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Area Principal Forums and Leadership Conference
Supporting leaders to come together as a community of learners.
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 (PDF 4.1 MB) for an overview of the 2019 program.
2020 Area Principal Forums and Leadership Conference
Dates for the 2020 Area Principal Forums and Leadership Conference are confirmed.
Area Principal Forums
Term 1: Wednesday 12 February - Friday 28 February
Term 3: Monday 10 August - Wednesday 26 August
Term 4: Wednesday 4 November - Friday 20 Nov
All 17 Areas will have a specific date allocated within the periods listed. These are yet to be finalised.
Leadership Conference
Term 2: Monday 1 June - Friday 5 June
Term 4 Area Principal Forum
Details on the upcoming Term 4 Area Principal Forums will be finalised shortly and information made available.
In the meantime, make sure you save the date for your Term 4 Area Principal Forum.
Area |
Date |
NEVR Goulburn |
Thursday 14 Nov |
NEVR Inner Eastern Melbourne |
Friday 15 Nov |
NEVR Outer Eastern Melbourne |
Wednesday 6 Nov |
NEVR Ovens Murray |
Wednesday 13 Nov |
NWVR Hume Moreland |
Monday 11 Nov |
NWVR Loddon Campaspe |
Thursday 7 Nov |
NWVR Mallee |
Thursday 14 Nov |
NWVR North Eastern Melbourne |
Tuesday 12 Nov |
SEVR Bayside Peninsula |
Thursday 7 Nov |
SEVR Inner Gippsland |
Wednesday 13 Nov |
SEVR Outer Gippsland |
Thursday 14 Nov |
SEVR Southern Melbourne |
Friday 8 Nov |
SWVR Barwon |
Friday 15 Nov |
SWVR Brimbank Melton |
Thursday 7 Nov |
SWVR Central Highlands |
Thursday 14 Nov |
SWVR Western Melbourne |
Friday 8 Nov |
SWVR Wimmera South West |
Tuesday 12 Nov |
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.