Webinars for teachers

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Webinars for Teachers

CyberLearning’s teacher-webinar program delivers ongoing professional development in digital pedagogy, cybersecurity awareness, student-data privacy, online assessment, and classroom cybersecurity education. Webinars are designed for classroom teachers, district technology coaches, media specialists, and administrators, and — where applicable — count toward CTLE (New York), Act 48 (Pennsylvania), and equivalent state continuing-education credit frameworks.

Why Teacher Webinars Matter

Technology and cybersecurity practices move faster than traditional professional-development calendars. A teacher who was trained on digital-citizenship three years ago has missed several generations of phishing tactics, a changed social-media landscape, and a completely new set of generative-AI classroom considerations. Short, focused webinars let educators refresh specific skills without pulling a full PD day from the school calendar, and give districts a scalable way to keep the whole staff current.

Webinar Tracks

  • Classroom cybersecurity: recognizing phishing, protecting student accounts, incident reporting, and responsible-use modeling
  • Digital citizenship and online safety: age-appropriate curriculum for K-8, plus middle- and high-school cyber clubs
  • Student-data privacy: FERPA / COPPA compliance, state student-data-privacy laws, and what educators can and cannot share
  • Assessment and learning analytics: using dashboards to inform instruction and intervention
  • Online pedagogy: designing asynchronous lessons, managing blended classrooms, and keeping engagement high
  • Instructional technology: Chromebooks, iPads, interactive whiteboards, LMS-specific workflows
  • Accessibility: designing for diverse learners, including UDL principles, captioning, and screen-reader considerations
  • Cyber career pathways for students: how to weave CompTIA A+, Network+, and Security+ readiness into high-school coursework

Formats

  • Live webinars on a recurring monthly cadence with Q&A
  • On-demand recordings so teachers can complete modules asynchronously
  • Cohort-based series that group related webinars into a guided four-to-six-week path
  • District-specific closed sessions where we customize content for a district’s tooling, policies, and grade-band focus
  • Conference-style days combining multiple webinar tracks into a single in-service event

Who Should Attend

  • K-12 classroom teachers (all grade bands, all subjects)
  • District and building-level technology coaches and media specialists
  • Principals and assistant principals responsible for PD planning and student safety
  • District data-privacy officers and student-records managers
  • Special-education and English-language-learner teachers evaluating accessible digital content
  • School-library staff and para-educators supporting classroom technology

Continuing-Education Credit

Where applicable, webinars are structured to count toward continuing-education credit. New York teachers can apply sessions toward CTLE requirements; Pennsylvania teachers can apply sessions toward Act 48; other states’ credit frameworks (e.g., Texas CPE, California CPD) are available on request. Certificate-of-completion documentation is issued after a session confirms attendance and any required reflection.

Combining Webinars with Grants

Webinar access is frequently funded through the Teacher Training Grant or bundled into a larger Full Professional Development Grant for districts that want a multi-year PD commitment alongside curriculum. Matching Grants can stretch district PD budgets further by combining district investment with CyberLearning-matched access.

What a Typical Webinar Looks Like

A live webinar runs 45–60 minutes: a 5-minute framing, 30–35 minutes of structured content with examples and screen demonstrations, 10–15 minutes of live Q&A, and a short set of take-home resources (slide deck, summary handout, classroom-ready checklist). On-demand sessions are typically edited down to 35–45 minutes with embedded knowledge checks. District-specific closed sessions can be longer and include local policy walk-throughs.

Evaluating Impact

For districts running funded cohorts, we track attendance, completion, reflection submissions, and (optionally) pre- and post-assessment on the session topic. Aggregate reports are provided for inclusion in PD compliance documentation and board-level PD summaries. This keeps teacher-training investment visible and defensible alongside curriculum and student-outcome data.

Related Pages

K-12 overview · Academies · Resources for parents and educators · Teacher Training Grant · Contact us.

Request a Session

Districts that want to schedule a closed district-wide session, add a webinar track to an existing PD calendar, or discuss a funded teacher-training engagement should contact our team.

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