Life skills and career coaching for teens : a practical manual to supporting school engagement, aspirations and success in young people aged 11-18 / Nikki Giant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giant, Nikki, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Career education.

Life skills--Study and teaching.

Life skills.

School-to-work transition.

Motivation in education.

Teenagers--Counseling of.

Teenagers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019.

Summary:

Setting out a year-long curriculum based programme for education and youth professionals, this book provides a challenging and engaging workshop-based approach to developing school engagement and ambitions in young people aged 11-18. The programme, which is informed by CBT, helps professionals to understand barriers to young people's school engagement and learning. It outlines a case for a practical, well-rounded curriculum that readies students for life post-education through eight core themes, including 'believing in me', 'money matters' and 'business basics'. The second part of the book is a photocopiable manual for use in classroom settings, making this an essential, hands-on manual for nurturing young people's life skills

Contents:

Intro; Life Skills and Career Coaching for Teens by Nikki Giant; Part I. Understanding Youth Engagement and Aspirations; Ch 1. Introduction; Ch 2. Defining Aspirations; Ch 3. Aspirations and Gender; Ch 4. Aspirations and Ethnicity; Ch 5. What Works to Improve Aspirations?; Ch 6. Motivation; Part II. The Readiness for Life (RfL) Programme; Ch 7. Programme Aims; Ch 8. The Structure of the RfL Programme; Ch 9. The Eight RfL Themes; Ch 10. Creating the Learning Environment; Ch 11. Delivering the RfL Curriculum; Ch 12. Monitoring and Evaluation; Part III. The Readiness for Life (RfL) Curriculum.

Theme 1. Believing in MeLearning objectives; Activities; Activity 1: Recipe for Success; Activity 2: Getting to Know Me; Activity 3: My Life Map; Activity 4: Locus of Control; Activity 5: Needs, Success and Aspirations; Activity 6: Core Beliefs; Activity 7: Self-Belief; Resource 1.1. Outline of a Person; Resource 1.2. Ideal Me; Resource 1.3. Locus of Control; Resource 1.4. Needs Triangle; Resource 1.5. Belief Labels; Resource 1.6. My Beliefs; Resource 1.7. I'm Proud of Me; Theme 2. Skills for Life; Learning objectives; Activities; Activity 1: Team Building.

Activity 2: Who's Right for the Job?Activity 3: Who Do You Need on Your Team?; Activity 4: Are You a Team Player?; Activity 5: Problem Solving; Activity 6: Networking; Activity 7: Networking Skills; Activity 8: Interview Skills; Activity 9: Agree or Disagree?; Activity 10: Presentation Skills; Activity 11: First Impressions; Resource 2.1. Potential Employee Case Studies; Resource 2.2; Resource 2.2. I'm the Boss; Resource 2.3. Who Do You Need on Your Team?; Resource 2.4. Are You a Team Player?; Resource 2.5. Problem Solving Case Studies; Resource 2.6. Problem Solvers Worksheet.

Resource 2.7. Networking WorksheetResource 2.8. Find Someone; Resource 2.9. Agree-Disagree Labels; Resource 2.10; Resource 2.10. First Impressions; Theme 3. Dream Building; Learning objectives; Activities; Activity 1: Vision Boards; Activity 2: Visioning the Future; Activity 3: Wants versus Needs; Activity 4: Creative Visualisation; Activity 5: Five Years from Now; Activity 6: Dream Inspiration; Resource 3.1. List of Values; Resource 3.2. Wants versus Needs; Resource 3.3. Creative Visualisation Script; Resource 3.4. Five Years from Now; Theme 4. Money Matters; Learning objectives; Activities.

Activity 1: Does Money Matter?Activity 2: Money Essentials; Activity 3: True or False?; Activity 4: Calculating Costs; Activity 5: Savvy Savers; Activity 6: Money Values; Activity 7: The Cost of Living; Activity 8: Budgeting Basics; Resource 4.1. Money Essentials Labels; Resource 4.2. Money Essentials Descriptions; Resource 4.3. True or False Labels; Resource 4.4. Borrowing and Lending Cheat Sheet; Resource 4.5. Calculating Costs Case Studies; Resource 4.6. Saving Case Studies; Resource 4.7. Job Labels; Resource 4.8. Salary Labels; Resource 4.9. Job and Salary Answers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781785926105

9781785926129

1785926128