Public school teachers are in line for a one-off bonus under a state government's latest pay and conditions offer designed to head off a third statewide strike.
Victorian Education Minister Gabrielle Williams put the sweetened offer to the Australian Education Union's state branch on Monday morning.
If it is rejected, thousands of teachers and support staff educators are expected to stop work for 24 hours on August 19, the third strike since March.
The offer adds to the state Labor government's previous proposal of a 28.3 per cent pay rise over four years - narrowly rejected by the union's members in July.
Under the offer, staff would also receive a $2000 bonus payment once the agreement begins, with a one per cent annual lump-sum payment for those at the top of their pay scale.
Existing caps for face-to-face teaching hours would also be embedded in the deal, while a previous offer to reduce annual meeting times would be preserved.
The union's joint primary and secondary sector council met on Monday night, where they resolved to put the new offer to the union's members for a vote.
If the vote - which will open on August 10 and close one week later - is successful, the strikes will not go ahead, the union said in a statement on Monday night.
"We're a proud democratic union and tonight the council has resolved to put the Victorian government's revised offer to a ballot of all school members," union branch president Justin Mullaly said.
Mr Mullaly earlier described the offer as "significant" and said it needed to be considered within the context of the broader negotiations.
"The offer builds on the (July 17) proposal by the government, as well as building on the one that was delivered in May this year," he told reporters on Monday afternoon.
Negotiations between the state Labor government and union have dragged on for more than a year, boiling over into two statewide strikes.
An estimated 20,000 protesters marched through Melbourne's city centre in July after 51 per cent of unionised educators voted to reject the state government's latest offer.
An earlier strike in March attracted an estimated crowd of 35,000 people in central Melbourne.
Monday's offer is the first to be put to the union since Ms Williams took over as education minister on Tuesday, replacing now-premier Ben Carroll.
"We of course hope that our teachers and education support staff will have a close look at this offer and understand that we come to this in good faith," she said.
She labelled the offer "incredibly attractive" and said it fell within the range of previous cost estimates, at about $5 billion over the length of the agreement.
