SMF-Led Insights Staff Training

Staff training

SMF-Led Insights

Student feedback from SMF-Led Insights 2023

​“By gaining insights from numerous fields and exploring various careers, I have come to a profound realisation about the career path I want to pursue.”

Timetable: What's happening when?

Next Steps: What do you need to do?

Resources: What do you need?

Students: Who receives this support?

Employers: Employer-led sessions

Structure: What do they look like?

Outcomes: What are our aims?

Overview: What are the SMF-Led Insights?

Contents

STEM

Business Studies

Arts & Humanities

Medicine

Law

Law

• Week-long (Mon-Fri) virtual sector-specific placements in August for SMF students in year 12/S5 (16-17 years old).

• Students attend employer-led sessions, followed by a multidisciplinary group project that they then present and receive feedback on at the end of the week.

• Designed for students to gain valuable insight and experience within their sector and practice research, teamwork and public speaking skills.

• Designed so that every SMF student, regardless of their location, is offered work experience and the opportunity to network with professionals.

What are the SMF-Led Insights?

Overview

STEM

Business Studies

Arts & Humanities

Medicine

Law

Targets for student attendence range from 30-80 depending on the sector

Law

Who receives this support?

Students

"Young people living in rural areas face a number of uniquely rural barriers, particularly concerning access to transport, careers advice, employment and training support..." Commission for Rural Communities, 2012

Priority given to young people outside of the big cities or with additional barriers to accessing work experience

SMF students in Y12/S5 who have not already secured work experience through the SMF

Students have work related skills which provide depth and breadth of experience

Work-related Skills

Students maintain a good sense of self-efficacy throughout recruitment for work opportunities

Self-Efficacy

Students have an in-depth knowledge of the stages of recruitment processes and feel confident that they can succeed in each stage

Outcomes

Recruitment

Networking

Students make the most out of their interactions with professionals

Commercial Awareness

Students have multiple reliable sources for general IAG on commercial awareness and have multiple opportunities to practice conversations around it

Speaking Skills

Students have multiple opportunities to practice speaking skills and receive feedback

• Presentations
• Professional feedback carousel
• Peer-peer feedback
• SMF-led reflection and celebration

• SMF-led morning check-in
• Structured project breakout rooms
• Independent "screen-free" research
• Drop-in sessions
• EOD SMF-led reflection sessions

• Careers & routes into the sector
• Work opportunities & recruitment
• Commercial awareness
• Preparing for public speaking
• Networking

Students present their pitch to their peers and professional volunteers and receive feedback to build on. Sessions will include:

Day 5:Presentation & feedback

Days 3 & 4:Pitch preparation

Structure

Students are put into multidisciplinary groups and work together on a sector specific project. Sessions will include:

Students partake in in SMF-and employer-led sessions to gain a deeper insight into their sector. Sessions will include:

Days 1 & 2:Employer-led sessions

Run the project(3 days)

Design and run the pitch project for students, deliver check-ins, provide feedback for final presentations.

Provide volunteers(2-3 hours)

Provide volunteers to attend the presentations and give professional feedback to students.

Skills session(1-2 hours)

Deliver a 1-2 hour session teaching students a sector-specific skill, or honing a soft skill.

Commercial awareness/ sustainability session(1 hour)

Deliver a virtual session about current events or new developments in the sector/ organisation.

Work opportunities & recruitment session (1 hour)

Deliver a virtual session explaining the different recruitment stages and opportunities in the sector/organisation.

Careers & routes into the sector session(1 hour)

Employer Involvement

Deliver a virtual session explaining to students how they can get into careers in the sector/ organisation.

Independent Group Time

Independent Group Time

Lunch

EOD Wrap Up

Check In

Lunch

Employer Session

Employer Session

Employer Session

Employer Session

EOD Wrap Up

Intro Call

Break

Monday

Lunch

Independent Group Time

SMF Session

Employer Session

Employer Session

EOD Wrap Up

Intro Call

Break

Tuesday

Group Presentations

Independent Group Time

Lunch

Independent Group Time

SMF Session

Employer Session

Employer Session

EOD Wrap Up & Celebrations

Check In

Break

Friday

Independent Group Time

Independent Group Time

Lunch

EOD Wrap Up

Check In

Thursday

SMF Session

Employer Session

Employer Session

Break

3.30-4.30pm

3-3.30pm

2-3pm

1-2pm

12-1pm

11am-12pm

10-11am

Employer-Led Session

SMF-Led Session

Student-Led Session

9.30-10am

Timetable

Wednesday

The meetings and sessions will be on Zoom, like standard SMF sessions.

All of the master powerpoints, scripts and registers will be in this folder for you to take and adapt. You'll also find the project plan and a list of tasks and deadlines in here, alongside the employer volunteer details for your session.

A master quiz/ icebreaker template will be available on Mentimeter. Please adapt for your placement

All of the resources that students will use will be on the ItsLearning course page. You simply need to direct them to it.

Resources & Platforms

• Platform training

• Await an email from me

• Familiarise yourself with resources and the project plan

Next Steps

We will achieve this by...

