Inspire: Facilitator Program

Be empowered to identify and build the leadership capacity of emerging leaders in your local area. 

As an Inspire Facilitator, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the mindsets and behaviours of future school leaders, and inspiring the next generation of educational leaders. 

You will also extend yourself as a leader of professional learning and an effective learning facilitator, while contributing to your network and the system. 

Audience

Designed for Victorian government: 

• school-based principal class officers
• system leaders from central and regional locations, with previous school leadership experience.

Facilitators

Inspire: Facilitator Program is delivered by Academy expert facilitators, including Principals in Residence and Academy staff with school leadership experience. 

Structure of program

You will engage and contribute to: 

• 1 day face-to-face workshop focusing on program content
• 1 day face-to-face end of year Facilitator Symposium.

You will deliver one intake of Inspire: Emerging Leaders. Over 4 months you will need to commit to: 

• collaborative planning sessions (4 hours)
• self-paced planning and exploration of program content (approximately 2 hours)
• facilitating workshops (approximately 20 hours). 

Learning outcomes

You will develop the skills to: 

• confidently use relevant resources, tools and information to deliver the Inspire: Emerging Leaders program
• articulate the Inspire: Emerging Leaders program, including the aim, structure, course requirements and learning tasks
• understand and utilise the Inspire: Facilitator Program supports, expectations, and delivery parameters
• build and maintain relationships with principal class leaders that inspire and support you to achieve and sustain program delivery
• use personal reflection and professional discussion to better understand and extend your leadership and facilitation skills. 

Fees and financial support

• Fully subsidised by the Department of Education for Victorian government school participants.
• Travel, replacement and accommodation subsidies are also available for eligible school-based facilitators.
• See Fees and financial support for more information.

Application process

Acceptance into the Inspire: Facilitator Program is dependent on a selection process and endorsement from your Senior Education Improvement Leader. 

You will need to complete an application as part of the registration process. 

Successful applicants will be allocated an area-based facilitator triad to deliver Inspire: Emerging Leaders in your Department of Education Area.