The Vision for Learning
The new vision for learning and the nine practice principles for excellence in teaching and learning will help teachers and school leaders to consider:
All students are empowered to learn and achieve, experiencing high quality teacher practice and the best conditions for learning which equip them with the knowledge, skills and dispositions for lifelong learning and shaping the world around them.
Our vision for learning draws our focus to the core values and beliefs at the centre of teaching and learning. For leaders and teachers in Victorian schools it provides a starting point for a close analysis of professional practice.
The Practice Principles
â–¼Principle 1: High expectations for every student promote intellectual engagement and self-awareness
Action 1.1
Teachers convey high expectations of learning, effort and engagement for all students
Action 1.2
Teachers co-design aspirational goals with students
Action 1.3
Teachers ensure all students’ cultural backgrounds, needs and abilities are recognised and addressed in the learning program
Action 1.4
Teachers build student capacity to monitor and evaluate their own progress and achievement
Link to FISO
Principle 1: high expectations links to, FISO: Priority: Positive climate for learning
â–¼Principle 2: A supportive and productive learning environment promotes inclusion and collaboration
Action 2.1
Teachers build quality relationships that enhance student engagement, self-confidence and growth as a learner
Action 2.2
Action 2.3
Teachers develop student capacity to collaborate
Action 2.4
Teachers maintain an energised and focused learning environment
Principle 2: high expectations links to, FISO: Priority: Positive climate for learning
â–¼Principle 3: Student voice, agency and leadership empower students and build school pride
Action 3.1
Teachers empower students to have a democratic voice in the running of the communities in which they learn
Action 3.2
Teachers provide opportunities for students to exercise authentic agency in their own learning
Action 3.3
Teachers provide leadership opportunities
Action 3.4
Teachers build school pride and connectedness
Principle 3: high expectations links to, FISO: Priority: Positive climate for learning
â–¼Principle 4: Curriculum planning and implementation engages and challenges all students
Action 4.1
Teachers place student needs at the centre of program planning and delivery
Action 4.2
Teachers collaboratively design and implement a scope and sequence of learning
Action 4.3
Teachers regularly review and update learning programs in line with school curriculum plans
Principle 4 links to, FISO: Priority: Excellence in teaching and learning
â–¼Principle 5: Deep learning challenges students to construct and apply new knowledge
Action 5.1
Teachers design learning programs to explicitly build deep levels of thinking and application
Action 5.2
Teachers support students to explore the construction of knowledge
Action 5.3
Teachers support students to be reflective, questioning and self-monitoring learners
Principle 5 links to, FISO: Priority: Excellence in teaching and learning
â–¼Principle 6: Rigorous assessment practices and feedback inform teaching and learning
Action 6.1
Teachers design authentic, fit for purpose assessments to reflect the learning program and objectives
Action 6.2
Teachers use assessment data to diagnose student learning needs and plan for learning
Action 6.3
Teachers provide regular feedback to students on their progress against individual learning goals and curriculum standards
Action 6.4
Teachers analyse student achievement data to improve their practice
Principle 6 links to, FISO: Priority: Excellence in teaching and learning
â–¼Principle 7: Evidence-based strategies drive professional practice improvement
Action 7.1
Teachers evaluate the impact of teaching on learning by analysing multiple sources of data
Action 7.2
Teachers identify and target areas for professional learning
Action 7.3
Teachers draw on current research and use an inquiry improvement cycle
Action 7.4
Teachers challenge and support each other to improve practice
Principle 7 links to, FISO: Priority: Excellence in teaching and learning
â–¼Principle 8: Global citizenship is fostered through real world contexts for learning
Action 8.1
Teachers support students to explore their role as global citizens
Action 8.2
Teachers model and facilitate use of digital tools and resources to access, use and share learning
Action 8.3
Teachers and students co-design learning that connects to real world contexts
Action 8.4
Teachers and students collaborate in learning partnerships in and beyond the school
Principle 8 links to, FISO: Priority: Community engagement in learning
â–¼Principle 9: Partnerships with parents and carers enhance student learning
Action 9.1
Teachers establish open and sustained communications with parents/carers
Action 9.2
Teachers seek and use parents/carers knowledge and feedback
Action 9.3
Teachers facilitate parental/carer involvement in education within the classroom, school and beyond
Principle 9 links to, FISO: Priority: Community engagement in learning
