Pathways and Subject Selection is underway at MLMC this term. This is a very exciting time in the academic calendar because students have the opportunity to frame their Learning Program for 2022.
Making good choices…
For our 2022 Barak Campus students, this is a time to pause and reflect on which Pathway stream and subjects will allow access to a preferred tertiary course or career. Essentially our senior students need to be asking themselves that very important question: How will my Pathway choices help my future? A career goal should be aspirational, it should be something that will give our graduates a sense of satisfaction and most importantly allow them to make a meaningful contribution to the world. A career goal also needs to take into consideration academic strengths and weaknesses so that success is achieved in that field of endeavour. Students do not need to make Pathway Stream and Subject Selection choices alone. Students should rely on advice from parents, teachers and Year Level Learning Advisors. They should also review their Semester 1 report to help identify their learning interests and academic strengths and weaknesses. Students should also seek support from our Careers team and Campus Learning Advisors on the more difficult questions such as the differences between VCE, VCE/VET and VCAL Pathway Streams.
...from MLMC’s vast range of opportunities
Our online Pathways Portal offers information on the wonderful breadth of curriculum and varied resources at MLMC. Students can study a wide range of subjects from VCE Agriculture and Horticulture in our award-winning vineyard and McAuley Park Farm to VCE Physics and VCE Chemistry in our purpose-built Harley Science building. We also offer VCE and VCAL Pathway Streams that enable students to incorporate a VET subject into their learning program. Students could study a range of VET subjects on-site at the College from Certificate II in Hospitality in our industry-standard commercial kitchen, to Certificate II in Music Industry Performance, where they could train in our purpose-built sound studio in Centennial Hall. Our strong relationship with many external VET providers also ensures students access to an even wider range of courses from Certificate II in Beauty Services to Certificate II in Electrotechnology (electrical pre-apprenticeship course). In addition, our relationship with Virtual School Victoria and Victorian School of Languages ensures if a student has an interest in a niche subject or language, for example if a language other than English is spoken at home, we can offer access to it as part of their learning program.
The breadth of subjects on offer at MLMC ensures that regardless of a student’s post-school pathway, there is a combination of subjects that will offer all our students the knowledge and skill they will need to be successful in our ever changing world.
Supporting students and parents with Pathway choice-making
Our Web Preferences system is open for students to enter their Pathway and Subject Selections from Monday 2 August to Monday 9 August. To help students and parents ensure they make the best available choices — we will be facilitating ‘confirmation interviews’:
- Year 10 (2022) Pathway and Subject Confirmation Interviews Evening — Wednesday 11 August
- Year 11 (2022) Pathway and Subject Confirmation Interviews Evening — Thursday 12 August.
Interview bookings are made online in the same manner as Student Progress Interviews. If parents need assistance making bookings please call the College and speak to our administration team.
