Keeping Current as an Equine Educator : Equus Education

As a teacher at TAFE in the equine department, it is important that I stay current with my knowledge and qualifications. In fact, it’s this way across the board for TAFE teachers! But let’s stick to equine 😉 There are many free resources online that equine professionals can use to keep themselves informed and current. Keeping current as an equine educator means I ensure my job. It is my responsibility to make sure I am educating myself about latest practices and proving current capabilities and knowledge.

The subjects that I am helping to teach and assess, I need to prove that I have the knowledge and qualifications to do so. As I come across new resources, courses, quizzes, webinars, etc that focus on topics covered in the units that I teach, I take part in them. This helps to keep my knowledge current whilst also providing me with new avenues to explore information and resources.

Occupational health and safety seems to be a subject in any course. It is definitely prevalent across the horse care, performance and breeding courses that I help to teach. So something like the Free Safety Signs Quiz that you can undertake online and even get a dated certificate with your name on it is a great way to prove currency in an important topic.

Likewise, the free Biosecurity Course at My Horse University is relevant to me. This is for the biosecurity units that I help to teach and mark in. Again, this free resource results in a certificate on successful completion with the student’s name.

Keeping Current as an Equine Educator

There are a number of free resources online. Many of these you may inadvertently stumble across. This is as you research information or resources to guide your students or employees toward. Information fact sheets or booklets are another piece of information that can be added to the list. These are read resources to prove currency.

If you are a professional in an industry where you need to prove currency, keep a log of achieved courses and certifications, read resources and attended webinars throughout the year. This is so that you can easily prove relevant professional development. Definitely as an educator it’s worth seeing what you can utilise for free online to build your competency and currency.

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