Full course description
Date and Time
Wednesday 5 August 2026, 9.30 am to 3.30 pm
Monday 26 October 2026, 9.30 am to 3.30 pm
Venue
Independent Schools Victoria, 40 Rosslyn Street, West Melbourne
Audience
experienced fully registered school teachers and ECT who are currently mentoring or intend to mentor a PRT in the near future
Description
The VIT Mentoring Program is professional learning designed to build the knowledge and skills of fully registered teachers who support Provisionally Registered Teachers through the VIT Provisional to Full Registration process.
Key Takeaways
The program equips mentors to:
support beginning and returning teachers holding Provisional Registration
guide teachers through the transition from provisional to full registration
develop effective mentoring practice to support professional growth and reflective practice.
To be recognised as a VIT-trained mentor, participants must attend both days of the program within the same calendar year.
Presenter Information
Linda Blakis
Linda Blakis is a Principal Practitioner with VIT.
After a highly competitive recruitment selection process, Linda joined VIT in 2019 to take on the newly created Principal Practitioner role. This role works across many branches to build a strong connection between VIT and the teaching profession.
A trained secondary teacher, Linda has worked predominantly in the northern growth corridor of Melbourne, and was Assistant Principal of a large P-12 school before taking up the VIT appointment.
Linda is passionate about teaching and the importance of investing in teachers, who she sees as our state’s most important professional group.