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Curriculum Provision
The Select Entry Accelerated Learning Program addresses the needs of those students who qualify as either gifted or talented students or are highly able in their academic endeavours.

These students' needs are accommodated by a curriculum which:
-covers traditional curriculum in a shorter amount of time
-provides opportunity to reach into more abstract, complex, and in-depth content within a subject area
-enables students to function independently at their academic potential
-provides the opportunity for students to interact with intellectual peers

At Mount Erin College students in the Accelerated Learning Program will complete Years 7 to 10 in three years. In the first and second year the curriculum involves English, SOSE, LOTE, Mathematics, Science, Arts, Health and Physical Education, Technology and Sport. In the third year, students can undertake electives offered in Year Ten in addition to their core studies.

Students in this program will be encouraged to be involved in a range of school activities such as sport, College production and music. They should also expect to be in a number of competitions and programs which are judged as providing suitable support for the work they are undertaking. (These programs are available to other students as well as those in the Accelerated Learning Program.)

Options available after the Accelerated Learning Program
On completion of the Accelerated Learning Program at Mount Erin College, students will have a choice of the following:

• completion of VCE in two years and progress directly to tertiary studies
• completion of a three year VCE with extra units
• completion of a three year VCE combined with university enhancement courses
• completion of a three year VCE combined with VET courses
• completion of VCE over three years with time and opportunity to participate in an exchange program

Who is eligible for the Accelerated Learning Program?
This program is not appropriate for all students. It is both demanding and rewarding. It provides students with challenge and enrichment within an academic peer group but also entails a relatively higher workload in the early years of secondary schooling. The program is suited to students who:

• are academically above average and who will excel across most of the Key Learning Areas
• have a strong and positive self-concept
• have high levels of creativity
• have a high level of maturity and commitment
• are capable of independent learning.

Students entering this course may not be currently achieving outstanding results.