VPA offer a range of Professional Learning Workshops throughout the year in areas such as:
- Understanding the Student Resource Package
- Leading a Thriving School Culture
- Applying for Principal Class Positions
- And more!
Current workshops are listed below.
Opportunity to participate in the Flourish Movement
Term 1, 2023 Unit 2, 13-21 Vale Street, North Melbourne.
The flourish movement specialises in improving the wellbeing and effectiveness of school leaders and their staff. It is a movement that was started by educators, co-designed with educators and driven by our passion to support an amazing group of people who do a vitally important job.
This will be the first full program offered in Victoria, following a Swan Hill rural cluster pilot of the program conducted in 2020/21. This program will be run out of the VPA offices in North Melbourne and we are limited to 30 places.
The program will commence in Term 1, 2023 with a research phase where participants keep a journal of their daily activities over a period of time. There are then four full day face to face workshops, comprising of one day in Term 2, Term, 3 and Term 4, 2023 and then a final day in Term 1, 2024.
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Webinar - BTS Spark - 33 mindsets to support effective school leadership
Monday 20 March 2023, 10:00 - 11:00am.
Online Webinar
School leadership has shown up in research time and again as a powerful lever in school improvement. So, how can school leaders be supported to do their best work? In this free webinar, we will share a curriculum of school leader mindsets - arguably the most comprehensive of its kind worldwide. You will get the opportunity to reflect on leadership in your school - your own and others - and consider how you could access more effective professional development support through personalised leadership coaching. This webinar will draw from BTS's book The Four Greatest Coaching Conversations - named by Forbes as #1 book that will improve your performance at work - and will share experience from BTS Spark's work coaching 18,000 school leaders worldwide.
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Dare to Lead
Online: 27th March, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Gain insights and skills to deepen your leadership practice
Begin:
- Practicing grounded confidence
- Emplying the Rumble Tool
- Identifying behaviours that align with your values
- Living your values as a daring leader
- Building teams that lead with courage and empathy.
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Applying for Principal Class Positions
Tuesday 28th March, 9:00am - 3:00pm
Gain insights and skills to deepen your leadership practice
Part 1 - The Application:
- Understanding and addressing the criteria
- Cover letter, CV, referees
- Identifying your 'point of difference'
- What to avoid
- Application structure
Part 2 - Preparing for the Interview
- Getting shortlisted
- Predicting the questions
- Structuring your responses
- Presenting your responses
- Closing remarks
- Preparation tips
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Completed VPA Workshops
- Conflict Resolution
- Applying for Principal Class Positions
- Introduction to Leadership Coaching
- Tough Conversations
- Planning your workforce
- Aspiring Leaders Day
- Leading a Thriving School Culture
- And more!