Accelerated and Enhanced Learning Program (AELP)

By working in a learning environment of like minds, students in our Accelerated and Enhanced Learning Program are intellectually stimulated, enriched and challenged at every opportunity. The program emphasises higher-order thinking skills, problem solving and excellence in academic pursuits. Our students demonstrate independence, self-motivation and self-regulation in their learning, increasingly becoming critical and strategic thinkers. They do this in a creative and collaborative manner, supported by their teachers and peers.

The Accelerated and Enhanced Learning Program (AELP) at Dandenong High School is unique, providing personalised learning that caters for the different strengths of every learner. A team of teachers work with a group of 50 students allowing for greater flexibility and targeted teaching. More teachers in the classroom means greater opportunities to extend our high achievers in all aspects of their learning.

The high achieving nature of our students in the program are supported with strong links to community partners including RMIT, Swinburne and Monash Universities. These partnerships provide several enrichment experiences that stretch students thinking and enable them to gain recognised micro-credentials and qualifications that better prepare them for University and post-secondary school studies.To enable students to maximise their ATAR they can commence their VCE studies in Year 10, which allows for a reduced or expanded study load in Year 12, dependant on your child’s needs.

Dandenong High School is also an active participant in the state-wide High Achievers Program. This provides an opportunity for high achieving students to work together in an online program for English or Maths to extend their learning both inside and outside the classroom.