Victorian Education Links
This area of the site provides useful links to Victorian education websites. All links open a new window.
Department of Education Websites
Blueprint for
Government Schools
(http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/blueprint)
The Victorian
Essential Learning Standards is a key initiative in the Government’s
education reform agenda. The Blueprint website provides information about the
Victorian Government's plans for improving its schools.
Victorian Curriculum and
Assessment Authority
(http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au)
The VCAA is responsible for
provision of high quality curriculum and assessment programs for all students
in Victoria. The VCAA website provides information about the VCE, VCAL, AIM
and CSF.
Sofweb (via
Department of Education)
(http://www.education.vic.gov.au)
Sofweb provides students,
teachers, parents and school leaders with information and activities related
to school education in Victoria with links to other states and countries.
Student
Learning
(http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/blueprint/fs1)
The Student
Learning homepage of the Blueprint for Government Schools website provides
information about the initiatives within Flagship Strategy 1. It focuses on
the reform of curriculum practices relating to what students learn, how
teaching facilitates learning, how learning is assessed, how student
achievements are reported to parents and the documentation of exemplary
practice.
Knowledge
Bank
(http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/knowledgebank)
The Knowledge
Bank is a resource for education and training providers in Victoria. It
supports the sharing of exemplary and promising practice across the education
and training sector, and aims to improve understanding of what works, where
and why it works. It also aims to facilitate the adoption of innovative
approaches to learning, teaching and school organisation across Victoria.
Victorian
Education Channel
(http://www.education.vic.gov.au/ch)
The Victorian Education
Channel is an online service provided by the Department of Education and Early
Childhood Development (DEECD). The Channel operates as a discovery site for
information and services related to education and training that have been
produced by the Department and selected third party providers.
Victorian
Qualifications Authority(http://www.vqa.vic.gov.au/vqat)
The
VQA is the statutory body in Victoria responsible for developing and
monitoring standards for education and training after Year 10 (excluding
higher education). They accredit new qualifications, and are responsible for
approving the education and training providers who offer them.
Other Victorian or Education Sector links
Association of
Independent Schools of Victoria(http://www.ais.vic.edu.au)
The
Association of Independent Schools of Victoria Incorporated (AISV) represents
and promotes the interests of Victorian independent schools.
Catholic
Education Commission of Victoria
(http://www.cecv.vic.catholic.edu.au/)
The Catholic Education
Commission of Victoria (CECV) is the principle advisory body to the Bishops
for Catholic education in Victoria. The website provides links to Diocesan
Catholic Education Offices, Catholic schools and related organisations
throughout Victoria.
