Future Skills Intensive
We've also developed a Future Skills Intensive, which combines all the topics from each seminar into a 7 week course designed to build critical skills for senior students beginning to think about life after school.
Participating students will meet for 90 minutes each week for 7 weeks. We keep class sizes small, usually to around 15 students. If more students take up the course, then we can run classes on multiple days.
There are a number of advantages to our Future Skills Intensive for both students and schools:
7 weeks gives our facilitators the time needed to further develop a relationship with each student individually. This creates an environment where students feel more comfortable, work collaboratively and can ask their burning questions about life after school.
By meeting regularly, we integrate learning resources students explore at home in their own time, including the concept of the flipped classroom to accelerate student learning.
The 7 week duration fits well into a school term, considering 2-3 weeks are usually lost to exams or other events.
| Seminars | Future Skills Intensive | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 40-90 minutes | 7 x 90 minutes |
| Ages | S1 - S6 | S4 - S6 |
| Students | whole year groups | ~15 per class |
| Facilitators | 1-2 | 1 per class |
| Paid by | school | school |
| Individual activities | yes | yes |
| Group activities | some | lots |
| Time for questions | some | lots |
| Career contact | no | yes |
| Student resource pack | yes | yes |
| Ongoing support | yes | yes |