Here, Helen Rivero, GCologist and Founder of The Young People Index Ltd talks about how The Young People Index is helping young people identify how they can make their game-changing impact.
The Young People Index is an online assessment instrument in preparing young people for success.
Developed using The GC Index® framework, it is designed to help young people discover their impact and greatness in the world. Used by education professionals and youth organisations, it helps identify and nurture the non-academic strengths of young people.
The results from the assessment empower young people by highlighting their natural preferences and inclinations in terms of how they contribute to a team, organisation, project or role and thus boost confidence and self-awareness.
The benefits to schools, youth organisations and young people include:
- Improving the performance of schools and young people
- Enhancing teachers’ and coaches’ knowledge of the individuals they are educating or coaching
- Aiding understanding of the contribution each child makes and has the potential to make
- Boosting the confidence of young people
- Increasing rapport between teachers/coaches and children with additional behavioural and learning needs
HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE USED THE YOUNG PEOPLE INDEX
For me the ‘Polisher’ from The Young People Index definitely comes into play on the pitch. I want things to be done at a high standard, and to maintain the high standard throughout the game, and I always certainly have an eye for improvements to things. I see myself as a player that wants to improve situations on the pitch.Ryan Glover, Professional Footballer AFC Bournemouth
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The Young People Index has been an invaluable tool in helping me to make decisions as to where and how I wish to work, giving me the confidence to attempt to realise some of my more outlandish aspirations in the future by making them seem not so outlandish but, indeed, achievablePupil, aged 15. Poole Grammar School
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I have always been confident, outgoing and happy to present an honest opinion, even if it is likely to be unpopular or goes against the status quo. The Young People Index has simply reinforced these views and given me the extra confidence to suggest ideas that even I am unsure about, simply for the sake of putting it out there as something to consider. Furthermore, it is an invaluable tool to add weight to arguments, and something that I am able to include with applications for jobs / higher education.Pupil, aged 16
HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE USED THE YOUNG PEOPLE INDEX
I have always had alternative ideas and strong opinions on how else things could be done, and have always been aware of this. However, The Young People Index has allowed me to see those character traits as something tangible, definable and positive, rather than a problem that needs to be solved.Pupil, aged 15
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It’s flabbergasting how it has resonated throughout the team – I literally witnessed a few lightbulbs popping above their heads!
Tom Wates, GCologist and Head of Mathematics at The Brit School
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I was impressed with how it effectively identified and enabled me to understand my personal team profile and the dynamics with my senior leadership team. It certainly helped to see the way ahead using a more multi-dimensional leadership approach.
Mark Hartley, Head of Greensteads International School and Ex Vice-Chair IAPS
HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE USED THE YOUNG PEOPLE INDEX
When teachers have insights into themselves, and the people they teach, they can considerably improve the performance of young people by understanding the contributions each young person makes, and has the potential to make.Natalee Holmes, GC Partner Conscious Connections