Teaching & Learning

Department of Education Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0

The Department of Education has recently launched a number of supports for schools to implement a current change in practice. At Rochester PS we are lucky as this now supplements our current way of teaching, with only minors things for us to implement. The below is a resource that describes the new Victorian Teaching and Learning Model:

All Victorian government schools are working to embed the VTLM 2.0 in their teaching and learning programs.

Structure of the VTLM 2.0

The VTLM 2.0 introduces an emphasis on the evidence about how students learn as the basis for effective teaching. It provides increased clarity for teachers about the elements of teaching that have the strongest evidence base. 

The VTLM 2.0 consists of 2 major elements:

1. Elements of learning – the process of human learning, based on cognitive science, neuroscience and education psychology. 
2. Elements of teaching – representing the evidence-based teaching practices that most effectively support learning: planning, enabling learning, explicit teaching and supported application.