Teacher mentoring programs

The Effective Mentoring Program (EMP) is a free professional learning program developed and delivered in partnership with DE, and is open to fully registered teachers working in government, Catholic and independent schools and early childhood services.

This two-day program equips participants with mentoring skills to support beginning teachers and guide them through the provisional to full registration process.

A number of one-day refresher seminars will also be available for early childhood and school mentors who completed an EMP more than 3 years ago.

To be considered a VIT trained mentor, teachers must attend both days of the program within the same year.

The EMP is structured as follows

Day 1

• understanding mentoring
• Mentoring Capability Framework (MCF)
• VIT registration process
• understanding the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST)
• VIT’s Inquiry cycle and adaptive expertise
• Inquiry questions and actions plans
• introducing the Codes of Conduct and Ethics, and
• MCF action plan and evaluation.

Day 2

• mentoring skills
• making teaching practice public
• exploring options for observing practice
• mentoring in practice
• understanding the APST
• role of mentors at each stage of the Inquiry
• Inquiry samples of evidence
• Victorian Code of Conduct and Ethics for teachers, and
• recommendation process overview.

Attendance at all days as well as completion of the online course modules are required to complete the EMP and receive a certificate of completion.

Two-day EMP course

One-day EMP refresher course

Online seminars

The EMP seminars will be delivered face-to-face, with a limited number of virtual seminars available to participants who are unable to access a face-to-face seminar.
 
Please contact EMP@camb-ed.com.au for further information about eligibility.

Two-day EMP course

Participants will need to book both days - select your preferred day one as well as the corresponding day two. 

Sessions have been broken up into geographically determined cohorts so that any networking connections made can be easily built upon into the future. For example, participants living or working in Dandenong should book into the day one session on 16 March and the day 2 session on 16 May. 

For program continuity, it is recommended that participants stay with their original cohort, however if this is not possible, bookings for alternative second sessions (i.e. a different day 2) can be made.

Please contact the Effective Mentoring Program (EMP) Inbox at EMP@camb-ed.com.au should the dates provided not be suitable for your needs. 

Book two-day course

One-day EMP refresher course

Participants need to book one day only.

Book refresher course

All booking and technical queries should be directed to Cambridge Education at EMP@camb-ed.com.au.