Leadership capabilities

Build conflict resolution knowledge and skills. Become competent in preventing, working with, and resolving conflicts with parents, carers, and staff in education.

Step up to whole school strategic leadership. Develop your influence as an assistant principal to lead staff with high expectations for schoolwide improvement.

Align your teaching and school leadership to the VTLM 2.0. Understand the latest evidence on how students learn best, led by Dr Nathaniel Swain.

Transition into your role as a principal. Build networks as you learn from experienced leaders to develop your strategic, technical and people leadership skills.

Build school pride and market your brand effectively. Explore how to enhance your school's vision, image and reputation to engage students and the community.

Manage legal risks and ensure compliance in your school. Master key legal concepts and obligations with practical resources for sensitive issues.

Learn the requirements of the VAPA professional portfolio and how to ensure yours is ready for submission.

Build leadership resilience and strategic thinking with Heather De Blasio. Navigate school complexity through evidence-based, human-centered frameworks.

Learn about the Victorian Aspiring Principal Assessment (VAPA) and how it assesses readiness for the principal role.

Obtain your statement of readiness for principalship. Gain clear insights into how prepared you are for the role, guided by experienced former principals.

Lead evidence-informed, whole-school mathematics. Empower your team to build sustainable strategies using research, Victorian Curriculum 2.0 and VTLM 2.0 frameworks.

Prepare for your first principalship. Learn the skills of leading a thriving school community, while developing your strong networks through a principal internship.

Energise and lead sustained school and system change. The Elevate: Experienced Principals suite of programs is facilitated by experts in their field, who will support you to drive improvement in your local school context.

Make evidence-based leadership actionable with Dr. Simon Breakspear. Learn to build high-trust environments that enable sustainable school change.

Build team capability to flourish during school transformation. Nick Conigrave shares frameworks for leading high-quality teaching through rapid change.

Explore safe and ethical generative AI strategies for education. Strengthen teaching, improve student learning, and manage your workload effectively with AI. Featuring keynotes from Associate Professor Matthew Harrison, Jess Rowlings , Associate Professor Dr Jo Blannin and Dr Scott Cameron.

Enhance your capacity to understand and lead the implementation of explicit teaching practice in your school.