Hey,
The talk ‘Why Bother?’ was led by Antony Mead who spoke about his Agency ‘Fresh start Education’ as well as about himself and how he became involved in education, plus what he does.
He used to be a foster carer and found it terrible that children were being placed with them for a few months and were not getting into education and being taught that they are not good enough to learn. This started his idea for the Agency, which is an agency that is about getting foster kids into education but also those who are struggling in education e.g. behaviour, whether that be getting the child into a school or whether getting one of the teachers of the agency to have one on one sessions.
The agency goes to where the said child is where they will conduct an assessment of the child to find out what they want for the future as well as their personal learning; so their interest and how they learn. This will help the agency find a match, meaning a teacher that is involved in some way with the agency who is best for the said child. This allows a mutual respect between the child and teacher which is important and will create a better environment for the child to learn in which in turn would improve the child’s learning as they would feel comfortable and therefore be able to get engaged more.
This agency offers: Apprenticeships, training, and work. Now for some facts about the agency which I found interesting: 97% of the children have success in engagement; 56% of the children are put back in school and on timetable with the other pupils. This agency also NEVER turns a student in need of their services away.
Thanks for reading,
More will be coming shortly.
Amy x
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