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Bournville School 2009/10 Focus Group: Year 11 Girls Raising Aspirations

Bournville School 2009/10 Focus Group: Year 11 Girls Raising Aspirations. Charlotte Cross AHT Bournville School. Ruth Taylor AST Collegiate. Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination. Fitzhugh Dodson. So what is the programme?.

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Bournville School 2009/10 Focus Group: Year 11 Girls Raising Aspirations

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  1. Bournville School 2009/10Focus Group:Year 11 Girls Raising Aspirations Charlotte Cross AHT Bournville School. Ruth Taylor AST Collegiate

  2. Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination. Fitzhugh Dodson

  3. So what is the programme? • Who? So why those students? • What? Will they be doing? • Where? Will they go? • When? Will this take place? • Why? Do it at all? Does it work?

  4. Pre Planning • Selection of the group • Assessment of need • Funding • Staffing • Liaising with other appropriate colleagues and external bodies • Questionnaires • Conference packs

  5. Day 14th November @ The Jury’s Inn Hotel The aim of the day is to build the community and team building. To also take some time out of the curriculum for the girls to consider what choices are open to them post-16 and to gain some idea of what skills and qualifications they might need to pursue different career paths. It is crucial this takes place in a business setting.

  6. Day 219th January @ Aston University Aston University a day out in January where students get to see what life as a university student might be like. Conference packs geared towards revision. Keynote speaker: From an appropriate role model.

  7. Day 3: World of Work24th March @ The Beeches The aim of this day is spend some time chatting to successful women from a range of careers and backgrounds to open the girls’ eyes to all the exciting possibilities and opportunities that are out there. A chance for the cohort to reflect on their own skills and attributes and to create an action plan for themselves and their future.

  8. In school . . . Holistic Approach. • Mentoring • Raffle tickets • Regular meetings • Staff communication • Displays • Newsletters

  9. Getting Parents involved . . . So what can you do . . . ? • Talk to your daughter about school and support her in making sure she knows what choices are out there • Visit another city and look at the university/college there • Help her to broaden her outlook

  10. Cohort 1: 2007/8 Helped me think about what I want to do How to choose the right path I learnt that I have more choices in life and I should go for it To work harder, because even if you get some GCSEs to go to college you might need more for university

  11. Cohort 2: 2008/9 Talking to other business women and being able to ask questions helped me a lot It was good to see what the campus is like That never let a goal go always believe in ME Learnt that I have potential and that I can go far, feeling comfortable on how to dress

  12. Cohort 3 . . ‘It was awesome’ ‘I learnt how to reach my goal’ ‘I now need to revise and work harder’ ‘I learnt about team work and what colours and clothes suit me’ ‘The day was full of tips on how to be presentable and how to go the right way to be successful’

  13. Costings . . . £6000 per cohort £200 per student – all students in cohort 2 achieved half a grade higher than girls not involved. All but 2 carried on to Higher Education.

  14. Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land amongst the stars.. Les Brown

  15. Top Tips . . . • Choose your cohort carefully • Every year will be different • One size does not fit all • Go for it – take a risk • Get out of your comfort zone! And do the same for them! • This is 3 years in the making – a scaled down version would be a good place to start

  16. Any Questions?

  17. Advice! hruthtaylor@hotmail.com cross.c@bournville.bham.sch.uk

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