Midlothian Training Services P.A.V.E. Programme for Alternative Vocational Education

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Midlothian Training ServicesP.A.V.E.Programme
for Alternative Vocational Education
Jan Pearson January 2009
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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

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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

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Vocational placements
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Trainee Welder in the MTS Loanhead workshops
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August/Dec or Jan/May Group

• Personal Development Intermediate 1
• (Possibly in time available perhaps Access 3 is
  more feasible)
• Self awareness-ContextHealth issues
• Project Design Personal Health booklet
• Self and Society-ContextGlobal 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

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Year long group

• Personal Development Intermediate 1
• Self awareness- ContextVolunteering
• Project Befriending
• Self and Society- ContextHealth issues
• Project Designing MYPAS leaflets
• Self and Work- ContextEmployability skills
• Project Work placement and career support
• Practical Skills-evidence from other projects

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Personal Development Intermediate 1

• Self and Society

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Self and Society unit

• Context for unit was Health related issues as
  young people were doing very positive group
  sessions with MYPAS (Midlothian Young Peoples
  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

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Group Action PlanHealth and Well-Being

• 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?

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Group Work with Midlothian Young Peoples Advice
Service (MYPAS)at PAVE doing drug and sex
education
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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

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Examples of students exhibition work
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Self in SocietyLearning 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

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Health and Well -being
Raise awareness by designing Photoshop leaflets
for MYPAS on drugs and safe sex
sharing
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Planning and carrying out the Group ProjectBelow
are examples of agreed responsibilities that
students could do individually to contribute

• 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)

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Curriculum for excellence

• The unit has been designed with reference to
  The Curriculum for Excellence (see handout)

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Personal DevelopmentIntermediate 1

• Self awareness

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Context VolunteeringProject- 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

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Community Garden

• PAVE young person with Jake who has mental health
  problems