Adolescent Success Middle Years School of Excellence Program (MYSOE) is an endorsement program for middle years education in Australasia. The Adolescent Success MYSOE program is open to any school that educates students aged 10-15 years old in Australasia.

  

Recognising excellence. Inspiring growth. Strengthening the middle years.

The Adolescent Success Middle Years Schools of Excellence (MYSOE) program recognises schools that demonstrate a strong, intentional and distinctive commitment to the education, development and growth of young adolescents.

MYSOE is more than recognition. It is a commitment to continually strengthening middle years practice.

What drew our inaugural and current MYSOE to apply for this acknowledgement?

One of our new Middle Years Schools of Excellence applied because they believe that:

"Applying to the MYSOE program has provided Hillcrest Christian College with the perfect reflection process to gauge whether our established and continuing commitment to a holistic educational experience is meeting the needs of our young adolescents".

The Adolescent Success Middle Years School of Excellence program aims to:

• Acknowledge and celebrate schools that are committed to implementing the essential attributes and characteristics of successful middle schooling practices. 
• Provide schools with the resources to support their continuous improvement journey.
• Grow a network of schools that can learn from and support each other.

Schools are rewarded for their commitment to the middle years best practices as outlined in the Adolescent Success Position Paper and the Teaching Middle Years: rethinking curriculum, pedagogy and assessment text edited by Donna Pendergast, Katherine Main and Nan Bahr.

Participating schools are guided through a process of self-assessment and visioning which lays the foundation for ongoing growth and success. 

WHAT IS THE PROCESS?

The MYSOE program is a three-year recognition. 

First year requirements	Completion of the Adolescent Success Middle Years School of Excellence application. Commitment to ongoing middle years specific professional development for Middle Years staff. Up to date institutional Adolescent Success membership.
Second and Third year Requirements	Commitment to ongoing middle years specific professional development for Middle Years staff. Up to date institutional Adolescent Success membership. Contribution to Adolescent Success professional learning programs or events e.g. conference, journal, webinar, networks.
What does it include?	3 years Institutional Membership, (up to 5 educators nominated) Discounted tickets to any Adolescent Success professional learning (choose MYSOE ticket) Parent Slide Show for you to use at parent information sessions (value $300) Adolescent Development for Educators slide show for you to use with your teachers (value $300) 1 x copy of "Teaching Middle Years" sent to your school 10 x hard copies of Adolescent Success Position Paper sent to school  3 x 1 hour online coaching/mentoring conversations with an Adolescent Success educational consultant. Plaque to display in your school Digital badge for your website.

At the end of the 3 years schools are invited to reapply for future MYSOE endorsement through a Renewal Pathway. 

Why become a MYSOE?

MYSOE provides schools with an opportunity to:

• Reflect on the strength and distinctiveness of their middle years practice.
• Recognise and celebrate the work being undertaken for young adolescents.
• Strengthen practice through an ongoing improvement agenda.
• Connect with other schools committed to middle years excellence.
• Contribute to the growing national conversation about effective middle years education.

TO FIND OUT MORE: Download the flyer: MYSOE 2027 

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