Inspire Program

The program incorporates:

1. Specialist Intervention:

• Individual learning plans (ILPs) for students of identified high ability
• Specialist withdrawal classes (STEM, Global Thinking, Communication)

2. Mentoring:

• Competition-specific mentoring for inquiry competitions
• Staff/student mentoring for each VCE/VCAL student
• Scholarships/careers/pathways mentoring and application assistance

3. Enrichment Opportunities:

• Global thinking: philosophy conferences and breakfasts, Model UN conferences
• STEM workshops and activities (Lego, robotics)
• Literature: book clubs, creative writing

4. Student Leadership Development:

• Passion Projects
• Senior student leadership development and training

5. 21st Century Skills Development Competitions:

• Future Problem Solving Program
• Debating & Public Speaking
• Maths Olympiads
• Maths Talent Quest
• Science Talent Search

Identification of highly able students combines data collected through both standardised testing and characteristics checklists: achievement and ability testing (Academic Assessment Services); intellectual, social and emotional characteristics of highly able students (Linda Silverman) as identified by teachers and parents, recognising gifted underachievers as a potentially significant part of the student population:

• Specialist intervention – ILPs: students achieving in the top 3% of their cohort and show superior reasoning ability using AAS testing, or identified through teacher observation and checklists,
• Specialist intervention - withdrawal classes: students achieving in the top 10% of their cohort in any subject area, or identified through teacher observation and checklists
• Inquiry competitions, student leadership development, enrichment opportunities: self-selection, based on student interest and task commitment + teacher recommendation + parental suggestion
• Mentoring: available to all students involved in inquiry competitions, Passion Projects and Senior School

Many opportunities are open provisions for which any student may self-select.

The INSPiRE program provides an opportunity for our students to explore their giftings outside of the regular classroom in a variety of ways, and is our College’s most targeted approach for “releasing potential to transform our world.”

Please refer to the INSPiRE brochure below for additional information. 

• INSPiRE Brochure