Award Categories

Partnership with Parents and Communities Award

The Partnership with Parents and Communities Award addresses a key theme of the Blueprint for Education and Early Childhood Development.  It will recognise schools achieving success through effective partnerships with community and positive engagement of parents in learning. The award will enable the recipient(s) to extend, consolidate or document an innovative parent and/or community partnership initiative.

Award details:

  • $20,000 be used to cover costs associated with travel, accommodation, leave and any other support required to extend, consolidate or document the partnership initiative
  • One year’s free membership with the Australian College of Educators and a further three years membership at a reduced rate (half cost).

Guidelines

Winners of this award were announced at the Victorian Education Excellence Awards on Friday 15 May 2009.