The Empower Programme
Location: Face to Face
Date: 2025 - 2026 (Fully booked for 2024 - 2025)
Time: Time TBC
The Empower Programme aims to improve the metacognition of young men and close the gender attainment gap in GCSE outcomes.
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HOW LONG ARE THE SESSIONS?
2 x 2 hour workshops.
SUGGESTED COHORT SIZE:
1 class (up to 20 students)
HOW WILL THEY BE DELIVERED?
Delivered in person as 2 x 2 hour workshops. We recommend leaving no longer than a week (maximum 2 weeks) between each workshop.
The focus of The Empower Programme is to increase students’ academic self-efficacy, motivation and resilience. It provides students with the opportunity to gain a renewed sense of belonging within education. The interactive programme also covers some of the current issues facing young men and encourages students to engage in open discussions, use their voice and listen to the views of others’. Students will take part in 2 workshops. Each workshop, delivered by trained SUN staff, is approximately 2 hours long (the equivalent of 2 consecutive lessons).
GATSBY BENCHMARKS: 1, 3, 8
PSHE FRAMEWORK: Health & wellbeing, Relationships, Living in the Wider World
YEAR GROUP: Suitable for (Years 9-10)
TARGET COHORTS: Male (The Empower Programme is targeted at young men who have the potential to progress but who are currently not doing so for whatever reason. Students should also be Uni Connect students or receiving free school meals)
SUGGESTED COHORT SIZE: Maximum 20 students
GETTING THE GROUP RIGHT:
Please use the below as a guide for selecting students to be part of the programme.
– Students should be Uni Connect students or receiving free school meals
– Students might be low in confidence, disengaged, or beginning to disengage, in education.
– Students should have some desire to be in education.
– The group shouldn’t be 20 of the most behavioural challenging students in the year.
All workshops are free, can be integrated into your school day and are delivered by SUN facilitators, who are all Enhanced DBS checked