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Career pathways for teachers and leaders

Your roadmap to leadership excellence, influence and impact.
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Enhance your leadership, career and influence

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Our evidence-informed career pathway programs provide a roadmap to developing leadership excellence, enhancing your influence on school and system improvement and boosting your professional impact to improve student outcomes.

View programs and case studies tailored to your career aspirations:

  • Teachers and middle leaders
  • Middle leaders and assistant principals
  • New and experienced principals
  • Career pathway case studies.

Teachers and middle leaders

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Upcoming

Teaching Excellence Program

Skilled teachers advance their capabilities and confidence in this Australian-first program.

  • East Melbourne
  • 04 Feb
  • 10 days in person over 12 months
  • Teacher
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Inspire: Emerging Leaders

Build the confidence to influence and lead improvement in classroom and pedagogical practices.

  • Bairnsdale
    + 8 more
    • Ballarat
    • Bendigo
    • East Melbourne
    • Geelong
    • Mildura
    • Moe
    • North Melbourne
    • Shepparton
  • 18 Mar
  • 5 months
  • Teacher
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Create: Middle Leaders

Build the confidence to influence and lead improvement in classroom and pedagogical practices

  • Bendigo
    + 3 more
    • East Melbourne
    • North Melbourne
    • Online
  • 6-7 months
  • Teacher leader

Middle leaders and assistant principals

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Influence: Emerging Assistant Principals

Influence will equip aspiring assistant principals with strategic and people leadership skills to authentically engage with stakeholders and drive whole school improvement.

  • East Melbourne
  • 4 months
  • Assistant principal
    + 1 more
    • Teacher leader
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Unlocking Potential: Principal Preparation

Develop the confidence, skills and professional knowledge to be thoroughly prepared for your first principal appointment.

  • East Melbourne
  • 02 Feb
  • 9-12 months
  • Assistant principal
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Victorian Aspiring Principal Assessment (VAPA)

The Victorian Aspiring Principal Assessment (VAPA) is part of a system-wide approach to identify and prepare Victoria’s next generation of principals.

  • Online
  • Minimum 5 weeks
  • Assistant principal
    + 3 more
    • Principal
    • Teacher
    • Teacher leader

New and experienced principals

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Evolve: New Principals

Supports first-time principals with the transition into their new role and builds their capacity to be an effective leader.

  • Online
  • 5-8 months
  • Principal
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Elevate: Experienced Principals

Navigate complex change and lead sustainable school transformation

  • East Melbourne
    + 1 more
    • North Melbourne
  • 9 months
  • Principal

Career pathway case studies

Portrait: Tegan Knuckey, Assistant Principal of Balwyn High School
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Beyond classroom leadership: Tegan's path to assistant principal

Balwyn High School Assistant Principal, Tegan Knuckey, used strategic professional development and career pathways for teachers to grow her leadership skills, expand her network, and make a wider impact on education.
Portrait: Matt Cook, Assistant Principal of Albion North Primary School
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Matt's leadership path: PE teacher to assistant principal

Academy Alumni, Matt Cook, used professional learning programs to build confidence, grow his leadership skills, and progress from classroom teacher to aspiring principal.
Portrait: Danielle Heatley, Principal of Clyde Creek North Primary School
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Case study

A lifelong learner: Danielle's growth as a school leader

Academy alumni, Danielle Heatley, has built a career of impact by combining her love of lifelong learning with Academy leadership programs, from VAPA to Leading Quality Conversations.
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