School for Student Leadership Program
The School for Student Leadership (SSL) program is an initiative of the Department of Education and Training. It involves Year 9 students from Victorian government schools living for a term at one of their three campuses located around Victoria. The campuses are: The Alpine School (TAS) at Dinner Pain near Mount Hotham in Victoria’s North-East, the Snowy River Campus (SRC) at Marlo in East Gippsland, and Gnurad-Gundidj near Glenormiston in the Western District.
Whilst on this program, students learn an array of skills through participation in a diversity of activities presented in a non-traditional classroom setting. The curriculum focuses on personal development and team learning projects sourced from the students’ home regions. The program changes weekly with one day of rest scheduled per seven day cycle. Typical activities include: bushwalking, rafting, mountain biking, caving, surfing and photography.
Activities do vary depending on the season and the campus.
Each year the College submits an application to participate on this program. Selection is not guaranteed; however, as there are many more schools applying for positions than there are positions available. We have been most fortunate to have been accepted into this program for the past six consecutive years.
Information about this program can most easily be accessed via the SSL’s website at http://www.alpineschool.vic.edu.au/. Alternatively, queries can be directed to Jacki Tossol at the College.
Y-Lead
Y-Lead is a three-day residential personal growth and leadership development conference held in January of each year at the University of Melbourne. It targets senior students with a leadership role. Each year we sponsor our four College Captains to take part in this conference.
Our overarching goal in supporting our students to attend this program is to empower our senior students to be positive leaders.
It is our aim that our students return from the conference:
- Empowered with the understanding that leadership is not defined by a badge, but by the actions that create their legacy
- United as a cohort
- Motivated to make a difference in their school & community
- Prepared with essential skills & tools to effectively lead
Students attending Y-Lead are supported to develop an initiative to implement at the College on their return. The goal of this year’s cohort is, ´Getting everyone at ASC to be more friendly and accepting of everyone and anyone, and also to become more open about our feelings. We want to prove that anyone can lead; and that literally anyone can become a leader, even if they thought it was impossible”.
Further information about the Y-Lead program can be found at http://ylead.com.au/experiences/secondary-school/.