SCHOOLS COLLEGES AND FURTHER EDUCATION
Youth awards provide amazing learning experiences and outcomes for young people as they grow up in Scotland. The micro-credentials developed give young people skills which employers now value more highly than many formal academic qualifications, because it gives young people a rich narrative framework for demonstrating their strengths and talents that are useful in the workplace and in wider society. For learning providers it offers a tried and tested framework for experiential learning on a wide range of topics, themes, projects, research, adventures and more.
What can you do?
Youth awards should always be tailored to individual needs. Some have internal recognitions systems such as badges and awards. Many are levelled on the SCQF framework (from L2 to L7). This means that they carry the same currency as formal qualifications. The Insight system gives them an international currency that individual students carry with them throughout their lives.
Take the opportunity to broaden learning experiences within schools and community settings.
Working with local partners in CLD and youth work can bring a host of resources, support and expertise for achieving wider success. Many youth awards can be done in tandem and lead to dual accreditation. There are often pots of funding and other resources available which can lighten the load for education providers and share the benefits of working together.
Provider: Sea Cadets
The Sea Cadet Achievement, Teamwork and Citizenship Award has been developed thrpugh Lowland Reserve FCA specifically to enhance the employability of… more
Provider: Boys’ Brigade in Scotland
This leadership programme provides young people aged 17 to 21 a route to becoming a BB leader, and a recognised qualification at SCQF level 7. It… more
Provider: Scottish Countryside Ranger’s Association
The Scottish Junior Ranger Award has developed from a Pilot programme launched in 2013. This is a great award for young people who are wild about nature,… more
Provider: Leadership Skills Foundation
Young people undertaking a qualification in Dance Leadership will learn and demonstrate important life skills such as effective communication and organisation… more
Awards Aware
Your school or college can demonstrate the value it attaches to youth work awards and its understanding of the opportunities they provide to young people by signing up to be “Awards Aware”.
An Awards Aware body understands the range of youth work awards available; endorses youth work awards as evidence of learning and achievement; values the skills developed through youth work awards; and recognises recipients of youth work awards as successful learners offering strong transferrable skills.