The School for Student Leadership (SSL), previously known as the Alpine School, from 2009 is operating three campuses:

1. Alpine School Campus, Dinner Plain
2. Snowy River Campus, Marlo
3. Gnurad-Gundidj Campus, Glenormiston

Due to the fact that there is more capacity to accommodate student teams, there was in 2008 a review to the selection process.

The review is designed to make it easier for schools, better for planning and avoid the issue of disappointment. Schools will no longer have to select students and develop a Community Learning Project (CLP) as part of the application.

Now, schools will express interest, be offered a team place with allocated gender numbers, and will then be able to select the team and develop the CLP in the knowledge they are “in”!

The process has been widely consulted with regions, selected schools and principals and SSL staff. Key features of the new process are as follows:

• There are three campuses operating all taking teams.
• Schools can express interest in as many programs as they wish within the allocation for their region at the three campuses, and they should!
• Country and metro regions will continue to be mixed at each campus each term.
• Gender representation is still a key factor in a schools success. (Boys still need to be actively sought out to participate).
• Schools will express interest in a program first and if successful in being allocated a place, then select a team and the team develop a Community Learning Project.
• In term 2 2010, all the expressions of interest for all the terms at all the campuses in 2011 will be accepted.
• All the school places, team numbers and gender allocations will be offered at the start of term 3 for 2011.
• Schools will be able to plan for their 2011 by term 3 2010 knowing if they have a place, how many students in each team, and what gender mix to recruit for and at what campus.
• The CLP is still a key feature of the program.
• The CLP will only need to be developed IF a school has been successful in being offered a place.
• Schools should use the development of the CLP and selection of their teams, to meet the mix offered, as a simultaneous exercise.
• The new form uses a weighting for the selection of subsequent teams based upon the success of previous teams.
• References will need to be sought from previous stakeholders-parents, students, teachers as to the needs of returning students and support structures in the home school.

Schools should download the SSL Expression of Interest - Application Form.

All 2011 expressions of interest need to be submitted to the appropriate campus between 1st & 25th June 2010.

Key Steps

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