What+is+MIPs

=**What is MIPS?**=

MIPS stands for Managed Individual Pathways. It is an initiative developed by the Department of Education (now Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) Victoria which funds schools according to levels of disadvantage, which is based around Family Occupation, to implement programs within schools to cater for individual student needs. In essence, every student 15 or over should have a pathway plan in place and if at risk of disengaging with education, schools should be providing or referring students to intervention strategies to assist them to re-engage. There are no set methods for undertaking this and no fixed structures either. This means that this program and what it does can vary widely based on student need or school acknowledgement of the need for such programs, however every school in the state does receive some level of funding for this specific purpose.

There is a large amount of information available from the Department of Education and Early Childhood on [|MIPS]. This contains information on best practice and guidelines for implementation within schools. Below is a self assessment rubric schools can use to evaluate the level of commitment the school shows towards pathway planning processes.


 * MIPS Best practice Rubric**