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WOW is a national initiative that builds the skills and beliefs necessary for young people to make successful transitions into life beyond school. Why WOW is Important…. Need Transition to work and/or further study is becoming more difficult for early school leavers - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WOW is a national initiative that builds the skills and beliefs necessary for young people to make successful transitions
into life beyond school.
Need Transition to work and/or further study is becoming more difficult for early school leavers
– One quarter of 20 to 24 year-olds are not in full-time work or full-time study
– 16% of teenagers are not fully engaged in either work or study (How Young People Are Faring, 2010)
– More Australians leave school at 16 than in most other OECD countries http://www.oecd.org/document/49/0,3746,en_21571361_44315115_42569009_1_1_1_1,00.html)
Why WOW is Important…
Why WOW is Important…
Smooth transitions most often involve education and training, however there is a growing need to...
Provide new ways of looking at career development to meet young people’s needs
Engage community partners
Use integrated curriculum approaches
Need
Why WOW is Important…
Students crave more connection with the real world, more independence, and more relevant class content. The Foundation for Young Australians (2010). Report of Business-School Connections Roundtable senior stakeholder and youth consultation.
Need
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Introduction Happiness Travel Networking Breakfast Mindfulness 9:00-9:15
9:00-9:30 9:00 - 10:00 Balance Me Workplace visit Inspirational Speaker
Break 9:15-10:00
Photo Of Success 10:00-10:30 9:00-10:15 9:30-10:15
9:30-10:00
Teacher Meeting Resilience Travel and break
Debrief Photos of Success 10:30 - 11:00 10:00-10:45 Travel and break Break
Signature Strengths 10:15-10:45 10:15-10:45
10:30-12:00 Communicating Balance me de-breif 10:45-11:00 Debrief Breakfast Final Debrief
with WOW C2B Preparation 10:45 - 11:00 10:45 - 11:15
11:00-11:30 Presentation Presentation
Lunch 11:00-12:00 Travel Preparation Preparation
12:00-12:45 11:30-12:00 11:15 - 1:15
Lunch Classroom 11:00-12:30
12:00-12:45 to Boardroom Evaluation
Employability Skills Workplace visit
12:45-1:15 12:00-1:30
Welcome to my world prep Lunch
Success Surveys 1:00-1:30 12:30-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:30 Travel Travel 1:15-2:00
1:30-2:00 1:30-2:00
Welcome to My World C2B Debrief/network intro Dreaming Presentation
Workplace visit 2:00-2:30 1:15- 2:15 Rehearsal 2:00-2:30
Debrief Success Walks 2:00-3:00 Presentation Prep Break2:15 - 2:45 Sign Out but don’t leave
Break3:00 - 3:15 2:30-3:15 Thank you Letters Final Presentations
Presentation Introduction Travel 2:45-3:45 2:30-3:15
3:15-3:45 3:00-3:30 Brand Me
Sign Out Debrief WTMW 3:30-3:45 3:15-3:45 Sign Out
Sign Out
What does the standard week look like?
Encourages participants to develop aspirations for their future and what they can achieve
Increases participants’ understanding of their personal strengths
Increases participants’ awareness of different options for work and study
Increases participants ability to set goals, take up new opportunities and cope with setbacks
Increases participants’ individualised understanding of what it takes to lead a successful life and work
Enhances the development of participants’ employability skills
Promotes partnerships across young people, schools and workplaces
What does the WOW program achieve? What does the WOW Program achieve?
Evaluations Process…
Friday at end of program and 3 – 6 months later Students, Teachers and Workplace volunteers
Surveys
Interviews
3 – 6 months later Most significant change workshop Students and Teachers
Case studies Each year we complete a case study on1 -2 schools wow
experience
THE NSW WOW PILOT…
Facilitation of the WOW pilot weeks• FYA will provide one trained WOW facilitator for each pilot week• Each region to provide the second facilitator (who attended the training)
Workplace coordination of the WOW pilot weeks• FYA will organise and coordinate the Thursday morning “Networking Breakfast” workplace visit
which will be in the Sydney/Canberra CBD .
• Each Region to organise the 2 Tuesday afternoon “Welcome to my World” sessions, and the 2 Wednesday “Classroom to Boardroom” workplace visits
Venues for each WOW pilot week• Vocational Education in Schools Directorate, regional consultants, partnership brokers and FYA
will work together to source a suitable venue for the training and for each of the pilot WOW weeks to take place.
THE NSW WOW PILOT…
Promotion to schools• 3 – 4 NSW Pilot Weeks in term 4 2011/term 1 2012
• Each Region responsible to promoting and confirming schools (FYA to support with promo materials)
• FYA will support in the WOW school admin process.
• Delivery cost of $150 per student per week (25 students required for each week).
Nov-21 Sydney WOW pilot?
Nov-28 Sydney WOW pilot?
Dec-05 (1 of 2) Wollongong (Sydney)
Dec-05 (2 of 2) Queanbeyan (Sydney/Canberra)
Dec-12 Sydney WOW pilot?
What next?
Who does what from here...
• Lock in dates for each region’s pilot week ASAP.
• Identify and secure appropriate venue ASAP.
• Each region responsible for promoting to and confirming schools 1st September FYA will support in the WOW school admin process once a schools locked in.
• Partnership Brokers lock in 4 workplace visits for their regions by 1st October
• School induction sessions held at least 2 weeks before pilot