Leadership capabilities

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.

Academy Alumni, Matt Cook, used professional learning programs to build confidence, grow his leadership skills, and progress from classroom teacher to aspiring 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.

Conversations with some of the world’s biggest thought leaders in education. Listen below, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Access essential resources for the Academy Leadership Excellence Framework (ALEF). Download fact sheets, playbooks, and guides for school leaders.

Effective instructional leadership has a positive snowball effect. It impacts the development of teacher collaboration for instructional improvement, which leads to collective efficacy, which, in turn, impacts student outcomes, write Yvonne L. Goddard, Roger D. Goddard and Greg Cameron.

In this episode, Academy Principal in Residence Justine Smyth is joined by executive class principals Gail Hardman and Prue Pisani who currently work in Differentiated Support School Improvement (DSSI) in the Northwest Victorian Region.

How do school leaders get the most out of technology for their teachers and students? In this podcast, Baroness Susan Greenfield describes her journey to becoming neuroscientist and explains how the brain evolves with every experience.

Access resources from the 2024 Victorian Government Schools Principals Conference. Find keynote videos, presentations, and school improvement stories.

Explore the Victorian Academy's "Improving Wellbeing" resource, offering social strategies and a facilitator guide for school leaders to support wellbeing.

Webinar with Tasneem Chopra OAM - Consultant, Speaker, Broadcaster on Cultural Safety, Competency, and Inclusion.

In this webinar, Bruce Armstrong delves into the disruption in schools and how we can navigate through this and lead during these times.

Principals in Residence, Kendra Parker and Simone Eirth are joined by Distinguished Professor Emeritus Viviane Robinson, to discuss the Academy Leadership Excellence Framework (ALEF) and how it can be used by school leaders and leadership teams to identify, develop and support educational leadership excellence across our system.

Hosted by Academy Principal in Residence Simone Eirth, this episode delves into all things instructional coaching with internationally recognised thought leader Dr Jim Knight.

This webinar explores how school leaders can respond effectively to incidents of racial and cultural discrimination while fostering inclusive and equitable school environments.

Thinking strategies are one way to enhance your wellbeing.

In this recording, you will deep-dive into 3 thinking strategies - creating boundaries, using perspective and generating new ideas - that support and enhance wellbeing.  

Leadership Excellence Division 2023 Principal in Residence Greg Lacey is joined by principal Andrew Schneider and paediatrician Vanessa Gabriel to discuss the barriers disadvantaged communities face in accessing quality healthcare.

In this webinar, Dr Helen Kelly, helps us to learn about the signs, symptoms, causes and prevention strategies for teacher burnout and wellbeing.

2022 Teaching Excellence Program (TEP) alumni Jay Chew (Al-Taqwa College), Ben Jones (Bendigo South East 7-10 Secondary College) and Kendall Aglinskas (Assumption College) dive deep into their teaching journeys.

Working together to create a more inclusive future for women and girls in leadership.

A video of a panel discussion delving into the complexities of dysregulated behaviour and exploring effective strategies to manage it.

Professor John Hattie and Samantha Rodgers speak about what engagement and curiosity looks like in the secondary classroom

This recording explores the models and approaches that move their students from disruption to engagement.

Emotions influence the quality of the decisions we make, behaviours that we demonstrate and our productivity.

This recording explores practical tools and techniques for leading a remote team and positively influencing their wellbeing and productivity in a crisis environment.

We live in a time of unprecedented change. Valerie Hannon believes our education systems are lagging behind.

In this podcast, Valerie shares what it is about education that drives and inspires her – from her early schooling, doing her masters with David Hargreaves and, most importantly, working with students in different capacities to help change their lives.

It’s not paint-by-numbers, and there’s no rule book – so how do we lead ourselves and others to make the biggest difference in our schools?

In this podcast, Steve talks about how he got into educational leadership – from the challenges to the importance of modelling leadership, mentoring and understanding that change takes time.

What does effective system leadership look like for schools in an increasingly collaborative world?

In this podcast, Viviane talks about her strong interest in researching problems of practice that help teachers improve student outcomes.

Change is complex, because people are complex. How can educational leaders adapt and respond through the change journey to achieve their intended impact?

In this podcast, Simon talks about how his desire to use research and scientific knowledge to make an impact lead to his work in education.

How can school leaders empower parents, students and staff to create sustained positive change?

In this podcast, Richard Gerver talks about creating the conditions for excellence and enthusiasm within school communities, and the sense of purpose and belonging he felt as a teacher that's never left him.

What are the fundamental skills for successful leadership in education?

In this podcast, Neil Barker discusses the value of leaders continuing their own learning journeys, the meaning of true collaboration, and the importance of a clear leadership vision.

