross-curricular applications of your choice
When we deliver training in schools, we often find that it’s the simple things that teachers and learners don’t use. Pages is full of brilliant document templates including story book templates; how to guide templates; portfolio templates and lesson plan templates. The Pages for iPad Essentials course looks at these intuitive features and a whole lot more so that you can easily embed the app into classroom practice.
Supporting Reading Comprehension and Fluency:
You can find SEN related content throughout Select Academy. You can explore the accessibility features course or learn about how most apps accessible tools. However, this course is entirely focused on improving comprehension and free-flowing reading. Using the technology to support your learners can be the tipping point and ultimately help an individual to become a more active learner.
Round up of this years new features
In 2023, we’ve introduced a wide range of new features of Select Academy. Don’t forget that all of this can now be accessed via your account…
Book a training session with an Apple Professional Learning Specialist
Read articles and useful guides on our classroom focused blog
The Quick Wins section in ‘Teaching Tools’ highlights easily embeddable apps
You can now find technology driven lesson plans on Select Academy
Log in to free online training sessions centred around subjects
This Half Term’s Free Seminar:
iPad and Mathematics
11th December: 16:00–17:00
iPad and Mathematics is a brilliant one-hour online seminar that all Select Academy users are invited to. This exclusive workshop will showcase intuitive maths apps that can engage learners and enhance the subject material. Apple technology can help both teachers and learners to capture mathematical processes and assess understanding. Certain apps can even aid revision whilst making some of the subject’s more convoluted methodologies more tangible.
Empowering individuals. Apple Teacher is a free online professional development resource. If you’re brand new to the world of Apple, it’s a great place to get started. Simple visit the Apple Teacher Learning Centre to learn more.
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