The Victorian government put a revised pay deal to the Australian Education Union late on Thursday in a bid to stop the strike action planned for July 23.
Education Minister Ben Carroll said a revised offer had been put to the union, and urged them to call off the strike.
"Labor is making our hardworking teachers, school leaders and education staff the best paid in the country," he said. "They've earned it."
In addition to the government's previous offer, the revised offer includes a pay rise for education support employees in line with teachers, halving meetings for teachers, and a one per cent lump sum for classroom teachers at the top of the pay scale.
The union will hold an extra-ordinary meeting late on Friday to consider the offer and its next steps.
It comes after the powerful teacher's union in June knocked back the Labor government's offer of a 28 per cent pay rise over four years.
The Victorian Education Union's more than 60,000 public school teachers, principals and support staff have voted down a state government offer on pay and conditions, with 57.7 per cent of voting members rejecting the offer.
A 24-hour statewide stop work action is planned for Thursday, July 23, and a ban on working unpaid overtime.
Current industrial action also includes bans on state Labor MPs visiting public schools, implementing new government programs, and limitations on attending meetings and on responding to Department of Education emails.
Unionised public school educators walked off the job across Victoria in March for the first time in more than 13 years during a 24-hour strike, with more than 35,000 people marching to the front steps of state parliament.
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