Joanne Quinn explores ways of learning that are bringing joy back to schools and engaging students in learning cultures that build empathy, engagement and wellbeing.

Joanne Quinn explores ways of learning that are bringing joy back to schools and engaging students in learning cultures that build empathy, engagement and wellbeing.

Inaugural Master Teacher for the Humanities, Teaching Excellence Program, Adam Brodie-Mackenzie reflects on the benefits of discipline-focused professional learning opportunities through the Teaching Excellence Program.

In this blog, Adam provides his expert guidance to support you in considering which discipline to apply for and how to link it to your passion in teaching.

The impact of leadership on student and school improvement cannot be underestimated.

Tracey focuses on the importance of self-understanding in leading others, and useful ways to recalibrate and build an approach of Ferocious Warmth leadership.

Leading school improvement is a challenging and rewarding role for educational leaders. It means disrupting aspects of business as usual, and learning more effective ways of working with students and colleagues to achieve positive results.

Learn specific skills to influence school change with Professor Andy Hargreaves, world-renowned speaker, author and researcher focused on school improvement. 

Aimed at middle leaders, this webinar recording will enhance your ability to influence school wide change and help children become engaged in problem solving.

Check out the graphic illustrations that capture the inspiring messages from our Government Schools Principals’ Conference 2023.

Master teacher Adam Brodie-Mackenzie reflects with colleagues on the rich history of educational practice of Australia's First Nations people and what this means for students of the Humanities.

Adam knows the power of building Indigenous perspectives into teaching and learning and believes it is paramount for all educators to make these connections in their discipline and classroom.

Part of our Numeracy Webinar Series, this recording deepens understanding of the 4 proficiencies for mathematics learning: fluency, reasoning, problem-solving and understanding.

Maintaining confidence and calm while navigating challenges and seizing opportunities during complex times can be difficult.

This recording provides practical tools and techniques to help you enhance your capacity to demonstrate empathy and positively influence the way people are thinking and feeling.

Every one of us is having an influence on others in everything we do. So how do we make sure these interactions are positive and constructive?

In this recording, you will be guided through techniques to enhance relationships and your own capacity to be a positive influence on the way others think, feel, and respond to events in their lives.

How often are you checking in on and taking meaningful action to support your psychological wellbeing?

This recording is an opportunity to reflect and revisit strategies that best support psychological wellbeing, and stretch yourself to take action to enhance it and positively impact those around you.

Explore the benefits and uses of formative assessment and feedback to facilitate reading growth and drive future planning.

System leaders are principals who take on responsibility to improve other schools as well as their own. And system leadership practice could be a key driver for system reform, writes Professor David Hopkins.

How can being emotionally intelligent support you to overcome the challenges of working remotely? 

This recording explores practical tools and techniques for being productive while working from home.

This webinar investigates the Communities of Practice approach and the value it can add within your own and across other schools.

What does it mean to have good wellbeing? 

The recording explores the science of wellbeing and the variable that contribute to individual wellbeing and the wellbeing of students. 

Forming new habits is the start of enhancing your wellbeing. 

This recording focuses on the physical and environmental strategies you can use to structure your day around wellbeing. 

An inside look at how McKinnon Secondary College implemented the Talent Management Framework in their school.

Education systems need a radical redesign in order to offer learning relevant to our current conditions, writes global thought leader Valerie Hannon.

Explore how a small school adapted the Talent Management Framework to ensure unexpected talent was identified and developed.

Leading with principles is important, but principles alone are not enough to make an effective leader. School leaders also need an ability to lead and manage effectively, writes education thought leader Steve Munby.

School leaders need to be catalysts for change. To do this, they must also become digital leaders, writes thought leader, educator and author, Eric Sheninger.

The strongest school leaders are driven by an intense moral purpose. They strive to provide quality learning and equitable outcomes for all students, write academics Linda Kaser and Judy Halbert.

Student disengagement and dropout from school are major challenges for education jurisdictions
internationally.

This report summarises the findings of a review of recent international research on the early identification of, and early intervention with, students at risk of disengagement.

Student disengagement and dropout from school are major challenges for education jurisdictions
internationally.

This report presents case studies of how school leaders and teachers from a sample of 10 Victorian schools use data to identify students at risk of disengagement.

Explore how the Talent Management Framework supports a systematic, transparent and equitable approach to talent management.

The benefits of supporting students to work within their Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) are well known, but so are the challenges. The Sunshine College Maths Program provides teachers with a practical model for effective differentiation, write educators Yvonne Reilly and Jodie Parsons.

In order for children to thrive in school and achieve their full potential later in life, schools must promote social and emotional learning (SEL), write Kimberly Schonert-Reichl and Pippa Rowcliffe from the Human Early Learning Partnership.

Explore how schools are embedding the Talent Management Framework into their existing development processes.