Victorian Association of State Secondary Principals and Victorian Principals Association
Present…
The Path to Principalship
A workshop for Assistant Principals and Aspiring Principals
Venue: VASSP/VPA Offices, Unit 2, 13 – 21 Vale St, North Melbourne
VASSP and VPA along with Geoff Barclay* is offering a full day workshop designed to give an edge when applying for Principal Class positions.
Part 1 -The Application
· Composition
· Addressing the criteria
· Selection Process
· Impressing the panel
Part 2 -The Interview
· Predicting questions
· Interpreting questions
· Structuring responses
· Presenting your responses
· Preparation tips
Part 3 – What now that you are Principal?
· Scenarios now that you have the top job
· Quick thinking
· Prioritising tasks
· Guidelines and the paperwork!
Applications received on ‘first in’ basis for allocating sessions
Cost: Members $120.00 (incl GST) per workshop
Non- members $140.00 (incl GST) per workshop
Lunch provided.
Assistant Principals and Aspiring Principals are invited to attend, please indicate this in the registration. The workshop is suitable for newly appointed acting principals, leading teachers and aspirant principals.
*The workshop will be facilitated by Geoff Barclay.
Geoff has eighteen years experience as a principal and has recently retired after five years as a SEO in the Southern Metropolitan Region. He has a wealth of experience in principal class selection processes, in training panels serving as the DEECD representative and in using the Sergiovanni domains.
Victorian Association of State Secondary Principals and Victorian Principals Association
Tax Invoice - ABN 53 483 039 713
I register for ‘The Path to Principalship’ at Unit 2, 13-21 Vale St. North Melbourne
Wednesday November 20th 9.30 am to 3.00 pm
Member $120.00(incl. GST) per workshop
Non- member $140.00 (incl. GST) per workshop
New VPA members only within the last six months
Name/s: ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Position: Please circle - Principal, Assistant Principal, Leading Teacher, Business Manager
School: …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Contact Ph No: …………………………...... Email:………….………………………………………
Cheques payable to “Victorian Principals Association”
EFT payments to Commonwealth Bank:
Creditor Name: VPA BSB: 063 238 Account No: 10021838
All EFT payments to be accompanied by remittance advice emailed to or fax 9326 9950
Credit Card: Visa MasterCard
Name on Card: ………………………………………………………………………………….
Credit Card Number……………/…………../…………../…………. Expiry date:……/………
A confirmation of your registration will be sent via email.
Cancellation of attendance is required 7 days prior to workshop for reimbursement.
Numbers are limited for effective group interaction.
Please RSVP to Sue O’Connor at or fax to 9326 9950
by 14th November