Introducing our teacher newsletters
This term we are refreshing our email channels to better communicate and engage with our stakeholders. This includes a fresh new look for Notices to Schools and the VCAA Bulletin. We’ve also recently introduced our Teacher Update Newsletter.
Through the newsletters teachers can subscribe for their relevant levels to receive the most up to date resources, professional learning and engagement opportunities.
Subscribe to the updates via the links below:
As we strengthen these newsletters, we will be changing the frequency of the VCAA Bulletin to quarterly from Term 3. The Bulletin will continue to be a great source of inspiration including case studies, success stories, and interviews with curriculum specialists with a more editorial style providing you with knowledge and inspiration from the VCAA.
If you would like a detailed schedule of all our channels, please email the Communications Unit
vcaa.media.publications@education.vic.gov.au
New campaign to inform senior secondary choices
Your World. Your VCE.
We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new senior secondary campaign
Your world. Your VCE.
The campaign is designed to help inform young people about the breadth of senior secondary options available to them, including the VCE Vocational Major.
Developed in collaboration between the VCAA and Department of Education,
Your world. Your VCE. is an evolution of the Many talents. One VCE. campaign, which introduced the VCE Vocational Major in 2022 and 2023.
The new campaign’s fresh personalised creative strategy inspires students to discover and choose a VCE that suits their world, so they can pursue their talents and passions.
The
Your world. Your VCE. campaign will continue to:
- build awareness of the VCE Vocational Major
- elevate knowledge and perceptions of vocational and applied learning options
- spur students to consider a career in Australia’s in-demand industries, such as clean energy, engineering, building and construction, digital media and health.
The campaign will be featured across television, social media and around Victoria.
New material and resources
New resources have been developed to help schools inform their community of senior secondary school options and celebrate student success, inspiring young people to explore their world in the VCE.
A digital school communication pack is available with a variety of material for schools to adapt and use, including:
- Presentation slides for information evenings
- Newsletter sample text
- Social media post images and text
- Celebration image templates.
Please use these resources to communicate with parents, carers and students about senior secondary options.
Students, parents and carers can find user friendly information about the VCE including the VCE Vocational Major and Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) on the
campaign website, which is available in 20 languages.
The
digital school communication pack contains new material to replace all existing material. Printed brochures and posters will be distributed to schools in April and May 2024.
Schools should retire all Many talents. One VCE. campaign material, including images, videos and posters.
Find out more:
vcaa.seniorsecondaryreform@education.vic.gov.au
Supporting partnerships between creative professionals and schools
The VCAA’s Dr. Kathryn Hendy-Ekers Curriculum Manager, Visual Arts, Visual Communication Design and Media and Alex Louie, Capabilities Manager shared the honour of being facilitators at the recent Creative Learning Partnerships (CLP) Induction Day, which is held at the start of each school year to mark the beginning of the enduring partnership between creatives and Victorian schools.
The CLP is Creative Victoria’s longest-running grants program and has been funding artists and other creatives in Victorian schools for 4 decades, bringing more than 1,500 creatives to over 1,200 schools.
Grants of $10,000 or $35,000 enable schools to embark on a creative project in partnership with a creative professional.
These partnerships infuse the talents of people from the creative arts with a school environment providing benefits that can help students, teachers, families, and the local community reach new heights and explore the meaning of self.
Kathleen Hodgson, Senior Arts Officer with Creative Victoria said, ‘The day is about getting the project teams to know one another better, understand how to get the most out of their project and feel supported.’
‘Schools and partner artists work together to share their thoughts and ideas and document the connections between the Victorian Curriculum and their project.’
’As many of the teachers are not arts specialists, it was an opportunity for them to see how working with an artist can bring insight and experience to their project and build skills and capacity to deliver the arts. For the artists, they gain an understanding of how the curriculum supports teacher pedagogy, and student learning outcomes.’
‘The participants saw how arts learning is embedded into the curriculum and contributes to student wellbeing and confidence.’
Kathryn and Alex gave presentations on how to integrate the CLP projects into the curriculum, the artistic concept, and professional learning and development for both the teachers and the artists.
Kathryn said, “I’ve been involved in the program for over 20 years as a funding recipient and Curriculum Manager for Arts disciplines. This experience was the catalyst for my PhD study in how the Visual Arts curriculum can be enacted in formal and informal settings. I’ve found the most valuable learning in the arts comes from a direct experience with an arts professional or artist.’
‘Importantly, the connections between the Victorian Curriculum and the projects can be used in the ongoing development of programs to further improve student learning outcomes and teacher capacity to deliver the arts and capabilities. ‘I especially love how the program can reach out to students who are often disengaged in school. These programs inspire creativity and boost student confidence and wellbeing. It is a joy to see the outcome of some of these projects,’ Kathryn said.
Learn more about the program at
Creative Victoria.
View the
sponsored creative residency projects.