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UFA Supporting My Teen To Learn

Lead Practitioner Training

UFASt.Paul’s Cottages 59/60 Water Street The Jewellery Quarter Birmingham B3 1EP

0121 212 9838 0121 212 9585 info@ufa.org.uk www.ufa.org.uk

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UFA means...

I take charge of my own learning

I value learning with others

I am curious and enjoy learning for its own sake

I can transfer learning to different contexts

I can be comfortable with complexity and subtlety

I can thrive on challenge, and seek creative solutions

I am resilient and resourceful

I am open and generous

I am reflective

I act ethically

UFA is a national educational charity. Since 1996, we have worked with over 750,000 young people and 6,000 adults in 50 regions, to create inspiring learning for all. UFA has also worked with groups in Jamaica and Australia.

The UFA network unlocks the potential of young people.

We raise aspirations across schools, homes and communities by creating transformational learning experiences.

We inspire and equip young people AND the adults that support them to become confident individuals, successful learners and responsible leaders.

Learning with the UFA

Learning to know

Learning to do

Learning to be

Learning to live with each other

21st century learning:

THE TREASURE WITHIN (UNESCO)

“High parental interest is associatedwith better exam results, than for children

whose parents show no interest”(Department for Education and Skills)

TRANSFORMING LEARNING

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Building on the success of our Helping My Child to Learn programme and at the request of practitioners within the UFA network, this new programme, Supporting My Teen to Learn, has been developed to pay particular attention to supporting teenagers with their learning through that most difficult of times, adolescence.

“Many parents want to be involved in their children’s education. In a recent study in England 72% of parents said that they wanted more involvement.”

About the Supporting My Teen To Learn ProgrammeSupporting my teen to learn is a new flexible 12 hour programme designed to help parents and carers to support their teenager to learn more effectively. This one day Lead Practitioner training supports you to deliver this programme tailoring it to your organisations priorities. The programme contains all the resources and activities needed to deliver the course.

The Supporting My Teen To Learn programme will help you to:• Develop parents’ and carers’ experience in order to understand more about young people as

learners and as individuals • Develop a greater awareness of how respectful relationships are at the core of supporting

young people through a potentially difficult stage of their lives• Help parents and carers to understand how to help to maximise young people’s learning

potential.• Develop an understanding of the many ways that learners are the same and different to each other.• Share a range of strategies for supporting the learning of young people.• Build a belief in the potential of all to achieve success• Promote support for parents and provide a space where they can reflect and discuss

CostLead Practitioner training1 Day programme to enable you to facilitate the course to groups of parents in your organisation or community.£145 pp (14 min, locally)or see our events calendarhttp://www.eventbrite.co.uk/org/1610321896

Supporting My Teen To Learn

What’s in the courseThe programme is comprised of six sessions:1. Getting ready to learnThis session introduces the programme, sets the ground rules and begins to explore the nature of learning.2. My Teenager’s Amazing Brain This session explores the major changes that are going on in the teenager’s brain that may help us to understand some of their outward behaviour.3. A Mindset for Learning and LifeThis session explores some of the ways in which parents can encourage their teenager to develop a mindset for learning that encourages them to be more positively responsive to setbacks and enjoy the challenges of learning.4. I’m a Unique Learner This session considers individual differences and supports parents to see the uniqueness of their teenager, using a language around ‘strengths’ from the field of positive psychology.5. The power of positive relationshipsThis session explores the changing relationship between parent and child during adolescence and considers an approach to listening and talking that builds strong, respectful relationships.6. Supporting your teenage with revision and exam preparationThis session builds on what we know about the brain and offers different strategies for improving our memories.

For more information about and of our transforming learningprogrammes, please telephone

0121 212 9838

or emailinfo@ufa.org.uk

The Lead Practitioner Training for Supporting My Teen To Learn will:• Give you a more detailed overview of the programme adn resources.• Let you experience some of the activities.• Deepen your understnading of some of the background theories underpinning • Understand more about the UFA approach to learning• Explore some of the issues around working with parents and families• Consider the practicalities of setting up, delivering and monitoring a parent programme• Give you the opportunity to share strategies with other practitioners