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Lead with global perspectives, intercultural capability and commitment to global engagement.

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

Build pride and confidence in your school, marketing a strong brand and image to engage and connect your students and community.

Develop strategies to implement sustained change and lead highly complex schools undergoing turnaround or transformation.

Explore the effective teaching strategies within the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0.

Important information about the Area Principal Forums, including delivery dates and locations.

We Inspire System Excellence WISE Residential is the cornerstone event, as part of the 8 month WISE System Leaders Program facilitated by Dr Simon Breakspear where participants develop knowledge and understanding of system leadership and collective accountability to influence and lead networks, reflect and plan network objectives to lead the network in 2026 and network with system leaders, thought leaders and executives.

Victorian school principals and assistant principals are invited to attend the annual 2026 Government Schools Principals Conference at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Short webinars connecting expert local and global perspectives on education and leadership. Dr Jodi Richardson's 'Under the surface: anxiety in the classroom' podcast will be available this October 2025, Term 4.

Renowned literacy education leader Dr Misty Adoniou will work with schools in Outer Gippsland over two full days at the Academy’s Bairnsdale Centre, for a masterclass on the teaching of narrative and non-narrative writing.

The Teaching Impact Fellowship offers funding and mentorship to Teaching Excellence Program graduates, enabling them to lead impactful projects that drive school improvement and enhance student learning.

To support applicants with their Teaching Impact Fellowship 2026 applications and answer any questions, the Academy Fellowships team are holding several information sessions for both teacher applicants and principals.

Elevate your capability and influence. Harness your strengths with expert guidance, skill development and inspiration to reach your full potential as an impactful leader.

Leading Quality Conversations is designed to develop the high-level communication skillset required by educational leaders that will enhance their interpersonal effectiveness, collaboration and problem solving capabilities, while building trust with peers. 

Build a school community where everyone contributes to health, safety, and wellbeing. Understand and implement the fundamentals of effective occupational health and safety management.

Strengthen your pedagogical content knowledge with a focus on the VTLM 2.0 and build your ability to apply evidence-informed principles to improve numeracy outcomes.

Learn to facilitate evidence-informed numeracy pedagogical practices, aligned to the VTLM 2.0. Improve numeracy outcomes and facilitate an impactful professional learning program.

Leading School Improvement will develop your understanding of how to lead strategic change to enhance student outcomes within your own unique context.

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

Expand and enhance your leadership capability with the support of a principal mentor.

The Inspire: Facilitator Training program is an opportunity to support emerging leaders in your local area by delivering Inspire.

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

Learn to facilitate evidence-informed literacy pedagogical practices, aligned to the VTLM 2.0. Improve literacy outcomes and facilitate an impactful professional learning program.

School-based teams engage with evidence-informed practices to lead improved literacy teaching and learning outcomes across their school.

Lead evidence-informed, whole school approaches to mathematics teaching and learning.

Build your expertise in using data to improve student outcomes and drive school improvement.

Build your technical financial management and develop skills to effectively manage school budgets, taxation, student resource packages and other useful finance topics.

Technical leadership and training in school asset management, with an emphasis on identifying and managing the key risks in a school.

Learn to manage legal risks in your school and to understand key legal concepts and obligations.

Improve your capacity to clearly identify the potential threats and opportunities in your school's operating environment.

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

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