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Daring to take on the challenge
Action4Youth, an energetic youth charity that provides positive, often transformational experiences and activities, works to enable young people of all abilities and disabilities to learn to challenge themselves - learning what they can achieve rather than what they can’t.
Confidence, self-belief and people skills are not traits that come naturally to young people with learning disabilities and Special Educational Needs (SEN), so it’s easy to see how they can become self-conscious, isolated and afraid to try new things. One youth charity is working with SEN students, taking them out of their comfort zone and opening their eyes to the possibilities and opportunities that life has to offer. Action4Youth’s NCS programme provides young people with the opportunity to challenge themselves, overcome some of their fears and develop their team work, leadership and communication skills. The programme shows young people the significant impact they can make by getting involved in their local community via social action projects. Among the many successful projects this year was one at Animal Antiks, an Animal Assisted Learning Centre in Aylesbury, where a group worked to build a new enclosure and helped with preparations for Animal Antiks move to larger premises.
“We are an inclusive charity that believes in offering every young person the opportunity to learn, develop and grow,” explains Action4Youth’s NCS Project Manager, Emily Davis. “The change in some of the students from when they arrive to when they leave the NCS course is unbelievable, and it is as exciting and rewarding for us as it is for the young people on the programme and their families.”
www.action4youth.org/national-citizen-service
North Cornwall MP goes back to school
The MP for North Cornwall Scott Mann joined former students of a Bodmin school to go back to the classroom and inspire current students to career confidence and academic success.
The MP and alumni of Bodmin College in Lostwithiel Rd took part in a workshop with 50 Year 11, 12 and 13 students interested in a career in fashion and textiles, arts and drama, medicine or considering going to university.
The college is one 900 state secondaries and colleges nationwide which have worked with the national education charity Future First to harness the experience of former students to motivate the current generation through ‘old school tie’ networks.
Former students joining the workshop included Hattie Hignell, a children’s clothing fashion designer based in New York, Fin Irwin, a community arts coordinator, Barney Smith and Cassie Brewer, both junior doctors, geography student at Cardiff University John Worster and Daniella Fernades who is studying languages at Swansea University. They’re among nearly 300 alumni registered with Future First to go back to the school to support current students.
Jane Smith, Aspirations Coordinator at the college, said, “Seeing how our students have grown into really confident, successful and lovely people was a pleasure and to see the enthralled faces of our current students as they listen to their stories was really rewarding. Workshops like this one help students prepare for their lives beyond school in the best way possible, with the Bodmin College alumni helping to broaden their job horizons and crucial skills.”
www.futurefirst.org.uk
New graduate scheme aims to close teacher training shortfall
Achievement for All and national graduate internship organisation, TryTeaching, have joined forces to pioneer an exciting new graduate training initiative that offers a unique way for graduates to access teaching and make a different in schools that need it most. Achievement for All and TryTeaching are offering graduate placements which will last either three, six or nine months with graduates beginning their internship in a learning support role with the opportunity to undertake teaching responsibilities as their internship progresses.
Along the way, they will also receive one-to-one sessions from Achievement for All’s highly trained Achievement Coaches, who are all experts in the education sector, and have the opportunity to earn digital badges.
Graduates taking part in this initiative will be paid a salary in the region of £1,200 per month making this a unique opportunity to try out teaching and help struggling schools while earning money post university.
The TryTeaching and Achievement for All graduate training initiative will initially be piloted
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for one year, working with schools in the Yorkshire and Humber region only. All the schools invited to join the pilot will be those already working in partnership with Achievement for All through its award-winning Achieving Schools programme. Should the pilot be a success, Achievement for All and TryTeaching envisage that the GTI will quickly become a national scheme available across England.
www.tryteaching.org/graduates November 2017
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