Supporting regional students to access university
By Belinda Hudak, President of the Victorian Association of State Secondary Principals (VASSP) For many Victorian students, the transition from secondary school to university is an exciting milestone. However, for students and families in regional and rural Victoria, this transition often brings additional challenges that extend well beyond academic readiness. As President of the Victorian […]
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ – ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ We want to know what parents think of the industrial action currently under way in Victorian schools. What has been the impact on your family? To what extent do you support the industrial action and the teachers’ claims? What should be the priorities in resolving the dispute? It […]
Teacher industrial action: our view
A statewide 24-hour teacher strike is taking place on Thursday 23 July following ongoing negotiations between the Australian Education Union and the Department of Education. As a result, some Victorian government schools are experiencing changes to their normal operations on the day. Our view Victorian parents want certainty. After many months of negotiations, school communities […]
Teacher suspensions & privacy: PV media comment
A recent article in the Herald-Sun covers the issue of teachers who have been suspended by the Victorian Institute of Teaching, and whether in some circumstances they should not be publicly identified. The article begins: Proposed new laws would protect the identities of teachers suspended by the professionโs watchdog. The laws would give the Victorian […]
Schoolyard Stories fundraiser
We noticed this fundraiser with a difference on our friend Mandy’s ‘Fundraising Whisperer’ website. With the Schoolyard Stories, fundraiser, you can create your own books, and then sell them as a fundraiser. Possibilities include: Storybooks – Students write and illustrate stories, and they are compiled into a high-quality book of short stories. Cookbooks – collect […]
Community cookbook
Here’s a great fundraising idea we found on the Fundraising Directory website – publish a community cookbook. As Mandy (the ‘Fundraising Whisperer’) points out, modern printing technology makes this idea much easier to put into practice, as you can get a high-quality job with a small print run. A community cookbook is more than just […]