Key Dates for Principals 2009
These key dates are for principals to use in planning throughout the year. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information, updates will be be made periodically as more dates are confirmed and if changes are made. It is advisable to check this page throughout the year.
For help with any terminology or acronyms used, see: Glossary of Terms, Acronyms and Abbreviations
January
Term 1 - 28 January to 3 April
Term 1 - Launch of Maths and Science Education Strategy
Refresher Courses for Teachers Returning to Government Schools
1 - New Year's Day - Public Holiday
23 - Student Scholarships Applications close
23 - EMR Principals' Forum
26 - Australia Day - Public Holiday
27 - BSW Principals Initial Workshop - Warrnambool
27 - VCAA Bulletin No. 67 published
28 - Term 1 SRP Quarterly Cash Grant Payment
28 - Notebooks for Teachers and Principals Program, Lenovo only - Round 2 Cycle 4 - expected delivery to schools starts
28-30 - Term 1 commences - Pupil Free Days
29 - School Council election process can commence
29 - Hume Region - Common Curriculum for Team Leaders - PD for School Leaders
30 - School Compliance Checklist Status Report
31 - Salary progression notification
February
Refresher Courses for Teachers Returning to Government Schools
Mentoring for First Time Principals Program
2009 Dollars and Sense and Talking Finance Program (Excel - 116Kb)
Induction and Mentoring for Beginning Teachers - 2009 Day 1 Mentor Support Program
End of February - Announcement of successful Trade Training Centres (TTC) applications - Round 1, Phase 2
End of February - Application process for TTC Round 2 opens
Mid term 1 - MIPs PD
Mid term 1 - Student Mapping Tool
Loddon Mallee Region - Regional Director's Meetings (Word - 81Kb)
2 - Students commence, contract school buses commence
3 - Start of School Year Data Collection
6 - Final Day to lodge requests for Confirmation of Grades for examinations in Oct/Nov 2008
11 - Grampians Region Combined Highlands Network Principals Meeting - Ballarat
11-13 - New Careers Practitioners Conference
12 - Grampians Region Central Network Principals Meeting - Ararat
13 - Victorian Education Excellence Awards 2009 - applications must be received by 13 February
13 - Hume Region - Principals Association of Special Schools
13 - School Level Report released
13 - Grampians Region Combined Wimmera Network Principals Meeting - Horsham
20 - Hume Region - Regional Director's Day - principals meeting
20 - Student Scholarships Principal Verification of Results close
20 - Australian Youth Forum
22-23 - Hume Region - Beginning Teachers Conference - Primary, Albury
23-6/3 - Courage to Care Exhibition in Beaconsfield
23 - Enrolment 1 data due at the VCAA
25 - Closing date for Cultural Diversity Quest
27-13/3 - Census of Computers in Schools opens 27 February, closes 13 March 2009
27 - February School Census Data Collection (Electronic Student Census Return)
27 - Teacher Recruitment Census (Part of February Census)
27 - High Performing Principals Program, 2008 cohort
27 - EMA Parent Application submissions close
28 - Conveyance Allowance - Endorsed conveyance application forms are to be submitted no later than end of February 2009
28 - VCE Season of Excellence - Top Class Music Performance
March
Refresher Courses for Teachers Returning to Government Schools
2009 Dollars and Sense and Talking Finance Program (Excel - 116Kb)
Induction and Mentoring for Beginning Teachers - 2009 Day 1 Mentor Support Program
Mentoring for First Time Principals Program
1-2 - Hume Region - Beginning Teachers Conference - Secondary, Albury
2-3 - Literacy, Teaching and Learning and Ultranet Coaches professional learning program
2-4 - Building Capacity for School Leadership Teams program, 1st workshop Group 1
3 - VCE Season of Excellence - Launch of Top Screen
5 - EMR Secondary Principals' Forum
5-6 - Leading Across Effective Small Schools, Forum 1
6 - High Performing Principals Program, 2009 cohort
6 - EMA School submissions close
6 - VCE Season of Excellence - Top Class Sound
8 - International Women's Day
9 - VCAA Bulletin No. 68 published
9 - Labour Day - Public Holiday
9-11 - Intel Teach Essentials Online
10 - VCAA Bulletin No. 68 published
11 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting Geelong
12-13 - Leading Across Effective Small Schools, Forum 1
13 - Hume Region - Principals Association of Special Schools
13-14 - VCE Season of Excellence - Top Class Drama and Theatre Studies
15-16 - Leading Across Effective Small Schools, Forum 1
16 - Blueprint Wider Workforce Forum in Bendigo
16-18 - Building Capacity for School Leadership Teams program, 1st workshop Group 2
17-23 - Celebrate our Cultural Diversity Week
18 - Blueprint Wider Workforce Forum in Geelong
19 - Blueprint Wider Workforce Forum in Dingley
20 - Notebooks for Teachers and Principals Program, Lenovo - Round 3 & 4 Cycle 3 - end of lease returns no later than 20 March
