How do you get more out of Smart Symbols with a webinar?
What we offer
Webinars: discover, learn and grow
Want to get to grips with Smart Symbols quickly, deepen your practice or get to know our platform? We tailor our offer to your school: from a monthly 4-week mini-training to policy sessions for school leaders and in-depth expert webinars. Our new programme starts in January 2027. Webinars are currently given in Dutch.
Every month · 4 parts
Mini-training
For teachers, whether you are just starting or already use Smart Symbols
Every month a fixed series of four short training sessions, one per week. Follow all four and you will know Smart Symbols inside out. Following a single part is also possible. Each part lasts 25 minutes, plus 5 minutes for your questions.
See the 4 parts ↓Sign up for the mini-trainingAbout 3 times per school year
Teach the Teacher
For school leaders, policy staff and ICT coordinators
How do you roll out Smart Symbols smoothly in your school? We discuss policy, licence management and how to train and support teachers yourself.
Sign up for Teach the TeacherEvery month
Introductory webinar
For teachers, support coordinators and schools who don't know Smart Symbols yet
Discover in one session what Smart Symbols means for your classroom practice, without spending hours searching yourself. Ideal preparation for a free trial.
Sign up and start your free trialAbout every 3 months
Expert webinars
For users and non-users who want to grow professionally as educators
We start from a current blog topic, such as understanding children's feelings. An external expert sheds light on the subject, and then we show how to apply those insights in class with Smart Symbols.
View the programmeMini-training for teachers
The mini-training in 4 parts
Every month a complete series over 4 weeks, with 1 webinar per week: 25 minutes of explanation and 5 minutes for your questions.
Follow at your own pace
Follow all 4 parts within the month and you'll know all the ins and outs of the platform. Prefer a single part that matches your question? That's possible too.
On a free trial?
Good news: your free trial runs for one month. That gives you time to explore and test everything in your class, so you are well prepared for the closing evaluation call with Lander.
Part 1
Getting started with Smart Symbols
Class organisation and group management
For teachers who are starting out and want to organise their class group flexibly and clearly.
- Sign in securely and easily with your school account (Single Sign-On), without extra passwords.
- Divide pupils flexibly into one or more lesson or support groups.
- Transparency across groups: also see assessments and observations by, for example, the support teacher.
- Work with symbols and 8 colours to keep large, mixed groups organised.
- Click straight through to your school's pupil file in the cloud.
Part 2
Efficient planning
Planner, time slots and the Discover library
For teachers who want to prepare their weekly plan and lessons quickly and with clear goals.
- Plan from one central group planner, with an instant overview for every teacher.
- Differentiate easily in time slots by ticking children on or off per activity.
- Use lesson plans from the Discover library as templates and link them to Microsoft or Google.
- Smart text integration for materials lists; your library is kept when you change schools.
- Minder planlast door dagen, weken of vorige (thema)weken te kopiëren via het klembord.
Part 3
The digital choice board in action
Independent play and work, with full control
For teachers who use the choice board for independent play and work.
- Let it start automatically according to the planning, or start it manually earlier.
- Easy for children: tapping symbols, no dragging.
- Adjust live: change free places or pause the board during break time.
- Work on several devices at once, synchronised per colour, to avoid queues.
- Choose the display (symbol, symbol and text, or text only) and lock it with a secure shortcut without logging in.
Part 4
Observing, assessing and reflecting
Together with children
For teachers who want to follow the learning process with clear goals and visually, without the paperwork.
- Work with the current curricula (Op.Stap, GO! Navigator, OVSG Leer Lokaal) and set priorities with theme goals.
- Link photos and notes to goals right away on your smartphone, or let children take their own photos.
- Observe and assess goals from your daily and weekly overview in the planner.
- Automatic insights through smart filters, such as play partners over 30 days, open goals and a PDF per child.
- Use the reflection board to discuss the day together with the children and stimulate their language.
Recordings
Watch a webinar again
For the school team
Working as a team
For school leaders, support coordinators, ICT coordinators and preschool teachers: school-wide assessment levels and annual goals, a pupil file that grows along, and sharing lesson plans with colleagues.
Recording coming soon.
Lesson plan library
How do I organise my lessons?
Filling time slots quickly, finding inspiration in the Discover library, working with templates and sharing collections with colleagues.
Watch the recording →Minimum goals
Goal-oriented observing and assessing
How Smart Symbols supports you at every step of the PDCA cycle. It saves time, reduces the planning load and gives you a clearer view of every child.
Watch the recording →April 2026
New update in Smart Symbols
What changes in the lesson plan library, how to work with collections and how to share lesson plans more easily with colleagues.
Watch the recording →November 2025
For existing users
For those already working with Smart Symbols who want to go deeper into all the features.
Watch the recording →
No account yet?
Start for free with your own class and then follow the webinar for new users.