CfE and HE in ScotlandCollaborative Activity Workshop

26/11/2013

LIFT OFF Case StudyFiona Reith

LIFT OFF Development Worker

Our aim: to Make sense of the Higher Education maze for pupils in low progression schools in Fife and Tayside

Our Partners: Colleges, Universities, including the OU, local authorities & SDS

Our ethos: Raise Awareness and aspiration; develop skills and confidence; always pupil centered and personal

Our programme: Activities with partners from s3 to S6 run by student volunteers and post graduate tutors

• Successful learners– Enthusiasm and

motivation for learning– Determination to reach

high standards– Openness to new ideas– Technology– Different kinds of

learning in new situations

• Effective contributors– Communicate in

different ways in different settings

– Teamwork– Apply critical thinking in

new contexts

• Confident individuals– Ambition and

achievement– Self-awareness– Informed decision-

making– Success!

• Evaluating our effectiveness– Progression and staying-on rates– Power-vote– Case-studies and success stories– Pupils who return to volunteer once they are

students– Including pupils in the programme’s development

CfE and HE in ScotlandCollaborative Activity Workshop

26/11/2013

LIFT OFF Case StudyFiona Reith

LIFT OFF Development Worker