Resources
Performance and Development Guide
PDP Resources
- 2025 Statement of Expectation - Guide for education support
- Watch the Education support staff discuss the benefits of the PDP process on their professional growth video on Vimeo(opens in a new window)
- Watch the Education support staff reflect and discuss their performance and development goals with their reviewers video on Vimeo(opens in a new window)
- Watch the Education support staff discuss the benefits of the PDP mid-cycle review video on Vimeo(opens in a new window)
- Watch the Education support staff discuss evidence collection for the PDP [1] video on Vimeo(opens in a new window)
- Watch the Education support staff discuss evidence collection for the PDP [2] video on Vimeo(opens in a new window)
- Watch the Education support staff discuss effective review discussions video on Vimeo(opens in a new window)
- Watch the Education support staff discuss preparation for following year’s PDP cycle video on Vimeo(opens in a new window)
- Education support staff FAQs (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Education support staff goal setting guide (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- School Business Manager Capability Framework with sample goals (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Goal setting verbs list (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Education support staff evidence guide (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Schools staff feedback guidelines (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Strategic resource management – resources for schools (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Victorian Education Excellence Awards (VEEA)(opens in a new window)
PDP tools
- Education support staff reflection tool (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Goal setting template (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Education support staff mid-cycle reflection template (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Education support staff PDP mid-cycle presentation (PPTX)(opens in a new window)
- Education support staff PDP end cycle presentation (PPTX)(opens in a new window)
Business Managers Capability Framework and resources
- Business Managers Capability Framework DOCX(opens in a new window) – includes elaborations of possible actions for each of the required capabilities
- Business manager reflection tool (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – can be used to reflect on the Framework and elaborations, in order to identify areas for professional development and learning
- Business manager goal strategies guide (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – can be used to plan and set performance and development goals based on identified areas for development
- Business manager professional learning suite(opens in a new window) – provides 10 handbooks of targeted and self-guided professional learning for business managers across the capabilities within the Framework
- Business manager professional learning map (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – provides an overview of additional professional learning opportunities, mapped to the Framework that business managers can choose to undertake, depending on their identified learning and development needs. Includes the Professional Learning Suite as well as other professional learning from LearnED, Bastow and external providers
Support for small schools
The School Administration Support Hub (SASH)(opens in a new window) (staff login required) is a centralised support service for small schools with up to 200 students enrolled. SASH provides support with financial and payroll administration processes to reduce administrative workload for small school principals.
Department contacts
School Workforce Performance and Development
School.Leadership@education.vic.gov.au
Human Resources
Employee.Relations@education.vic.gov.au
eduPay Support
Payrollservices@education.vic.gov.au
Phone: 1800 641 943
eduPay and eduPay Help
Professional Development and Learning Communities
Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership(opens in a new window)
Business Managers Victoria(opens in a new window)
Merit Protection Board
Merit Protection Board(opens in a new window)
meritboards@education.vic.gov.au
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