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The Future Foundations Sixth Form Induction is a weekend at the beginning of the academic year to raise students' aspirations and help with sixth form planning. Specific emphasis is placed on raising academic aspirations to university, along with general careers content and discussion of gap years, work experience and internships.
A selection of the sessions we can run and the key ideas they cover:
| 6th Form Secrets |
Making the most of sixth-form – the common denominators of sixth form success, understanding and taking its opportunities, maximizing life as a sixth-former, the importance of personal responsibility, achieving balance in sixth-form, setting a compelling vision for sixth-form |
| The BIG Debate |
Debating workshop and balloon debate – introduction to debating, the state-explain-illustrate model, rhetorical devices, presenting to persuade, analyzing arguments critically
A practice debate either on a contemporary or divisive issue, or the fun of a balloon debate
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It’s The Way You Do It
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Study skills and independent study – the expectations of sixth form study, getting organized, starting with the end in mind, thinking and writing originally, the habits of study success, Who’s on Your Team? (your study dream team), must knows, should knows and could knows |
| Starship Enterprise |
Enterprise and self-presentation skills – spotting and taking opportunities, the importance of self-image and self-talk, programming the subconscious, what you project is what you get, the opportunity Elephant, the elements of successful communication |
| Mind The Gap |
Gap Years – insiders guide to gap years – what are the options, how to get them funded, the pros and cons, what universities think, some best practice examples and how to maximize employability through taking one, some starter contacts and ideas |
| Are you experienced? |
Work experience and internships – key employability skills, ‘soft’ skills, what graduate employers are looking for, networking, informational interviews, work experience opportunities and how to find them, what is an internship and why to do one, case study of an intern’s experience
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| Time of Your Life |
Time management – time is the currency of life, wheel of life and how to achieve balance, urgent v important, efficient v effective, majoring in major things, having a flexible plan, importance of review, sixth form scheduling |
| Me and My Master |
Personal responsibility – understanding what you put in is what you get out, the difference between event and our perception, the qualities of successful people (attitude, skill or resource?), getting clear on what you want, the attitude of self-employment
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| Dream is Destiny |
Goal setting – the power of goal setting, daring to think big, the Harvard study on those who set goals, having enough reasons (why v how), models of setting goals, OPA model – outcome, purpose, action, success quotes on goal-setting, change is inevitable growth is optional |
| Spark The Difference |
Unlocking creative thinking – brainstorming – branch and bloom, mindmapping, De Bono’s hats, using the senses, making a creative environment, working with others, option exercise to devise a new reality TV show |
| Digging Deeper |
Getting into your subject – reading and note-taking, study for study’s sake, finding your subject-related passions, following the footnotes, original thinking, making connections across subject
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What could be included?
Future Foundations can:
- Manage and deliver the programme
- Design a e-flyer for promotional purposes which may be printed if required
- Provide access to all powerpoint presentations
- Continue to provide online mentorship after the event
- * Online Evaluation Questionnaire with interpretation of results
- Give prizes for best effort
- * Teach peer on peer mentoring
- * Video
*These will incur additional cost.
Options
One of our main guiding principles is to try and maintain a small group dynamic which works very well in our experience.
Option 1:
Four carousel sessions in two tracks, icebreakers, closing motivational plenary
Eg:
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Group A
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Group B
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| 8.45 |
Registration |
| 9.00 |
Icebreakers (in House groups) |
| 10.00 |
Session 1 |
Personal responsibility |
Sixth Form secrets |
| 11.00 |
Break |
| 11.30 |
Session2 |
Sixth Form secrets |
Personal responsibility |
| 12.30 |
House Lunch |
| 1.30 |
Session 3 |
Study skills / the power of thought |
Time of Your Life |
| 2.30 |
Session 4 |
Time of Your Life |
Study skills / the power of thought |
| 3.30 |
Break |
| 3.45 |
Closing plenary - If it is to be it’s up to me
Action plans |
| 4.15 |
End |
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Workshops would be medium sized group workshops – 15-20 depending on overall numbers of learners on the sixth form induction. Delivery would be by two trainers.
If there are sessions from the original list that you would rather incorporate than those suggested, we can try to accommodate this for you.
Option 2:
As above but with additions: one ‘show’ / drama production (rooted in enterprise skills), option for debating class and debate, e-flyer for the event, access to all powerpoint presentations, online mentorship after the event
We could configure workshop content to what you wanted, including along the lines of the proposed content list above, or beyond this to your requirements.
Option 3:
As above option 2 but with smaller groups of up to 10 for half of the workshops, 2 plenaries, Online Evaluation Questionnaire with interpretation of results, prizes for best effort
Optional additions:
- one-on-one consultation for each delegate, with feedback forms filled in
- Video taken and edited for use by the school and can be web hosted by FF (great for showcasing new sixthform and embedding the induction for future years)
Option 4:
As above option 2 but with smaller groups of up no more than 10 for all workshops
Optional additions:
- Future Foundations can run more workshops so delegates get to choose which 4 from 6 workshops they attend
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