Leadership capabilities

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Leading School Improvement

Lead strategic change to enhance student outcomes. Develop customised strategies for your school context and solve problems of practice with expert peer support.

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Victorian Aspiring Principal Assessment (VAPA)

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

On demand

Influence: Aspiring and New Assistant Principals

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

On demand

Evolve: New Principals

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

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Upcoming

Inspiring School Pride and Confidence

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.

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Upcoming

VTLM 2.0 for Teachers and Leaders

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

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Leading Mathematics

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

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Upcoming

Leading Quality Conversations

Master communication for whole school improvement. Enhance your conversations to build trust, solve complex problems, and drive outcomes for staff and students.

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Inspire: Emerging Leaders

Start your school leadership journey. Explore leadership concepts, discover your strengths, and build foundational capabilities to pursue leadership roles.

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Principal Mentoring

Expand your principal leadership with an experienced mentor. Enhance your capability with support from a former Victorian government principal who understands the role's challenges.

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Trauma Sensitive Practice in Education

Understanding and responding to dysregulation in the classroom.

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Leading Instructional Excellence

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

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Upcoming

Preventing and Managing Conflict

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

Upcoming

Law and Order

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

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Elevate: Power and Conflict with Frank Handy

Resolve school disputes and manage power dynamics with Frank Handy. Expert conflict resolution strategies for senior educational leaders and principals.

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On demand

Elevate: Thriving Through Change with Nick Conigrave

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

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Elevate: Trust in Action with Simon Breakspear

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

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Elevate: Resilient leadership with Heather De Blasio

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

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Create: Middle Leaders

Build your confidence to lead school teams. Develop your leadership skills and ability to lead school improvement through evidence-informed practices.

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Elevate: Experienced Principals

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.

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Upcoming

Thought Leadership Series

Short webinars connecting expert local and global perspectives on education and leadership.

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On demand

Unlocking Potential: Principal Preparation

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

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Middle Leaders Conference

Strengthen your influence and impact on whole school improvement using evidence-informed strategies, while networking and collaborating with colleagues.

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Upcoming

Victorian Aspiring Principal Assessment: Information Sessions

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

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Upcoming

Victorian Aspiring Principal Assessment: Portfolio Preparation Program

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

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Leading School Improvement

Victorian Aspiring Principal Assessment (VAPA)

Influence: Aspiring and New Assistant Principals

Evolve: New Principals

Inspiring School Pride and Confidence

VTLM 2.0 for Teachers and Leaders

Leading Mathematics

Leading Quality Conversations

Inspire: Emerging Leaders

Principal Mentoring

Trauma Sensitive Practice in Education

Leading Instructional Excellence

Preventing and Managing Conflict

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Elevate: Trust in Action with Simon Breakspear

Elevate: Resilient leadership with Heather De Blasio

Create: Middle Leaders

Elevate: Experienced Principals

Thought Leadership Series

Unlocking Potential: Principal Preparation

Middle Leaders Conference

Victorian Aspiring Principal Assessment: Information Sessions

Victorian Aspiring Principal Assessment: Portfolio Preparation Program

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