"The kids started behaving better," executive teacher Melissa Beattie said. "We used to have lots in the corridors, but suddenly the teachers could engage them better. There were less being sent out of class for acting up. And wellbeing has improved too, [for] everyone."

For the past 18 months, Ms Beattie and principal Paul Branson have spearheaded a staff coaching program, with a particular focus on early career teachers.

Now, over the next year and a half, the ACT government will beef up its own professional learning programs in schools across the territory as part of the first phase of its 10-year education strategy.

Some of that work is already under way, including expanding the number of schools linked directly to the University of Canberra for research and training from five to 25.

Education Minister Yvette Berry released details of the plan on Friday, a year after it was first unveiled.

Off the back of extensive consultation, the ambitious road map prioritises real-world or inquiry-based learning, where students lead the charge, and outlines new supports to promote both safety and inclusion for students with disability or complex behaviours.

Earlier this year, a storm of parent complaints about the handling of schoolyard violence sparked an ACT parliamentary inquiry, which has been conducted behind closed doors in recent weeks.

Ms Berry said ideas from workshops on the problem held with parents over the past few months had not necessarily made it into the strategy's implementation plan but discussions were ongoing.

A parent engagement officer would soon be recruited to the directorate for the first time under the strategy.

While the government does not yet collect data on student incidents, a new IT system is expected to centralise reports of violence over the next year as scoping work into a new team trained in complex behaviour support also gets under way.

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In 2020, preparations will begin to pilot a new "community school" model, that would see external community service agencies brought on site to better support families.

Workforce planning will be another key focus as Canberra's student population continues to boom and childcare providers warn of critical staff shortages.

Ms Berry praised an improved pay deal struck with the teacher's union that had just made ACT teachers the highest paid in the country.

"We don't want teachers burning out and leaving, we value teachers...and that's really reflected in the strategy," she said.

From 2020, 30 teachers a year will be offered scholarships to undertake a Masters of Education.

Meg Adamson was part of the first teacher cohort to go through the program and said it gave her a much richer understanding of education, beyond just her own classroom.

Opposition spokesman for education Andrew Wall said the strategy did not go far enough to address student safety and the relative under-performance of ACT schools when compared to those of similar socioeconomic backgrounds. While a host of experts - and an ACT parliamentary committee - have called for an inquiry into Canberra school performance in recent months, Ms Berry has ruled it out.