Women in Leadership: Build your capability and influence

Overview

Lean into your leadership skills and learn to lead with confidence and impact.

"Women in Leadership: Build your capability and influence" provides you with the expert guidance, skills and inspiration to reach your full potential as an impactful leader.

This virtual workshop series offers a safe space to explore and validate your role as a leader. 

You will explore and build:

• what motivates you to lead
• internal barriers that may be hindering your leadership progression
• your leadership capacity through examination of your leadership values and vision.

Ultimately, this program will help you harness your strengths so that you can become an even more impactful leader in your school.

Female representation in leadership

Read about the Academy’s efforts to increase representation of women in Victorian school leadership.

• Female representation in leadership - Dr Marcia Devlin AM, CEO of the Academy

Audience

Designed for women in school leadership positions (open only to):

• principals 
• assistant principals.

This program welcomes participation from transgender and non-binary people. If you would like to discuss your participation in the program further, feel free to contact prue.nunn@education.vic.gov.au 

School sectors

This program is available to the following school sectors:

• Victorian government
• Catholic
• independent.

Some content may contain information aligned with Department of Education priorities or initiatives.

Facilitators

We are in the process of engaging a partner organisation to facilitate this program from Term 2 in 2025.

The facilitator will bring a wealth of expertise and passion to deliver this unique program.

Structure of program

Within a school term, you are expected to engage in and contribute to: 

• 6 hours of synchronous online learning.  

Program structure details will be confirmed once a facilitator has been appointed.

Attendance requirements

To successfully complete this program you will need to attend all sessions.

Learning outcomes

You'll gain knowledge and an understanding of how to:

• be more confident with stronger leadership capabilities and adaptive expertise as a female leader
• feel empowered to influence in your school, with a greater understanding of your motivation to lead
• create the foundations for your leadership pathway with a compelling vision.

Fees and financial support

Department of Education fully subsidises Victorian government school participants.