Linda Blakis | Manager Accreditation, Professional Practice And Policy Branch
Victorian Institute of Teaching

Linda joined VIT in February 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. 
With nearly 30 years in education, Linda is a trained secondary teacher, who 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.