News

Professional Development Opportunity: Human Rights and Inclusion Training

In September, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission and the Department of Education and Training will present workshops on how your school can develop a culture of inclusive education.

Protecting Children - Mandatory Reporting eLearning modules

A crucial part of the role of all school and early childhood teachers is to respond effectively to children and young people whose safety and wellbeing may be at risk, or who are in need of protection.

All staff working in early childhood settings and schools within Victoria, particularly those with mandatory reporting obligations, are strongly encouraged to regularly undertake and complete online modules.

VIT investigates ITE provider pathways and ATAR entry levels

The Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT), Victoria’s independent regulator of the teaching profession, will investigate the extent to which higher education institutions providing initial teacher education, are complying with the Victorian Selection Framework (VSF) for students entering initial teacher education programs.

Your invoice is arriving soon

Invoices are being sent via email in August - so most teachers should expect to receive their invoice in the next few weeks.

Our new multimedia pages

At VIT we’ve introduced videos and podcasts to provide useful information for initial teacher educaton graduates, teachers and employers about teacher registration. Now for easy access, we’ve collected them all in one place – our new multimedia pages.

Education Week 2018 is celebrating the arts

The stage is set for Celebrating the arts – this year’s theme of Education Week 2018.

Running from the 20 to 26 May, Education Week will give students, teachers and the community the opportunity to get involved in a range of music, dance, drama, visual art and media arts.

Leading for impact: AITSL provides guidelines for school leadership development

Active steps are needed to increase equality and diversity within the leadership pool. AITSL has produced guidelines that provide a framework to address this very important challenge.

VIT welcomes new CEO

The VIT Council is very pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Corcoran as our new Chief Executive Officer.

Australia Day Honours 2018

Congratulations to our teachers who were awarded with Australia Day Honours. You are an inspiration for your leaders.

It is wonderful to see registered teachers being recognised by one of Australia’s most prestigious awards, and it shows how much the community recognises the importance of and respects those working in the education sector.

Applications approved for majority of graduates

We look forward to having all graduate teachers registered for the start of the school year. We are currently processing all the information supplied by education providers including the new Literacy and Numeracy Test results.