20 - Cultural Diversity Quest Awards ceremony
20 - Blueprint Wider Workforce Forum in Moonee Ponds
21 - VCE Season of Excellence - Top Designs opens
21 - United Nations Day for the Elimination of Racism
23 - Hume Region eLearning Expo
23-3/4 - Courage to Care Exhibition in Geelong
25 - VCE Season of Excellence - Top Arts opens
27 - VCE Season of Excellence - Top Class Dance
31 - FBT year ends
31 - Annual Implementation Plan approved by Regional Office
31 - School Council Elections - last date to complete process for 2009
31 - School Annual Report to the School Community endorsed by school council and submitted to regional office
April
Term 2 - 20 April to 26 June
Notebooks for Teachers and Principals Program - Training for Specialist Technicians - Term 1 break 6/4-17/4
Refresher Courses for Teachers Returning to Government Schools
2009 Dollars and Sense and Talking Finance Program (Excel - 116Kb)
Loddon Mallee Region - Regional Director's Meetings (Word - 81Kb)
3 - Term 1 ends
3 - Fare Paying Funds - Fare paying funds should be remitted to the Department on a term by term basis
3 - Cleaning Contract Information - Schools are required to notify the Department of up to date information on their cleaning contracts
3 - Student Travel database - Specialist schools are required to submit an updated copy of their student travel database at the end of each term.
10 - Good Friday - Public Holiday
13 - Easter Monday - Public Holiday
15-17 - Intel Teach Essentials Online
15-17 - Career Development Association of Australia national conference - Grand Hyatt Melbourne
17 - Final day for lodging entry forms for VCAA Plain English Speaking Award
20 - Term 2 begins
20 - Term 2 SRP Quarterly Cash Grant Payment
20 - School Compliance Checklist Status Report
20 - VCAA Bulletin No. 69 published
23/24 - Building the Capacity of Principals of Small Schools program
23/4-22/5 - Enrolment Verification of February School Census Returns
25 - Anzac Day - Public Holiday
27-28 - Stepping up to the Principalship Program 1
27/4-8/5 - Attitudes to School Survey 1
29 - Enrolment 2 data due at the VCAA
29 - Last day for entering VETiS, VCAL Coordinator and VCAL Reengagement Program enrolments on VASS
30 - School Council Elections - Membership Schedule 7 due
30 - Grampians Region Combined Highlands Network Principals Meeting - Ballarat
30-1/5 - Stepping up to the Principalship Program 2
May
Refresher Courses for Teachers Returning to Government Schools
Induction and Mentoring for Beginning Teachers - 2009 Day 2 Mentor Support Program
Mentoring for First Time Principals Program
End of May - Applications for Round 2 TTC (Trade Training Centres) funding close
2009 Dollars and Sense and Talking Finance Program (Excel - 116Kb)
Loddon Mallee Region - Regional Director's Meetings (Word - 81Kb)
1 - Salary progression common progression date
1 - Grampians Region Combined Central & Wimmera Network Principals Meeting - Horsham
4-5 - Stepping up to the Principalship Program 3
6 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting - Geelong
7 - EMR Principals' Forum
7 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting Warrnambool
7-12 - Intel Teach Thinking with Technology
8 - EMA Late Applications close
8 - Hume Region - Principals Association of Special Schools
11 - June Exam centres and Special Exam arrangements available on VASS
11/5-26/6 - Staff Opinion Survey (including optional leadership module) Fieldwork
12 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting - Warrnambool
12- Years 3, 5, 7 & 9 National Language Conventions and Writing Tests
12-14 - NAPLAN - Literacy and Numeracy
13 - Years 3, 5, 7 & 9 National Reading Tests
14 - Years 3, 5, 7 & 9 National Numeracy Tests
14 - Grampians Region Combined Central & Wimmera Network Principals Meeting - Horsham
15 - Grampians Region Combined Highlands Network Principals Meeting - Ballarat
17-23 - Education Week
18 - Plain English Speaking Award regional finals commence
20-22 - Technical Leadership Program commences
22 - VCE Season of Excellence - Top Acts
26 - National Sorry Day
27 - Hume Region - Hume Leadership Conference - Principals meeting
27-29 - Human Leadership: Developing People program commences
27-29 - SMR Principal Conference - Regionwide Principal Class Officer conference
27-3/6 - Reconciliation Week
28 - EMR Secondary Principals' Forum
June
Notebooks for Teachers and Principals Program - Training for Specialist Technicians - Term 2 break 29/6-10/7
Mid June - TPL (Teacher Professional Leave) Applications open
Late June (end of term 2) - TPL (Teacher Professional Leave) Briefings
2009 Dollars and Sense and Talking Finance Program (Excel - 116Kb)
Mentoring for First Time Principals Program
2-5 - Intel Teach Thinking with Technology
5 - SIEG 1 data due at the VCAA
9 - VCAA Bulletin No. 70 published
9-10 - VCE June written examinations
10 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting - Geelong
