Inspire

Develop the capabilities required for school leadership. 

Inspire prepares you to pursue and succeed in school leadership.   

You will explore leadership concepts and reflect on how you can achieve your personal leadership goals.   

The program focuses on developing your leadership capabilities, strategies for engaging effectively with colleagues, and building your professional network.  

Audience 

Designed for teachers who are highly effective in classrooms and ready to start exploring leadership.  

Facilitators 

Designed and delivered by highly accomplished principals and system leaders who have completed Inspire: Facilitator Training. 

Structure of program

Over 4 months you will engage and contribute to:  

• workshops (3.5 days in total)  
• self-directed learning including pre-reading and post-workshop tasks  (approximately 9 hours).  

Workshops 

Workshops are designed around 7 modules.   

Workshop 1: Connect and align   

• Understand yourself as a leader. 
• Build connections with fellow participants and form communities of practice.  
• Identify opportunities for school improvement. 

Workshop 2: Apply and engage  

• Explore key department frameworks and resources.  
• Understand school improvement drivers and strategic alignment. 
• Reflect on your leadership capabilities.   

Workshop 3: Sustain and inspire  

• Reflect on emotional intelligence, better conversations and influencing strategies.  
• Explore aspects of effective feedback. 
• Explore various leadership approaches. 
• Reflect on your experiences of inspired and inspiring school leadership.   

Workshop 4: Celebrate   

• Present your improvement journey.  
• Reflect on your professional growth.  
• Identify opportunities to sustain professional networks.

Learning outcomes

You’ll gain knowledge and understanding of:  

• the Academy Leadership Excellence Framework 
• the leadership frameworks and resources of the Department of Education 
• leadership principles and theories   
• emotional intelligence, better conversations and influencing strategies   
• your personal leadership style and capabilities.   

You’ll develop the skills to:   

• identify and apply leadership learnings 
• build relationships and effectively engage colleagues to achieve specific outcomes   
• work collaboratively with a network of professional peers to support leadership development. 

Fees and financial support

Fully subsidised by the Department of Education for Victorian government school participants.