Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has schooled Andrew Laming on the importance of teachers, in the wake of the backbencher's ill-advised social media post questioning teachers' work ethic - after his daughter delivered her own assessment of the comments.

Mr Laming, a one-time social media adviser to the Coalition, caused uproar last week after an unprompted post on his Facebook page asked whether teachers were "back at work this week, or are they 'lesson planning' from home? Let me know exactly".

Teachers and their supporters did, in their droves, forcing the outspoken member for Bowman, who was also on holidays at the time, into a rare backdown, by deleting the post.

But speaking to Brisbane ABC radio, Mr Turnbull said he would have a little more to say to the Queensland MP when Parliament resumed next month.