Regional School Networks
The Western Metropolitan Region is divided into seven regional networks of schools. These networks provide improved opportunities for sharing resources, establishing partnerships, collocating facilities and servicing the needs of the community. The Western Metropolitan Region is responsible for supporting and building the capacity of schools to deliver high-quality educational services and improved student outcomes through continuous school improvement.
Regional networks of schools have been created to draw on the expertise that resides in each school to improve student outcomes within and across networks. Schools within networks collaborate to collectively solve problems and to reach agreement about the most effective use of the human, financial and knowledge resources made available by all levels of the system. They adapt and respond to emerging local issues and the performance expectations of the system and the state and federal government. They identify priorities and establish improvement plans to provide all students with access to a high quality education.
To ensure a coherent and integrated approach to accountability and improvement right across the school, network, region and system, each regional network is further required to develop a network self-evaluation, network strategic plan, network annual implementation plan, network provision plan and network annual report.
Regional Network Leaders
For each network there is a Regional Network Leader (RNL) whose role is to lead the development of school improvements within the network. This is achieved through:
- developing leadership capacity within and across network schools
- strengthening the capacity of school leaders to improve the quality of teacher practice, with a particular emphasis on literacy and numeracy
- deploying network resources strategically and efficiently
- creating a culture of collaboration and collective accountability within the network and across the region
- facilitating partnerships with community, business and other agencies.
The Regional Network Leaders in the Western Metropolitan Region are:
- Deer Park and Sunshine Network – Peter Devereux
- Hobsons Bay Network – Sue Conquest
- Keilor and St Albans Network – Anne Fox
- Maribyrnong and Melbourne Network – Lynette Jobson
- Melton Network – Jeff Cooper
- Moonee Valley Network – John Dainutis
- Wyndham Network – Steve Boyle
More information
- For the contact details of Regional Network Leaders, see: Contact the Western Metropolitan Regional Office
- For more information on which schools are in what networks, see: School Network Listing (PDF - 16Kb)
- For school addresses, see: School Address List (PDF - 29Kb)
- For more information on school enrolment in the region, see: Schools
- For research on examples and characteristics of collaboration among and between schools and other agencies, both locally and overseas that aim to support improved student outcomes, see issues of Research eLert electronic newsletter