SMF-Led Insights Staff Training

SMF-Led Insights

Staff training

​“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.”

Student feedback from SMF-Led Insights 2023

Contents

Timetable: What's happening when?

Overview: What are the SMF-Led Insights?

Students: Who receives this support?

Resources: What do you need?

Next Steps: What do you need to do?

Outcomes: What are our aims?

Structure: What do they look like?

Employers: Employer-led sessions

Overview

What are the SMF-Led Insights?

• 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.

Arts & Humanities

Business Studies

Law

Medicine

STEM

Law

Students

Who receives this support?

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

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

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

Arts & Humanities

Business Studies

"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

Law

Medicine

STEM

Law

Outcomes

Recruitment

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

Speaking Skills

Students have multiple opportunities to practice speaking skills and receive feedback

Self-Efficacy

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

Commercial Awareness

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

Work-related Skills

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

Networking

Students make the most out of their interactions with professionals

Structure

Days 1 & 2:Employer-led sessions

Days 3 & 4:Pitch preparation

Day 5:Presentation & feedback

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

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

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

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

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

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

Employer Involvement

Careers & routes into the sector session(1 hour)

Work opportunities & recruitment session (1 hour)

Commercial awareness/ sustainability session(1 hour)

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

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

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

Skills session(1-2 hours)

Provide volunteers(2-3 hours)

Run the project(3 days)

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

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

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

Student-Led Session

Employer-Led Session

SMF-Led Session

Timetable

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Tuesday

Monday

9.30-10am

Check In

Check In

Intro Call

Check In

Intro Call

10-11am

Employer Session

Employer Session

Employer Session

Employer Session

Independent Group Time

Independent Group Time

Independent Group Time

11am-12pm

Employer Session

Employer Session

Employer Session

Employer Session

12-1pm

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

1-2pm

SMF Session

SMF Session

SMF Session

Employer Session

Group Presentations

2-3pm

Employer Session

Independent Group Time

Independent Group Time

Independent Group Time

Independent Group Time

3-3.30pm

Break

Break

Break

Break

EOD Wrap Up & Celebrations

3.30-4.30pm

EOD Wrap Up

EOD Wrap Up

EOD Wrap Up

EOD Wrap Up

Resources & Platforms

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.

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

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

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

Next Steps

• Platform training

• Await an email from me

• Familiarise yourself with resources and the project plan

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.

Projects Overview

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:

Arts &Humanities

Law

STEM

Business Studies

Medicine

We will achieve this by...

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

careers & Insight

Employer-led Sessions

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

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

i present to you...

Final Day: Presentations

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.

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

Wrapping up

Next Steps

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.

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.

Breaking the ice

Monday's SMF Intro Call

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.

lET'S GET RESEARCHING

Introducing the Project

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: 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!

is everything running smoothly?

Day 3 Wrap Up

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.

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

getting competitive

Day 2 Intro Session

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.

handing over the baton

Groupwork in Breakout Rooms

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.

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

Checking in

Days 3 & 4

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.

Let's celebrate

Final Day Wrap Up

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.

Projects Overview

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:

Arts &Humanities

Law

STEM

Business Studies

Medicine

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".

PRESENTING TIPS & TRICKS

Day 4 Wrap Up

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.

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

Group roles

Monday's Wrap Up

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.