Why WOW is Important…

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

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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

WOW 2011 Mid-Year Results!

STUDENT SURVEYS

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?

A taste of WOW in Action...

Classroom to Boardroom Lunch

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