Download Midlothian Training Services PAVE Programme for Alternative

Midlothian Training Services
P.A.V.E.
Programme for Alternative
Vocational Education
Jan Pearson January 2009
P.A.V.E.
• Off site provision for 4th year students from
Midlothian secondary schools
• Provision for young people to do work
placement three days a week
• 1.5 days a week they complete an
education programme
Education
Depending on Group and individual
• Personal Development Access 3/Int 1
• English -Access 2/3,Standard Grade
• Maths-Access 2/3,Int 1,Standard Grade
• Science-Standard Grade
• CDT-Standard Grade
• ASDAN-Bronze/Silver Challenge Award
• Finding and Keeping a Job Access 2
• Numeracy in the work related environment Access 2
• Using a Computer Access 2
Vocational placements
Trainee Welder in the MTS
Loanhead workshops
August/Dec or Jan/May Group
Personal Development Intermediate 1
(Possibly in time available perhaps Access 3 is more feasible)
Self awareness-Context:Health issues
Project: Design Personal Health booklet
Self and Society-Context:Global issues
Project: Christmas Charity event for Christian Aid
Self and Work-Context: Employability skills
Project: Work placement and careers support
Practical Skills-evidence from other projects
Year long group
Personal Development Intermediate 1
Self awareness- Context:Volunteering
Project: Befriending
Self and Society- Context:Health issues
Project: Designing MYPAS leaflets
Self and Work- Context:Employability skills
Project: Work placement and career support
Practical Skills-evidence from other projects
Personal Development
Intermediate 1
Self and Society
Self and Society unit
• Context for unit was Health related issues as
young people were doing very positive group
sessions with MYPAS (Midlothian Young
People’s Advice Service) youth workers doing
drug and sex education
• Chance to further develop use of Photoshop with
another group of young people as MYPAS were
keen to have new leaflets and posters to
distribute in the community to raise awareness
of their ‘drop in’ centres and services
Group Action Plan
Health and Well-Being
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Get to know more about Health and Well-being
Threats to Health and Well-being
What can we do to help ourselves and others?
How to we improve our interpersonal skills and
meet targets?
Group Work with
Midlothian Young Peoples
Advice Service (MYPAS)
at PAVE doing drug and sex
education
Digital media project
• Project was a result of a funding application to the
Scottish Arts Councils Cultural Co-ordinators Fund by
the Arts & Creativity Team
• Fiona Maher, Midlothian Creative Links Officer,
coordinated and supported the project.
• The idea behind the project was to give young people at
P.A.V.E. an opportunity to work with an artist (Angeline
Ferguson) to explore the possibility of Digital media and
create their own exhibition
Examples of students’
exhibition work
Self in Society
Learning Intentions
• Evaluate your interpersonal skills
• Contribute to the planning of a group
project which will allow progress towards
personal targets
• Participate in group project developing
new leaflets for MYPAS
• Review own interpersonal skills on
completion of the group project
Longer life
Healthier
nation
Less
STI’s
Good
citize
n
Be a
successful
learner
Confident
individual
Leisure
time
Happier
Why it is
importan
t
Less chance
of being in
prison
Greater
chance of
getting a
job
Responsible
citizen
Threats to
Health and
Well-being
Increase
in violence
Bad
diet
Peer
pressur
e
Poverty
Good
Health and
Well-being
No drug
misuse
healthy
diet
Informed
Health
choices
exercise
Health
and
Well being
Safe sex
Have fun
together on
Outdoor
Education
Drug
misuse
Couch
potatoes
Negative
media
influences
Good mental
health
Better
contributors to
society
less
unwanted
pregnancie
s
Good/caring
Relationships
Less green
spaces
Lack of
knowledge
Lack of good
relationships
Be informed,
ICT
research on
health and
well being
Health and
safety
rules
Start a
PAVE
Football team
What can we
do to
improve
Health
& Well-being
PAVE
breakfast
club
Raise awareness by
designing Photoshop
leaflets for MYPAS
on drugs and safe sex
Group discussions
with MYPAS on
drug misuse and
safe sex
Find out about
other agencies
which help young
people
sharin
g
Planning and carrying out the Group Project
Below are examples of agreed responsibilities that
students could do individually to contribute
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Make first contact with MYPAS
Arrange several dates for MYPAS to work with PAVE students on drug misuse
and safe sex
Take part in group work with peers and MYPAS
Organize a visit to MYPAS in Dalkeith
Book minibus to visit MYPAS
Make questionnaire
Interview MYPAS staff about leaflets
Each person in group to contribute to collation of particular information on
health and well- being issues relevant to production of new leaflets for MYPAS
Help design new leaflets using Photoshop
Quality control of Photoshop work
Meeting deadline for production of leaflets
Organize printing of leaflets
Organize an opportunity to present new leaflets to MYPAS
Investigate other agencies which support young people (MDAAT, Children 1st)
Curriculum for excellence
The unit has been designed with reference
to The Curriculum for Excellence (see
handout)
Personal Development
Intermediate 1
Self awareness
Context: Volunteering
Project- Befriending
• Student discussion with Karen from Volunteer Scotland
about Volunteering
• Decide on kind of volunteer taster sessions
• Befriender training
• Community garden activity with people with mental
health problems
• Visit to Springfield Bank care home to befriend old
people
• Review of project
Community Garden
• PAVE young person with Jake who has mental
health problems