Student Resource Package — Targeted Initiatives

Policy

This policy provides information about how funding is allocated to schools through the Student Resource Package (SRP) for targeted initiatives.

Details

Funding for ‘targeted initiatives’ is one of 3 categories of funding provided for by the SRP.

The targeted initiatives component provides funding for programs with specific targeted criteria and/or defined life spans. The Guidance tab provides information about the following specific types of targeted initiative funding:

• Primary Welfare
• Respectful Relationships
• Doctors in Secondary Schools — School program lead funding
• Career Education Funding
• Swimming in Schools
• Head Start
• National School Chaplaincy Program
• Middle Years Literacy and Numeracy Support Initiative
• Student Excellence Program Funding
• VCE Revision Lectures
• Transition Funding (Rural)
• Jobs, Skills and Pathways Coordination
• Tutor Learning Initiative
• Mental Health in Primary Schools
• Mental Health in Specialist Schools
• Career Start – Transforming the First Years of the Teaching Career
• Innovative Initial Teacher Education Programs
• Inclusion Outreach Coaching initiative
• School Mental Health Fund
• CRT Travel Fund
• Active Schools
• Vocational Education and Training Delivered to Secondary School Students

Schools are expected to use SRP funds for the purpose for which it was allocated.

For more general information on the SRP, please refer to the Student Resource Package — Overview page.

Related policies

• Career Education Funding — Accountability and Reporting Requirements
• Chaplaincy
• Community VCAL
• Doctors in Secondary Schools
• Flexible Learning Options
• Parent Payments
• Purchasing Secondary Courses and Vocational Training from External Providers
• School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships
• Student Engagement
• Student Resource Package — Core Student Learning Allocation (Student Based Funding)
• Student Resource Package — Equity Funding (Student-Based Funding)
• Student Resource Package — Managing the Budget
• Student Resource Package — Overview
• Student Resource Package — School Infrastructure
• Student Resource Package — School Specific Programs
• Vocational Education and Training Delivered to Secondary Students
• Vocational Education and Training Delivered to Secondary School Students (Reference 56 of the Student Resource Package Guide)

Contacts

Primary Welfare Officer
David Billimoria
Phone: 03 7022 1324

Senior Secondary Re-engagement
Deborah Maher
Phone: 03 7022 1905

Career Education Funding
Leela Darvall
Phone: 03 7022 1824

VET
Clare Sherman
Phone: 03 7022 0923

Doctors in Secondary schools
Karen Gray
Phone: 03 7022 0631

Swimming in Schools
Statewide Swimming Coordinator
Phone: 03 4334 0523
Email: school.swimming@education.vic.gov.au

Chaplaincy
David Billimoria
Phone: 03 7022 1324

For information on how Victorian government schools can implement chaplaincy services not funded through the National School Chaplaincy Program, refer to the Department’s Chaplaincy Policy.

Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
Kate Brady
Phone: 03 7022 2707

Primary Mathematics and Science Specialists
Scott Ware
Phone: 03 7022 0453

Head Start
Email: head.start@education.vic.gov.au

Respectful Relationships
Email: respectful.relationships@education.vic.gov.au