Thursday evening – attended the Teach First -Awards dinner. Quite exciting to see what can be achieved with the right support and the right strategy. Teach 1st was set up by Brett Wigdortz, a former McKinsey consultant, to bring excellent teachers into challenging secondary schools. The Award ceremony had lots of great examples of very inspired and enthusiastic teachers, giving it their all. Great canapés, very glitzy do. Had to get myself an emergency frock from my stepma so I didn’t look terribly scruffy as it was a last minute invite.
Phew – finally got to Friday. Final training day for the first cohort of Find Your Vocation Train the Trainer-. That’s our course for equipping careers advisers and coaches with a toolkit to help people find their ideal work. This was the third day of a three day training. The first two days take participants through the course materials. Then they get to practice facilitating these tools in a group setting. This third day comes after a month’s break, in which they have to deliver some of the tools in a real world setting and then return to feedback and share their experience. It was such a buzz to know that 6 people are out in the world, using my toolkits to support young people and adults to become more confident and more employable. Very chuffed! Last minute meeting on Friday afternoon with Whizz Kidz – a mobility charity for young people, to explore designing a life skills programme for them. All in a week as a social entrepreneur.
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