Individuals from small schools can be accommodated in team-based courses.

* FISO: Framework for Improving Student Outcomes

This calendar is indicative and subject to change as dates are still being negotiated with providers. Further courses will become available.

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2019 Bastow Professional Learning Calendar

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Inspire: Local Leaders Emerging leadersDevelop capabilities as a high potential leader through introductory professional learning in key areas of school leadership. •

Impact: Emerging Leaders Emerging leadersLearn to establish processes and structures that support a collaborative culture and create a school-based change project. • •

Create: Middle Leaders Middle leadersDevelop ability to drive successful team performance and improved classroom practice. • •

Unlocking Potential: Principal Preparation

Aspiring principalsReceive thorough preparation for your first principal appointment. Graduates are conferred with the Certificate of Principal Preparation (Victoria). • •

Evolve: New Principals Newly appointed principals

Support your transition into the role and build capacity as an effective school leader and manager. • •

Leadership for Business Managers Business managers

Develop your business management capabilities to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and integrity of the educational support team in your school. •

Strategic Management for School Leaders

Principal class Business managers

Learn to effectively manage risk, utilise data and make well-informed and intentional resourcing decisions to enhance the delivery and impact of school Strategic Plans. • •

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Leading Literacy Vertical school teams Learn to create and sustain organisational conditions to enable exemplary literacy practice in your leadership team and influence change. •

Leading Literacy for Networks Literacy leadersLead the development of a shared understanding of quality literacy instruction, whole-school approaches and models of effective literacy practice. •

Literacy Master Trainer Literacy expertsBuild the skills, knowledge and dispositions to facilitate Leading Literacy for Networks. •

Literacy Data, Assessment and Practice

Literacy leaders Principal class Teachers

Develop deep conceptual content and pedagogical knowledge to improve classroom literary practice. •

Leading Mathematics Vertical school teamsAnalyse school-wide mathematics leadership resulting in the design of a needs-based mathematics learning and improvement strategy. •

Numeracy Webinar Series

Numeracy leaders Principal class TeachersSystem leaders

Webinars focussing on the knowledge, resources and skills educators need to better understand and make connections to the various facets of the numeracy curriculum. • •

Leading Excellence in Classroom Practice Learning specialists

Collaborate to develop an improvement plan that focuses on high quality learning and teaching. •

Professional Conversations (Open-to-Learning™ Leadership)

Learning specialistsEngage with the Open-to-Learning™ Leadership theory to build a culture of open and effective communication. • •

Using Data Wisely System leaders An introduction to the Harvard Data Wise Improvement Process. • •

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Open-to-Learning™ LeadershipAll educational professionals

Learn how to have effective conversations in educational settings, deal constructively with conflict and negative feedback, identify and clarify issues, and develop positive action. • •

Principal Mentoring Principals Gain support from trusted peers with first hand understanding of the challenges and rewards that come with the role. • •

Victorian Aspirant Principal Assessment

Middle leaders Aspiring principals

Evaluate your readiness for the principal role. •

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ing Continuity of Early Learning

Early childhood professionals Staff that support transitions across settings

Work with your team to strengthen the partnerships that enable children to achieve successful transition to school. This course has a focus on addressing vulnerability or disadvantage. •

Partnering to Improve Learning Vertical school teamsImprove outcomes for children and young people by strengthening partnerships between your school and the wider community. •