10-11 - Literacy, Teaching and Learning and Ultranet Coaches professional learning program
11 - General Achievement Test
11 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting - Warrnambool
11-12 - Hume Region - Coaches Conference - Literacy, Numeracy & Koorie coaches, Melbourne
12 - Hume Region - Principals Association of Special Schools
12 - Pupil free day for student assessment and reporting purposes
14-21 - Refugee Week 2009
15 - SIAR 1 scores for VCE Studio Arts School-assessed Task 1
18-19 - Mentoring Matters Program commences
20 - World Refugee Day
23-24 - Plain English Speaking Award Semi Finals
25 - Plain English Speaking Award State Final
26 - Term 2 ends - School Term Dates
27 - New Arrivals Data Collection First Period
30 - Conveyance Allowance - Endorsed conveyance application forms are to be submitted no later than end of June 2009
July
Term 3 - 13 July to 18 September
July- September 2009 - Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Refresher Courses for Teachers Returning to Government Schools
Notebooks for Teachers and Principals Program - Apple only, end of lease returns no later than end July 2009
2009 Dollars and Sense and Talking Finance Program (Excel - 116Kb)
Mentoring for First Time Principals Program
Loddon Mallee Region - Regional Director's Meetings (Word - 81Kb)
5-12 - Naidoc Week
13 - Term 3 begins - School Term Dates
13 - School Compliance Checklist Status Report
13 - Term 3 SRP Quarterly Cash Grant Payment
15 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting Geelong
16 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting Warrnambool
20 - Enrolment 3 data due at the VCAA
20 - Leading Across Effective Small Schools, Forum 2
20-31 - Courage to Care Exhibition in Horsham
22-23 - Intel Teach Essentials Online
22 - Leading Across Effective Small Schools, Forum 2
24 - Leading Across Effective Small Schools, Forum 2
24 - Grampians Region Combined Regional Principals Meeting - Ararat
26 - Student Travel Database - Specialist schools are required to submit an updated copy of their student travel database at the end of each term.
26 - Fare Paying Funds - Fare paying funds should be remitted to the Department on a term by term basis
27- SIAR 2 scores for VCE Unit 3 School-assessed Coursework
29 - On Track Post School Destinations surveys
30 - EMR Principals' Forum
31 - Hume Region - Graduate Teachers Conference
31 - Attitudes to School Survey Reports available
August
Mid August - TPL (Teacher Professional Leave) Applications close
Late August - Teacher Supply and Demand Initiatives and Programs announced
Refresher Courses for Teachers Returning to Government Schools
Review of LLEN progress and development of LLEN 2010 Implementation plan
2009 Dollars and Sense and Talking Finance Program (Excel - 116Kb)
Mentoring for First Time Principals Program
4 - National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day
5 - VCE Unit 3 School-assessed Coursework audit material due at the VCAA
7 - Mid-year School Census Data Collection (Electronic Student Census Return)
7 - Mid-year School Census Data Collection (Principal Projections for 2010)
7 - Mid-year School Census Data Collection (Casual Relief Teacher Recruitment Census)
7 - EMA 2nd Instalment submissions close
10 - Staff Opinion Survey (including optional leadership module) Reports available
10 - VCAA Bulletin No. 71 published
14 - Enrolment 4 data due at the VCAA
14 - Hume Region - Principals Association of Special Schools
14 - High Performing Principals Program, 2008 cohort
14 - EMA School submissions close
14 - Mid-Year School Census Data Collection (Online Supplementary Information)
14 - Mid-Year School Census Data (Supplementary Staffing Information)
21 - High Performing Principals Program, 2009 cohort
21 - Hume Region - Regional Director's Day - Principals meeting
24/8-4/9 - Parent Opinion Survey
25 - Principal for a Day
26 - EMR Secondary Principals' Forum
26-28 - Gippsland Principals Conference
September
Refresher Courses for Teachers Returning to Government Schools
Notebooks for Teachers and Principals Program - Training for Specialist Technicians - Term 3 holidays 21/9-2/10
Sept/Oct - Announcement of successful Trade Training Centres (TTC) applications - Round 2
2009 Dollars and Sense and Talking Finance Program (Excel - 116Kb)
2 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting - Geelong
3 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting - Warrnambool
4 - Mentoring Matters Program workshop 2
7 - VCAA Bulletin No. 72 published
10-11 Literacy, Teaching and Learning and Ultranet Coaches professional learning program
11 - Hume Region - Principals Association of Special Schools
18 - Term 3 ends - School Term Dates
18 - Fare Paying Funds - Fare paying funds should be remitted to the Department on a term by term basis
18 - Student Travel Database - Specialist schools are required to submit an updated copy of their student travel database at the end of each term.
