Under this strategic direction we will:

• work with school leaders to identify the professional learning needs of their early career teachers and middle leaders, and work with teams across the department to optimise delivery in Regional, rural and remote settings.

• support the in-region delivery of department priorities including explicit teaching, high performance and gifted education, wellbeing and classroom management, and leadership development.​

• scale up delivery of the connection events series, providing quality, face-to-face professional learning across regional, rural and remote NSW, building on the success of the past 3 years.

Under this strategic direction we will:

• increase understanding of regional, rural and remote learning communities and existing equity gaps through the sharing of research, data and lived experience.

• develop tailored programs and resources that address the delivery of departmental priorities in regional, rural and remote contexts.

• work across the department to inform policy proposals and reforms that respond to the needs of regional, rural and remote schools, promoting the prioritisation of regional, rural and remote schools for the implementation of whole-of-system supports.

Under this strategic direction we will:

• strengthen departmental processes and interagency collaboration at a system level to navigate cross-departmental issues affecting regional, rural and remote communities.
• enable timely resolution of interagency matters affecting schools by developing clear and streamlined processes, allowing teaching staff to focus on student learning.
• advocate for system-wide policy and operational improvements across agencies to ensure policies and procedures are designed to meet the needs of regional, rural and remote contexts.