Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in
Education
Friday, September 5. 2008

Victoria is at the forefront of the education revolution, with a bold, five-year education reform agenda designed to deliver excellence in schools across the State and give young Victorians every opportunity to achieve their full potential.
Better leadership throughout schools, better support for parents to involve them in their child’s learning and a restructure of school networks statewide will be the drivers for future excellence in education in Victoria.
The Brumby Government is committed to lifting up all schools to a standard of excellence, so that every child has every opportunity to succeed.
These reforms show that Victoria is leading the way nationally when it comes to education and that we are education revolution-ready.
The blueprints’ main reforms include:
- Stronger interventions and more intensive monitoring in under-performing schools;
- Providing incentives for the best teachers and school leaders to work in schools where they are needed most;
- A scheme to encourage high-performing graduates from other fields to enter teaching;
- Improving transitions to school;
- Integrating early childhood services with childcare, in partnership with the Federal Government;
- Developing a new 0–8 learning and development framework that will be linked to existing learning standards in schools;
- Improving participation in early childhood services to improve early identification of health and development problems; and
- Supporting families to provide a home environment that supports development.
A copy of the blueprint is available at:
www.education.vic.gov.au/blueprint