Become We Are What We Do Young Speakers

Our Sixth Form Programme includes a one-day workshop to train a group of students to be We Are What We Do Young Speakers. It includes a range of materials and ongoing support to allow them to plan and deliver presentations in their own schools and local primary schools to inspire their audiences to use their small everyday actions to create big social change.

The programme aims:

• To use We Are What We Do's simple everyday actions to engage students in developing their understanding of the impact of their everyday behaviour on the world around them
• To improve young people's public speaking and presentation skills and increase their confidence
• To enhance students' future professional development
• To encourage creativity, use of ICT and the application of PLTSs
• To give schools access to new and original multi-media resources to break down big social and environmental issues into simple positive actions

Outline of the package

Training session:

• 1 day training session for a group of students to become We Are What We Do Young Speakers within their schools, and one teacher to become a We Are What We Do coordinator.
• Young Speakers are trained in public speaking skills, they plan and deliver their presentations and give each other peer feedback
• Young Speakers engage with the We Are What We Do movement and focus their presentations on actions of their choice
• A We Are What We Do experience, modelling actions and behaviours and creating a learning environment that promotes actions such as #124 Don't worry if you make a mistake, #107 Look closer, #13 Ask Why? and #101 make someone smile.

Ongoing support:

• Email and phone number of We Are What We Do school support, offering ongoing guidance on using the website resources and deliver presentations
• One further visit to the school to support the group of Young Speakers
• Facilities on the website for schools to share their experiences

Use of website resources:

• Action tracker: To set up a class or school group, select actions to track and track them.
• Campaign planner: To set up, as a class or school, a campaign targetting selected actions.
• Tools: 'How to...' clips, online tips and clips, stats and facts and creative assets to use for planning and making presentations.

Further resources as part of the package:

• We Are What We Do actions pack - with resources to help Young Speakers with their presentations, including posters and stickers, etc.
• Books: A set of 'Change the World for a fiver' books
• We Are What We Do certificates: For Young Speakers outlining their achievements. For the coordinating teacher as evidence for professional development portfolios.
• Goodies for the teacher: A 'Plastic Ain't my Bag' bag, 'Change the World for a Fiver' book and We Are What We Do stationary for the co-ordinating teacher
• We are a We Are What We Do school logo: A logo to display on the school website, and a feed of the school web page of the We Are What We Do website.
• Discounts: We Are What We Do schools will be entitled to discounts on further supplies of books, stationary, mugs etc.

Costs

The cost to run the whole programme as a package is £1,000.  We are also able to run shorter introductory workshops for either teachers or students.  A 2 hour workshop costs £250 plus travel expenses.

To see the Young Speakers in action, have a look at the Young Speakers pages. For more information and for a chat, please contact Nicole Van Den Eijnde, tel: 020 7396 7403.