Sum it Up!
Sum it Up! makes maths fun and helps students understand the important role maths plays is in our everyday lives.
SMART
Trough seeking knowledge about their local community students discover challenges they can use their creativity and entrepreneurial skills to solve. They work in groups and they have to use their network to find good solutions to the challenge they have decided to solve. The students work throuh 5 phases:
- Detective - by conducting a survey of their own environment, students look for issues related to the theme of clean energy that they feel are particularly important, inspiring and interesting;
- Now I've got an idea! - individually and in groups, students work to develop solutions to their identified issues;
- Now what? - they choose a key research question they want to study and then link with other groups making the same choice in order to develop a plan for finding and realizing solutions;
- This was it! - students prepare to present their project and their SMART solutions to parents and other members of their local community;
- The way forward - reflection on what has been learnt and the value and usefulness of the solutions.
OutBound Capacity Building
Selected students spend one day involved in an outbound course engaged in activities such as flying fox, canoeing, climbing, go karting etc.This is a structured engagement involving teams and rotations of engagement and is an excellent opportunity to include volunteer involvement.
My Machine
MyMachine is run by 3 different age groups: in primary schools children invent a 'dream machine'.
At high school level design students/engineer students develop a construction plan for the selected 'dream machines'.
At seconary level in technical education students work with the construction plans to build the machine.
JA Junior Mentor Programme
Students who have graduated from the student company programme but are still at school are invited to join Junior Mentor Programme. They are taugh a short advanced course in entrepreneurship, leadership and management, psychology, commmunication, supporting others, basic tutoring etc.
When new student companies appear at school they go to support teachers-advisors and help newcomers to overcome their problems. They are a valuable support for the teacher as it is easier for them to achieve the trust of their younger peers.
During the trade fair each Junior Mentor gets 5-10 student companies whom they analyse and give advice. At the end they write their report about their learning experience.
JA Play Lab
Play is vital for the social, emotional, intellectual and physical development of every child. It enables children to engage and interact in the world around them at an early age. JA Play Lab allows children to use their creativity while developing their cognitive and emotional strength.
SH Workshop@School
Developing an early and appropriate understanding about occupational health is essential to the well being of our future workforce. SH Workshop @School promotes safety and health awareness among students and encourages a positive attitude towards maintaining a healthy and productive personal and professional life.
JA Talk Show
An Interactive JA Talk Show features two guests/speakers from ExxonMobil Singapore to share their life and work experience with the students. It provides a good exposure for the students as they can interact with industry professionals and ask questions.
Sustainable Enterprise Development Program
Sustainable Enterprise Development Program creates youth-led SMEs in Azerbaijan and enchance their efficiency through capacity-building and enabling environment.
SEDP objectives are:
- Promotion of SME development through the creation of youth-led enterprises by providing entrepreneurship and business training to young women and men;
- Provision of access to financial services for youth-led enterprises by partnering with banks and micro-finance institutions;
- Fostering the process of enabling environment for SMEs by presenting the successes and challenges of youth-led enterprises to business community.
Head Start Oman
Head Start trains students to master the four basic steps to achieve success in the work place:
- Drafting a cover letter
- Making a resume
- Excelling at an interview
- Interning to gain experience
Steer your Career Tunisia
Steer Your Career targets university students and vocational training centers students, aiming to aquire the skills needed to integrate into the job market and to operate effectively in a competitive job environment.
Through hands-on classroom activities, personal assessment, role playing, and reflection exercises, Steer Your Career helps students function effectively in the modern
workplace.
During the program students are introduced to leadership, time management, conflict resolution and communication skills and techniques.
Throughout this course other key concepts covered include problem solving, team dynamics and coping with conflicts in team environments.
The program is delivered in 7 seperate sessions by INJAZ Tunisia corporate volunteers.
It is delivered to engineering school students, Vocational Training Centers and also in a partnership with an NGO (ADRA Jobs Tunisia)
STEM workshops
STEM workshops are specifically focused on preparing students for careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) including IT/ Computer Science with an emphasis on inclusion as a means to propel innovative solutions. Students will learn about world challenges and how STEM can tackle them and develop an understanding of the skills they need to be successful in the 21st business environment and the need for continuous learning.
Our Universe
Through a range on hands-on activities, Our Universe encourages students to value and understand the scientific world that surrounds them.
Working it Out
Maths through Sport. Working It Out takes maths out of the textbook and into the real world.
The Dreamfactory
The Dreamfactory consist of a series of 9 different themes within the learning by doing concept.
Doedel is the Dreamfactory mascotte which accompanies the childeren in all themes and is recognizable for the whole school.
9 themes:
Kindergarten 1 (age 3): Doedel de Ontdekker (Doedel the discoverer)
Kindergarten 2 (age 4): Doedel de Dromer (Doedel the dreamer)
Kindergarten 3 (age 5): Samen sterk met Doedel (Originally based on K-6 Ourselves)
Grade 1 (age 6): Ga je mee aan de slag met Doedel (Originally based on K-6 Our Families)
Grade 2 (age 7): Werk je mee aan een toffe buurt? (Originally based on K-6 Our Community)
Grade 3 (age 8): Bouw je mee aan onze droomstad? (Originally based on K-6 Our City)
Grade 4 (age 9): Ga je mee op stap in onze provincie? (Originally based on K-6 Our Region)
Grade 5 (age 10): Trek je mee door Europa? (Originally based on K-6 Our Nation)
Grade 6 (age 11): Kid@Bizz (see also specific separate description as this program can also run separately from the other themes.)
Every theme is based on 5 or 6 different lessons with the organisation of an event at the end of the lessons, creating the possibility for teachers to implement entrepreneurial teaching in the classroom.
The 9 themes are all based on the courant curricula for primary education and have the same end goal: create possiblities for entrepreneurial behaviour.
Focus from Vlajo is on guiding the teachers, not the students, by means of a clear manual and further digital guidance and train-the-trainer workshops.
Problem Solving (PS) and Team Building (TB)
This program introduces students to ideas of unstructured problems, ideas on optimal solutions rather than exact solutions in a group setting that fosters team building, communication, and interpersonal skills.
The overall workshop, including introductions, breaks, Q&A and feedback, can be conducted within 3 hours (excluding the plenary session). The session delivery is through discussions and activities and is hence expected to be very easy on the students.
Professional and Business Development of Regional Youth
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Professional and Business Development of Regional Youth provided its participants the opportunity to develop their professional skills and economic and entrepreneurial skills in order to gain success in the careers. It aims to obtain skills and knowledge which are necessary in running a private business affair. The project is composed of two main components: 1. Business training and 2. Student business day.
Stage 1: Business Training
- Training phase: Students are trained on financial literacy, success skills and company program.
- Initiate a Business Plan: Students review the company's business strategies and create business, product, financial and marketing plans. They will learn to develop their leadership skills, write and implement business plans, and create sales goals for their products.
Stage 2: "Student Business Day"
- Trade Fair Stand - Students get to present their product/ service to the panel of judge and the public.
- Business Plan Presentation - The business plan presentation summaries the key experiences and achievements of the students' company.
Idea Design High - Lebanon
This program is designed to help the participants excel with their predefined ideas. Based on the reputable design thinking method, participants collaboratively solve problems. This is followed by interactive discussions about the core elements of a great idea. By the end of this learning experience, participants will have created their own ideas for their promising enterprises.
Idea Design Uni - Lebanon
This program is designed to help the participants excel with their predefined ideas. Based on the reputable design thinking method, participants collaboratively solve problems. This is followed by interactive discussions about the core elements of a great idea. By the end of this learning experience, participants will have created their own ideas for their promising enterprises.