Be All You Can Be

Offers a full set of training materials designed to help schools, colleges and other providers work with young people aged 14-24 to encourage them to develop an entrepreneurial mindset.

The Impact of Be All You Can Be

To encourage a growth mindset in young people we have created a full set of resources that culminate in the ‘Be All You Can Be Award’.  

The Award adds value and support to educational policy including Developing the Young Workforce Strategy, Building the Curriculum 4 and HGIOS (4th Edition) by helping young people develop an entrepreneurial mindset.  

In particular, it supports the delivery of young people’s entitlements set out in the Career Education Standard (3-18) and the Work Placements Standard.  

It also supports the aims of school/employer partnerships to enrich learning and the development of employability skills.  Other areas where our resources meet areas of national focus include the SCOTLAND CAN DO Framework, The Scottish Attainment Challenge and the Excellence and Equity in Education agenda.

Be All You Can Be significantly contributes to embedding meta-skills.

These timeless, higher order skills help young people become creative, adaptive learners and promote success in whatever context the future brings. These are the skills that help young people cope with uncertainty and an ever changing-world.

Why Educators might want to use these resources?

 

Wide Range of Content Material

Each Unit has 12 workshops and includes a wide variety of interactive learning materials, PowerPoint presentations, lesson plans, projects and engaging activities to ensure all learners are well placed to reach their full potential.

Structured Syllabus

There are three Units to support Be All You Can Be. These units offer a flexible curriculum and can be delivered individually as ‘stand alone’ learning chunks or as a full package forming an award.  The three Units are: Developing Entrepreneurial Skills, Starting a Business, The Change Challenge.

 

Learner Activity Workbooks

Each learner is provided with a comprehensive workbook for each Unit helping them to reflect on the materials and to also work with others in a group/team setting.  

Curriculum Tools

Each of the Units has a descriptor suggesting how best to deliver the unit.  There are also a full set of assessments for each unit.  They can, however, be delivered without assessment depending on the group.

 

Facilitator Resource Packs

Facilitators are supported through all units with a Facilitator Resource pack for each unit that includes lesson plans, solutions and suggested delivery methods. In addition, there are PowerPoint presentations for Unit 1 & 2.  Unit 3 is project based experiential learning and many helpful resources are provided including a Team Portfolio to help learners demonstrate their achievements.

Meta Skills

BAYCB supports young people develop timeless, higher order skills that help them to become creative, adaptive learners and promotes success in whatever context the future brings. These are the skills that help young people cope with an uncertain future and an ever-changing world.

  • Ability to learn and keep learning throughout their lives

  • Creativity

  • Critical thinking

  • Collaboration - integration with teams 

  • Communication and presentation

  • Emotional intelligence 

  • Problem solving

Testimonials

  • “Overall this course has been a great success, the materials are informative and engaging, the tutor resources provide a clear structure for delivery and the young people had yielded very positive results from attending the programme, which are further discussed in the case study.”

    Skills Exchange Facilitator

  • “Pages 19 and 20 in the student workbook were highly useful, with the Langston diagram allowing the tutors to tie the subject material to the wider area of employability and allowed us to start a conversation around the need for the youth to be considering their own skills and qualities, ”

    Facilitator feedback

  • “Be All You Can Be is an excellent choice for an alternative curriculum for young people who have disengaged at school. It has made a clear difference to the young people in this group, the fact that they will now all be leaving school with some qualifications.”

    Skills Exchange Facilitator

  • “Activity 3 was a valuable learning experience, with none of the group members having encountered brain writing before. ”

    Facilitator feedback

  • “After the tutors going through page 57 and 58, the young people agreed that moving out of their comfort zones is a step in the right direction to learn more and become more confident in themselves.”

    Facilitator feedback

  • “ The material is clear and well presented, with the teaching resources providing a clear structure allowing for efficient delivery, while also lending itself well to the wider area of employability.”

    Skills Exchange Facilitator