From 2023, the new VCE Vocational Major will replace Intermediate and Senior VCAL. This means the VCE will recognise different students equally. The new Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) will replace Foundation VCAL. Students will have more education choices, a higher-quality curriculum and better workplace experiences – preparing them for further study, training at TAFE or…

The Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) is an independent statutory authority whose primary function is to regulate members of the teaching profession to ensure quality teaching, and provide for the safety and wellbeing of children.     All teachers must be registered with VIT in order to undertake the duties of a teacher in a Victorian school or…

How well are you coping in today’s pandemic period? Want to measure your own resilience?  Over the past 24 months, everyday Australians have had to deal with the pandemic, natural disasters, increased financial pressure, and the largest household debt in its history. Not only do Australians need to cope with an ever-increasing level of stress,…

It really is the business end of the year, final exams are over and now we are waiting for the results. Transitions are challenging. At this time of the year parents and their now adult, or nearly adult children are negotiating some interesting relationship terrain after what is commonly a challenging experience over the final…

Regular school attendance is really a “no brainer” when it comes down to the factors that contribute to school success for students. There is a legal requirement for attendance in each jurisdiction. Improving attendance and retention rates have become embedded social and economic policy goals.  Away from the regulatory environment schools and teachers are being…

We have discovered about ourselves over the past 2 years. What is essential and what do we really value?  We haven’t all found the answers to life and the universe, but we certainly have found new ways of working and interacting.  We will continue to adjust, pivot, flop, and bounce in the new normal. Some…

As our ability to move around, get outdoors, experience fresh air and enjoy greater freedoms of milder weather and lighter lockdown restrictions, it is a good time to get ourselves back to nature for a little more green and a little less screen. We know that nature and spending time immersed in the natural living…

There is no doubt we have all experienced a huge increase in the amount of screentime we have had this past year.  And for many of us that has meant giving in to an amount of screentime for our kids that we were not entirely comfortable with. But in essence, it purely and simply became…

Being able to critically evaluate the content we consume is fast becoming one of the most crucial skills we can teach young people when it comes to helping them navigate the online world. As we are inundated with copious amounts of new content every second of every day, the ability to determine the relevance, validity,…