18 - SIEG 2 data due at the VCAA
29 - Closing date for Excellence in Multicultural Education Awards
30 - Student Transport Anticipated Loading - schools responsible for student transport arrangements are required to provide the anticipated loading to DEECD https://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/intranet/facilites/student/default.htm
October
Term 4 - 5 October to 18 December
Monday Oct 12 to Friday Oct 30 - English Online Interview testing period for all Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 Students
Refresher Courses for Teachers Returning to Government Schools
Mid October - NAP - Trial of Civics and Citizenship Items for 2010 test
2009 Dollars and Sense and Talking Finance Program (Excel - 116Kb)
Mentoring for First Time Principals Program
Loddon Mallee Region - Regional Director's Meetings (Word - 81Kb)
5 - Term 4 begins - School Term Dates
5 - Term 4 SRP Quarterly Cash Grant Payment
5 - School Compliance Checklist Status Report
5/10-1/11 - VCE Arts Performance examinations and LOTE examinations: (oral component)
12 - SIAR 3 Scores for VCE School-assessed Tasks
14 - NAP - Science Literacy
14 - Grampians Region Combined Highlands Network Principals Meeting - Ballarat
15 - Grampians Region Central Network Principals Meeting - Ararat
15 - Final day to lodge applications for VCE Season of Excellence 2010 - Top Arts, Top Designs and Top Screen and Top Sound
16 - Grampians Region Combined Wimmera Network Principals Meeting - Horsham
16 - EMA Late Applications close - 2nd instalment
16 - Grampians Region - Central Area Principals meeting
16 - Hume Region - Principals Association of Special Schools
20 - LOTE (CCAFL) written examinations
21 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting - Geelong
21 - VCE Unit 4 School-assessed Coursework audit material due
22 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting - Warrnambool
22 - UNICEF Day for Change
23 - Technical Leadership Program final workshop
25-26 - Leading Across Effective Small Schools, Forum 3
26 - Parent Opinion Survey Reports released
29 - EMR Principals' Forum
30 - New Arrivals Data Collection Second Period
31 - Finalisation of LLEN 2010 Implementation plan
November
Refresher Courses for Teachers Returning to Government Schools
2009 Dollars and Sense and Talking Finance Program (Excel - 116Kb)
Mentoring for First Time Principals Program
3 - Melbourne Cup Day - Public Holiday Melbourne Metropolitan area
6 - Hume Region - Regional Director's Day - Principals meeting
9 - Building the Capacity of Principals of Small Schools program
9 - VCAA Bulletin No. 73 published
9/11-4/12 - Assessment of Reading P-2
13 - Hume Region - Principals Association of Special Schools
13 - Human Leadership: Developing People program final workshop
19-20 - Hume Region - Coaches Conference - Literacy, Numeracy & Koorie coaches, Melbourne
23 - Student Scholarships Applications open
26 - EMR Secondary Principals' Forum
26-30 - Intel Teach Thinking with Technology
December
Refresher Courses for Teachers Returning to Government Schools
2 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting - Geelong
3 - BSW Half Regional Principals Meeting - Warrnambool
3 - International Day for People With a Disability
4 - Anticipated Prep-Year 2 Classes
6-8 - Career Education of Victoria Conference
7 - VCAA Bulletin No. 74 published
8 - Year 6-7 Orientation Day - School Term dates
10 - International Human Rights Day
11 - Hume Region - Principals Association of Special Schools
18 - Term 4 ends - School Term Dates
18 - School Start Bonus (SSB) Vouchers
18 - Fare Paying Funds - Fare paying funds should be remitted to the Department on a term by term basis
18 - Student Travel Database - Specialist schools are required to submit an updated copy of their student travel database at the end of each term.
25 - Christmas Day, Public Holiday
26 - Boxing Day, Public Holiday
31 - School Strategic Plan - For schools in their year of self-evaluation, review and planning, the School Strategic Plan is endorsed