Learn to Earn is a practical, activity-based programme designed mainly for students who are at risk of disengagement with their education. Students are encouraged to identify longer-term goals and aspirations, and understand how the choices they make in life and their level of achievement affects the attainment of these goals.
Content and delivery:
With the guidance of a Teacher and a Volunteer Business Partner, students learn about the relationship between education and personal goals. They create budgets, learn to understand the costs of living on their own, and they explore types of careers to match their lifestyle expectations.
The programme is presented in-curriculum over six one-hour weekly sessions (sometimes a one-day seminar).
As a result of participating in the Learn To Earn programme, students gain:
- an economic awareness of the link between what they do at school and their future life prospects
- social skills - raising motivation, participation in schooling and employability skills
- the opportunity to look at career opportunities and the skills required to meet their future goals
- "hands-on" experience - learning through completing a range of activities
- the opportunity to consider what they want from life and what success means to them.
