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Sentral is proud to partner with the Victorian ICT Network once again in 2022 / 2023 as a VINE partner.

Click here to learn more about our locally based Victorian team who would be delighted to meet with you in person to explain why Sentral is Australia's most comprehensive cloud-based school management system,  trusted by more than 2,500 schools across Australia!

We look forward to hearing from you,

The Sentral Victorian Team,

Anthony Aspiridis, Sales Executive (anthony.aspiridis@sentral.com.au) | Christine Wood, Sales Executive (christine.wood@sentral.com.au) | Amanda Cannatella, Customer Success Manager (amanda.cannatella@sentral.com.au)

In the spirit of sharing, learning and growing, VINE is happy to announce a partnership with Prodigy learning and Microsoft which will see discounted training available to members schools.

This offer enables school’s technical staff to undertake self-paced learning and optionally certify in any of the technical streams offered by Prodigy Learning at a vastly reduced cost. Certification enables your technical team to demonstrate their technical know-how and that they are committed to continuing their professional learning to remain current in a world that is always changing.

The second component of this offer is to boost the skills of school’s teaching and professional staff. VINE encourages teaching and professional staff to close out the training cycle by attempting the optional certification exams. The purpose of this offer is to boost core IT skills of our member schools’ teaching and professional staff to make the most of the tools at their disposal.

VINE Member Rebate Bonus 

In addition to discounted pricing, VINE member schools can claim a $50 rebate for each of the first 10 courses and exams that they purchase for their school each annual membership cycle, The maximum rebate is capped at $500 per school. To collect your rebate, your school will be required to submit a tax invoice to VINE. 

The rebate is not available to VINE Individual Members or VINE Digital Members however the VINE Offer Code may be used to access the discounted pricing.

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With so much going on it’s easy to miss something which is why VINE has launched the VINE Community Calendar. Schools, vendors and anyone running events focussed on technology use at K-12 schools can post meetings and events to the calendar. Whether free or paid, invitation only or for thousands of people, provided you have your school or company’s permission to post, you’re welcome to advertise your event on the VINE Community Calendar.

To add an event:

• 1.    Go to https://calendar.vine.vic.edu.au/ (or click events above)
• 2.    Click “Add Event”
• 3.    Sign in (or register)
• 4.    Complete the form and submit your event for approval

All events are checked for appropriateness and relevance to K-12 Schools before publication. Event details remain the responsibility of the event author.

Another amazing year of growth and connection despite the challenging and sometimes rocky return schools have had to face-to-face learning. The situation we find ourselves in continues to underscore the need for schools to connect regularly and this happens best with the support of sponsors. Sponsors not only help fund our work and provide venues where we can meet, but also add a different and valued perspective to the dialogue which helps the industry mature in a positive and productive way.

45 companies applied for the eight annual sponsorship spots offered for the 2022-2023 financial year and of those accepted, six of the eight were returning sponsors. I mention this as these companies (Microsoft, CompNow, Centorrino Technologies, Somerville, Sentral and Pixevety) demonstrate an ongoing commitment to the work VINE does and this is highly valued by member schools.

I would also like to highlight two new sponsors: Lenovo (VINE Partner) and EdSmart (VINE Partner). Both companies are well known in Victoria and have contributed to the growth and success of VINE over time – it is fantastic to have them as annual sponsors for 2022-2023.

VINE is a professional association committed to nurturing the effective and innovative use of ICT in all areas of K-12 schools. Our tagline: "share, learn & grow"​ sums up our reason for being and our sponsors help ensure we continue to thrive.

Rob Flavell

VINE President

We are pleased to let you know we will be organising a collaborative meeting with ASBA (BUsiness Managers) and VINE focussed on Strategy and Leadership.

Thanks to the team at Scotch College for hosting us on 

Friday 26 August

We are looking forward to sending out details in the coming weeks.

Save the date for our "All about data' focussed meeting in Term 3.

Methodist Ladies College have kindly offered to host our meeting on

Tuesday 2 August

Agenda is currently being finalised.  Stand-by for registration!

Our Showcase is back in person at Eltham.

We are relaunching the device showcase to be our innovation showcase (still featuring devices, but extending beyond).  We are working with a great group of vendors as well as including our usual networking opportunities, including the famous Dinner at Swipers!

Look out for more details and registration soon - places will be limited!

All members of VINE that our annual general meeting will take place

Time:             10.00am - 1.00pm   

Date:              Monday 23 May 2022

Place:              ISV - 40 Rosslyn Street West Melbourne   

Technology:   Members may attend online by registering for a Team's link.   

More information including agenda will be emailed to members in the coming days.

We are pleased to let you know the line up for our first meeting is looking amazing, thanks to the great work of Ashley Voigt.

The meeting theme is 'Time to talk tech' and will provide a great line up of presenters as well as lots of opportunity to learn from other schools.  After last year's survey we understand it is hard to release technical people during the school term, so the Friday 22 April is in the school break.

Venue and final agenda will be made available soon.  For now put the date in your calendar.

Microsoft Education Australia has announced the 2022 Microsoft School Transformation Program. It is a range of free professional development workshops for teachers, leaders, and IT pros that runs in the latter half of each year. In the first half of the year, we run a range of teacher workshops that will allow your staff to learn about Microsoft technologies in education to empower themselves and their students. By upskilling your staff early in the year, you will be set to complete the School Transformation Program later in the year if you choose to. 

Schools can use the calendar of events listed to build a professional learning program for their teachers around using Microsoft Technologies. Individual teachers can use the calendar of events to build their personal professional learning program. Whether these workshops are pursued as a school or as an individual, teachers can build capacity and understanding in using Windows, Teams, 365 tools, STEM and Inclusive Classroom tools.

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