Students getting the opportunity to engage with professionals through employer-led sessions, networking with peers and improving their communication skills through group work, public speaking and feedback sessions.

STEM

Medicine

Law

Business Studies

Students will be given a multidisciplinary group project as part of their SMF-led insight. This will involve them working together on a hypothetical issue within their sector, researching and using their own areas of knowledge to create a solution in line with the UN Sustainability Goals. They will prepare a 15 minute pitch presentation to professional volunteers and their peers, persuading them of their proposed solution and presenting their reseach. Below are the problems for each sector:

Projects Overview

Arts &Humanities

We will achieve this by...

Students improving their knowledge of commercial awareness through employer-led sessions and through research for their group project.

Your role will be supporting employers on these sessions (e.g. making breakout rooms, looking after the chat function)

Employer-led Sessions

careers & Insight

Employer-led sessions such as: Careers & Routes into Sector, Commercial Awareness, Work Opportunities & Recruitment, SustainabilitySkills Sessions.

What you'll need: Master Powerpoint, adapted for your week, spreadsheet of volunteers supporting, and somewhere to write your own feedback

Final Day: Presentations

i present to you...

In this session, we'll introduce the presentations with some quick tips on giving and receiving feedback. Students will then present their projects to the room, and their peers/ volunteers will give feedback.

We will achieve this by...

Increasing students' awareness of the skills they need for their sector from employer-led sessions, building up public speaking, teamwork, and research skills through the multidisciplinary project.

What you'll need: Master Powerpoint to adapt for your session and your insight! Anything you're unsure of, you can ask me in our dedicated chat.

Next Steps

Wrapping up

In this session, we'll wrap up the day and answer any questions students have/ give a few tips on structuring the project and point towards the resources on ItsLearning.

Monday's SMF Intro Call

Breaking the ice

An introduction to SMF-Led Insights, timetable & what to expect plus icebreakers. What you'll need: You'll be given a master powerpoint with everything you need for this session. You just need to adapt for your specific Insight Week.

What you'll need: There'll be a Master Powerpoint which you'll adapt for your session. Please include your own tips and advice for research projects- your insight is valuable!

Introducing the Project

lET'S GET RESEARCHING

Students will have been given their project brief prior to the placement, but this session will introduce it and allow some initial discussions. It'll also involve tips for students on how to research and structure their project.

What you'll need: Master Powerpoint you'll adapt for your session

Day 3 Wrap Up

is everything running smoothly?

In this wrap up, you'll check in with groups that things are running smoothly, encourage students to do the group evaluation and run a short session on structuring a presentation.

Day 2 Intro Session

getting competitive

During this intro call, students will do a quick quiz in their teams to spark up some competition and encourage team building. What you'll need: There'll be a master powerpoint that you'll adapt for your insight week, and there'll be a Mentimeter quiz for you to use.

What you'll need to do: You'll need to direct students to the resources on ItsLearning and circulate breakout rooms.

Groupwork in Breakout Rooms

handing over the baton

In this session, groups will be put into breakout rooms where they'll need to do their group evaluation, discuss roles (inc. allocated, using structured resources) and plan next steps.

Days 3 & 4

Checking in

On days 3 & 4, you'll only be required to be on the call for the EOD Wrap Up. Students will receive a scheduled post on ItsLearning with everything they need to be doing that day. You can work as normal but please monitor ItsLearning and the WhatsApp group if there are any issues to troubleshoot.

Final Day Wrap Up

Let's celebrate

This session will be a quick celebration of students' achievements and will signpost them to resources helping them understand how to make the most of this opportunity in personal statements/ CVs/ interviews.

STEM

Medicine

Law

Business Studies

Students will be given a multidisciplinary group project as part of their SMF-led insight. This will involve them working together on a hypothetical issue within their sector, researching and using their own areas of knowledge to create a solution in line with the UN Sustainability Goals. They will prepare a 15 minute pitch presentation to professional volunteers and their peers, persuading them of their proposed solution and presenting their reseach. Below are the problems for each sector:

Projects Overview

Arts &Humanities

We will achieve this by...

Students gaining more insight into recruitment through Employer-led sessions such as "Careers & Routes into the Sector" and "Work Opportunities & Recruitment" as well as building transferable skills, such as public speaking, through the project.

We will achieve this by...

Students learning more about recruitment stages from the eployer-led sessions such as "Careers & Routes into the Sector" and "Work Opportunities & Recruitment".

What you'll need: Master Powerpoint you'll adapt for your session

Day 4 Wrap Up

PRESENTING TIPS & TRICKS

In this wrap up, you'll check in with groups that things are running smoothly and run a short session on presenting and communicating with impact.

Monday's Wrap Up

Group roles

In this session you'll be assigning group roles to the students. You'll have determined these on an excel document prior to the placement beginning. You'll also be signposting students to follow up tasks on ItsLearning- these will all be scheduled to open during the end of the first day.

We will achieve this by...

Students getting the opportunity to practice ask questions and interact with professionals during the employer-led sessions, as well as improve their communication and public speaking skills through the group project.