In designing a student’s program careful attention is paid to ensuring that students select from a variety of subjects and specialist areas including the particular sport they are interested in. While the sport specialist areas are an integral part of a student’s program we need to ensure that pathways options are maintained to best suit the individual student.
Hallam Secondary College is a very large provider of subjects at years 10, 11 and 12. The annual Programs and Pathways Guide outlines the full range of opportunities available to student-athletes to complement their passion for high performance sport.
At Hallam Secondary College, students can choose from a range of Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses. Hallam Secondary College is one of the largest school-based registered training organisations in Victoria and provides access to more than 50 schools in the region to attend VET courses at Hallam.
Students can choose from a range of courses, including but not limited to:
- SIS20321 Certificate II in Sports Coaching (unscored)
- SIS30521 Certificate III in Sports Coaching (unscored)
- SIS30321 Certificate III in Fitness (unscored)
- CHC32015 Certificate III in Community Services (scored)
- HLT33115 Certificate III in Health Services Assistance (scored)
- 22614VIC Certificate II in Building and Construction (pre-apprenticeship)
- SIT20421 – Certificate II in Cookery (scored)
- BSB30120 Certificate III in Business (scored)
- 22681VIC Certificate II in Rail Fundamentals (Pre-vocational) (unscored)
- SHB20216 Certificate II in Salon Assistant (unscored)
- SHB30121 Certificate III in Beauty Services (unscored)
- ICT30120 Certificate III in Information Technology
- ICT20120 Certificate II in Applied Digital Technologies (Partial Completion) (scored)
- CUA30920 Certificate III in Music (Performance) (scored)
- CUA31120 Certificate III in Visual Arts (unscored)
What else does the course offer me?
Students are provided with high performance coaching, where students are taught match-play, tactics and skills required to perform at an elite level, employed by the school and in consultation with each elite sporting body (Melbourne Storm, Dandenong Stingrays and the relevant state sporting associations).
- Match-play:Students are given the opportunity of regular match-play against some of the best schools across the state
- Access to Strength and Conditioning: We have two state-of-the-art gymnasiums with a range of equipment, including a Pilates rehabilitation studio, electronic cardiovascular equipment, pin-loaded machines, and a huge range of free weights and other equipment.
- Athletes receive their own individualised strength and conditioning programs based on their current fitness levels, goals and commitments outside of school
- We have a dedicated full-time strength and conditioning coach
- Our fitness testing utilises state-of-the-art technology that you would find in a high-performance environment, such as an AFL/NRL club. Our testing is aligned with talent pathway programs
- Students undertake fitness testing, analysis and development of individual strength and conditioning programs specific to their sport.
- We use GPS to educate students on running patterns and to measure their training loads, which we use to inform recovery and further education.
- Many of our games are recorded and analysed by the coaches. This is generally used to run post-game review meetings with players to educate them.
- At the end of each year, students receive their own individual offseason Christmas program to do over the holidays
General aims of the program for each sport are to:
- Develop advanced skills, knowledge and understanding of their sport and what it takes to be a part of a high-performance environment
- Allows students to participate in competency-based training and assessment that can contribute to an ATAR score (with a scored VET)
- Promote and enhance self-discipline, goal setting, time management and leadership through teams and individual pursuits
- Increase students’ employability skills in the sports industry.
- Support the growth and development of community sport and pathways to professional sport.