Life skills for students in secondary schools and colleges
Between the ages of 11 and 24, young people’s brains are developing rapidly, mapping neural pathways that will impact their decisions and emotional responses during their adulthood.
Learning fundamental social and emotional life skills at this age is essential, increasing the likelihood that these self-management skills will develop into subconscious, inherent aspects of their personality, boosting wellbeing and setting them up for success.
In the UK, changes to Ofsted’s inspection targets and requirements have shifted focus towards these life skills, with more of an emphasis on student wellbeing and personal development in addition to their academic success.
Students themselves have identified life skills as a fundamental part of their ideal learning experience to prepare them for life beyond school, with 85% reporting that schools aren’t doing enough to develop their life skills for today’s job market (source: Pearson).
Six key categories of life skills
The Persona Life Skills e-learning web app helps your secondary school students to develop 22 different life skills, split over six fundamental skillsets:
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Each of these skillsets helps to guide your pupils to maturity, so they can be active, fulfilled citizens within their community, and take their place in the world.
71% of hiring managers value EQ over IQ
According to a study by CareerBuilder, candidates with a high EQ (emotional intelligence) are more adept at handling pressure, cooperating with colleagues and making decisions – ideal traits for early career success. Developing life skills such as empathy, respect and teamwork early on empowers your students to start building their career, and boost their self-confidence and chances of success after school or college.
Life skills development on a platform designed for secondary school students
The Persona Life Skills e-learning platform is entirely online, with a scaffolded learning approach and intuitive user interface specifically designed for teenagers and young adults. Our adaptive web platform can be used for individual learning at home, as well as life skills development in the classroom or tutor groups, and after-school sessions.
We also regularly add new life challenge modules and update content on our platform, with input from school inspectors, headteachers, pastoral leads, and, of course, pupils.
The Persona Life Skills platform is also fully accessible, with engaging visual graphics, friendly voice-overs, and captions, for an inclusive approach to developing all secondary and college students’ life skills.
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Choose an affordable Teacher package for 30 students. Or start with a School/College 30 day trial for unlimited students and teachers, then upgrade to a Paid Subscription to access all modules and features. Homeschooling? Our great value subscription includes up to three students.