Area Principal Forums and Leadership Conference

Bastow supports school leaders to come together as a community of learners, to develop mastery of leading learning. 

Area Principal Forums and the Education State School Leadership Conference are collaborative learning experiences that encompass exploring data and evidence about what helps lift student outcomes; developing and sharing ideas and evidence-informed, innovative approaches to school improvement; and planning in-school actions and applying new learning. 

Download a copy of Creating a Learning System for an overview of the 2019 program.

Term 4 Area Principal Forum

Details on the upcoming Term 4 Area Principal Forums will be finalised shortly and information made available on this page. 

In the meantime, make sure you save the date for your Term 4 Area Principal Forum.

Term 3 Area Principal Forums

Developing an Evaluative Mindset

You can access materials and resources at the Term 3 Area Principal Forum site.

Education State School Leadership Conference

Leading Learning for Excellence
3 - 7 June

The 2019 Education State School Leadership Conference (ESSLC) involved a host of national and international speakers and more than 4500 Victorian school leaders sharing expertise and building skills over five days. 

Focused on inspiring strong instructional leadership, the conference explored the most effective ways to connect the latest research and resources to the work happening in schools and classrooms across the state.

You can access materials and resources, including speaker presentations where available, at the ESSLC site.

Term 1 Area Principal Forums

Build Instructional Leadership

Principals and school leaders worked collaboratively to deepen their knowledge of resources to support their Annual Implementation Plan school improvement goals.

You can access materials and resources at the Term 1 Area Principal Forum site.