Face-to-face professional learning

In term 4 VCAA is delivering a suite of face-to-face and hybrid (in-person and online) professional learning workshops to support teachers delivering the VCE Vocational Major (VM) and Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) to prepare for 2025.

Face-to-face learning

VCE Vocational Major and Victorian Pathways Certificate workshops: Planning for 2025

The VCAA is delivering face-to-face professional learning workshops to support teachers delivering the VCE Vocational Major (VM) and Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) to prepare for 2025.

This workshop will provide opportunities for teachers to:

reflect on 2024 and use this reflection to develop plans for 2025
build capacity in applied learning approaches
develop student-centred and engaging applied learning programs
network with teachers from other schools.

Please bring units of work, activities or assessments you would like to develop or improve for 2025.

The workshop starts at 9:45 am and finishes by 3:30 pm.

Registration opens at 9:15 am. If you have questions or would like to spend time networking with VCAA presenters and other attendees, please join us for tea and coffee anytime from 9:15 am. Lunch is provided. Please note we may not be able to accommodate dietary requirements specified fewer than 14 days prior.

Friday 1 November – Caroline Springs

WestWaters Hotel and Entertainment Complex

Thursday 7 November – Bairnsdale

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership - Bairnsdale

Friday 8 November – Moe

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership - Moe

Monday 11 November – Frankston

Frankston Arts Centre

Tuesday 12 November – Preston

Melbourne Polytechnic Preston – Building U (Conference Centre)

Thursday 14 November – Warrnambool

Warrnambool Bowls Club

Friday 15 November – Geelong

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership - Geelong

Wednesday 20 November – Horsham

Coughlin Park Community Centre

Thursday 21 November – Ballarat

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership – Ballarat

Friday 22 November – East Melbourne (for Specialist/Flexi settings)

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership – East Melbourne

Tuesday 26 November – Box Hill

Box Hill Golf Club

Wednesday 27 November – East Melbourne

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership – East Melbourne

Friday 29 November – Mildura

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership – Mildura

Tuesday 3 December – Shepparton

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership – Shepparton

Wednesday 4 December – Bendigo

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership – Bendigo

Hybrid learning

VCAA are running two hybrid (in-person and online) workshops in December, one focussed on supporting new teachers, and one to allow networking between teachers across the state.

The hybrid workshops will allow teachers from across the state to connect and collaborate live, regardless of their location. Teachers will attend the location most convenient to them, and a VCAA team member will facilitate the day in each location and connect all the locations together.

Both hybrid workshops will be facilitated from the following Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership locations*:

*Registration for each location will be reviewed prior to the workshops, low registration may lead to cancellation of a location.

VCE VM and VPC: New Teacher Induction - 6 December

This hybrid workshop will introduce teachers to the VCE VM and VPC, applied learning pedagogy, and support new teachers of the VCE VM and VPC to prepare for 2025.

This PL may suit your learning needs if

you are new to teaching applied learning
you are teaching one or more of the VCE VM or VPC studies for the first time
you want to refresh your applied learning practice.

The day will be run as a hybrid event where attendees can join from the most convenient Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership location: Contact and locations | Academy

You will be asked to select a location to attend when completing your registration.

VCE VM and VPC Communities of Practice Networking Day - 12 December

VCAA are facilitating a state-wide Community of Practice networking day led by VCAA representatives and our Community of Practice Leaders.

Registrations are open for all teachers regardless of whether you are a Community of Practice member.

VCAA’s Communities of Practice are local area networks led by applied learning experts, that support the collaborative work of teachers across schools to develop high-quality teaching and learning programs.

The day will include:

Professional Learning from VCAA and CoP Leaders
Presentations from applied learning practitioners
Opportunities for moderation of assessment
Preparation for 2025
Sharing with other practitioners within and outside your local area

The day will be run as a hybrid event where attendees can join from the most convenient Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership location: Contact and locations | Academy

You will be asked to select a location to attend when completing your registration.

Contact

Senior Secondary Reform Project
email: vcaa.seniorsecondaryreform@education.vic.gov.au