Metropolitan and Regional members are encouraged identify specific programs that may be of interest in your local areas and contact VPA to consider for addition to the Professional Learning calender.

Contact the VPA office with your local professional learning needs via info@vpa.org.au or by calling the VPA office on 8379 4000.

VPA offers new members free professional learning programs for the first six months of membership to the value of $120.
Members nominating their first new member receives $120 of professional learning in the first six months of the new member joining.
If this applies to you, make a note on your registration form.

Preparing for Principalship with Geoff Barclay

Geoff's hugely popular workshop series on the path to the Principalship is back in 2010!

Geoff has eighteen years experience as a principal and has recently retired after five years as a SEO in the Southern Metropolitan Region. He has a wealth of experience in principal class selection processes, in training panels serving as the DEECD representative and in using the Sergiovanni domains.

Dates have been booked for terms 1, 2 & 3 in both metro and regional areas:

Metro:  Tuesday 23 March **Please note that this date has changed from Tueday 16 March
              Tuesday 4 May
              Tuesday 27 July
Bendigo:  Thurday 18 March
Shepparton:  Thursday 6 May
Traralgon:  Thursday 29 July

Check this space and your weekly eLetter for registration forms and get in quick so as not to miss out!

Resources Forum: Fairwork Legislation with Moira Rayner

After an extremely well recieved talk at last year's AGM, we are delighted to have Moira on board for a Resources Forum in 2010.

Moira has extensive experience in leading and managing people, and ensuring workplaces are fully productive. She has a background in law, policy development, managing change and research. Moira now runs her own company, Moira Rayner and Associates and will speak to us on the Fairwork Legislation which will certainly impact schools.

The session will run on Wednesday 17 March from 10am - 12pm and is free of charge.
Keep an eye on the eLetter and this page for location details (subject to numbers) and registration information.

How to Avoid the MPB with Peter Hibbins

A huge success in 2009, How to Avoid the MPB will again be run in 2010.
The session with be run by Peter Hibbins, Chair of the Merit Protection Board, giving PCOs an insight into how not to end up there!

At present, three dates have been scheduled:
Metro:  Wednesday 14 April
Benalla:  Wednesday 21 April
Moe:  Tuesday 4 May

Check this space and your weekly eLetter for registration forms and get in quick so as not to miss out!

Resources Forum: ICT with Dennis Masseni

Dennis Masseni from VPA Business Partner sponsor-ed, will be conducting a resources forum on ICT issues.

The session will run on Wednesday 21 April from 10am - 12pm and is free of charge.
Keep an eye on the eLetter and this page for location details (subject to numbers) and registration information.

Giving and Receiving Feedback with Geoff Barclay

Another new program from Geoff providing essential everyday skills for school life, dealing with staff, parents and students.

Geoff has eighteen years experience as a principal and has recently retired after five years as a SEO in the Southern Metropolitan Region. He has a wealth of experience in principal class selection processes, in training panels serving as the DEECD representative and in using the Sergiovanni domains.

So far this workshop has been scheduled for one date in Term 3: Tuesday 3 August

Check this space and your weekly eLetter for registration forms and get in quick so as not to miss out!

Creating Your 2011 Workforce Plan with Bill Hunt

Term 4 2010 will see a number of opportunities to attend a workshop being run by Bill Hunt, an Education consultant specialising in finance.

Bill has been responsible for a variety of projects for DEECD from 2001 including coordination of the state-wide ‘High Cost Schools’ support program, the ‘Workforce Bridging’ safety net program and has been a member of the Workforce Bridging Support Team. Bill is also a presenter of the  ‘Dollars & Sense’ program. Bill brings a breadth of experience having also presented large numbers of training programs in Workforce Planning for the Victorian Principals Association.

Creating Your 2011 Workforce Plan is designed to assist Principals shortly after the release of the SRP and will cover:
-  Workforce planning and budgeting concepts
-  Major issues that impact on staff planning
-  Creating a sustainable workforce plan
-  Deficit and surplus management strategies
-  Hands on modelling with the SRP Planner using your school’s data

The dates for the workshops are:
Metro:  Tuesday 12 October
              Tuesday 19 October
Geelong:  Wednesday 13 October
Ballarat:  Wednesday 20 October
Gippsland:  Friday 22 October

Check this space and your weekly eLetter for registration forms and get in quick so as not to miss out!