Expectations Update
Just thought I'd update you on our work-life balance project for post-16 learners.
We've been really busy since starting session delivery in January, introducing learners across Birmingham to the issues surrounding work-life balance, and encouraging young people to take control of their lives using goal-setting techniques.
We illustrate some of the problems by asking the learners to arrange a week in the life of a person who has lots of competing demands on his time - from family commitments to a heavy workload and a personal wish-list of leisure activities such as going to the gym, learning a language and creative writing. This is definitely a lively activity, with much animated discussion as to what should take priority, and what is actually practically possible to achieve in the time available.
Other techniques include illustrating the gradual build-up of stress with spinning plates, exploring how inspiration from role models can shape our approach to solving difficulties with our goals, and assessing how balanced our life really is.
Last week, we exhibited at The Education Show at the NEC, and I'm pleased to say that there was plenty of enthusiasm from the teachers, governors and other education professionals we spoke to for the work we are doing. Many teachers, it seems, are looking for work-life balance solutions for themselves, judging from how gratefully received some of the freebies were!
Visit the Post 16 Expectations website at www.post16expectations.com for more information about the project.
We've been really busy since starting session delivery in January, introducing learners across Birmingham to the issues surrounding work-life balance, and encouraging young people to take control of their lives using goal-setting techniques.
We illustrate some of the problems by asking the learners to arrange a week in the life of a person who has lots of competing demands on his time - from family commitments to a heavy workload and a personal wish-list of leisure activities such as going to the gym, learning a language and creative writing. This is definitely a lively activity, with much animated discussion as to what should take priority, and what is actually practically possible to achieve in the time available.
Other techniques include illustrating the gradual build-up of stress with spinning plates, exploring how inspiration from role models can shape our approach to solving difficulties with our goals, and assessing how balanced our life really is.
Last week, we exhibited at The Education Show at the NEC, and I'm pleased to say that there was plenty of enthusiasm from the teachers, governors and other education professionals we spoke to for the work we are doing. Many teachers, it seems, are looking for work-life balance solutions for themselves, judging from how gratefully received some of the freebies were!
Visit the Post 16 Expectations website at www.post16expectations.com for more information about the project.
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