Teaching Excellence Program Alumni Network

The TEP Alumni Network is a community of teachers who are graduates of the Victorian Academy of Teaching’s flagship program, the Teaching Excellence Program.  

As a group of highly-skilled teachers, the TEP Alumni Network is committed to career-long professional learning and values the collective expertise inherent in peer networks as a powerful source of support and inspiration to boost our professional growth.

The TEP Alumni Network gathers to:  

• enhance our teaching knowledge and practice to consistently meet the ever-evolving needs of our diverse learners and contexts
• get inspired, learn and grow through collective exploration, sharing and collaboration
• develop meaningful professional connections with other highly-skilled teachers across Victoria  
• contribute insights, feedback, resources, and provocations to generate new ideas, ways of thinking and practicing for ourselves and our peers  
• engage in collaborative reflection with the aim of further developing our knowledge, perspectives and skills
• elevate and promote the status of the teaching profession. 

Audience

Designed for TEP alumni teachers and teacher leaders in government, Catholic and independent Victorian schools.

Facilitators

All events for the TEP Alumni Network are co-designed and co-delivered by the alumni in collaboration with the Academy’s Fellowships and Alumni team.

Structure

Over the year, the TEP Alumni Network delivers a series of events:  

Alumni masterclass: Comprises online workshops or webinars organised by and for TEP Alumni.  

Alumni expressing interest in hosting a masterclass receive support from the Academy Fellowships team to lead a session. These events are designed to enhance teacher capabilities in leading professional development and provide a platform for alumni to share their expertise, insights and experiences with fellow graduates.

Teacher practice circles: A platform for alumni to engage in meaningful dialogues around specific teaching practices and pedagogies. Facilitated by Master Teachers, featuring TEP alumni who have authored a TEP teacher practice note, and drawing upon the collective wisdom of the Alumni Network.  

TEP teacher practice notes are evidence-informed written explorations of a specific teaching practice of pedagogy, focused on articulating the what, how and why of a specific practice; and understanding the implications and impact of enacting that practice in classrooms.

Reading circles: An opportunity to nominate, read, critically analyse, discuss and learn from each other's interpretations and connections to the texts in the TEP alumni nominated books, articles and research papers. 

Learning outcomes

Through the Alumni Network, you will:

• become a member of the Alumni Network platform circles, which will give you access to an incredible research library, including Informit
• be introduced to and connected with TEP and TIF alumni
• enhance your teaching knowledge and practice to consistently meet the ever-evolving needs of our diverse learners and contexts
• get inspired, learn and grow through collective exploration, sharing and collaboration
• enhance your capabilities in leading professional development through the co-design and delivery of panel discussions, masterclasses, practice circles, podcasts
• be part of a reading circle that will give you the opportunity to nominate, read, critically analyse, discuss and learn from each other's interpretations and connections to the texts in the nominated books, articles and research papers. 

Fees and financial support

Fully subsidised by the Department of Education for Victorian government, Catholic and independent school participants.