Persona Education Newsletter, Jan-25

28-Jan-25

Increased attention on Oracy in education looks set to continue in 2025. A recent report by the Independent Commission on the Future of Oracy Education calls for more training and guidance for UK schools, and all students to be entitled to oracy education.

Persona Life Skills is the only personal development platform with personality insights at its heart, where students age 11-19 develop social-emotional skills to boost wellbeing, academic and employability outcomes. 

At Persona Education we are fully supportive: 'Communication' is the biggest skillset in Persona Life Skills, with six different life skills, four of which relate to speaking and listening. With the understanding of their own and others' personalities that students develop with Persona, oracy takes on a new dimension. Students learn when and how to speak effectively with different people in different situations, and how to present to different groups.

Read Leila's blog about ten ways to integrate oracy into the classroom. Join a life skills webinar for educators in the US (recording now available here) or in MENA (recording here – note, it's in Arabic). And this week we relaunch our Life Skills Community of Practice group – click to join 

Join our Linked-in group here

​Not only for students! By gaining insight into your own blend of personality styles in Persona Life Skills, as well as those of your students, your ability to communicate effectively and build healthy relationships in the classroom is significantly enhanced.

January's Highlights 

		Module feature: Know Yourself In this 45-60 min teacher-facilitated life challenge module – one of the foundation modules where students explore their personalities – your learners will answer the Persona Insights quiz to explore how they think, communicate and behave in different scenarios, and gain insights into their own unique mix of personality styles. Included in a Free Trial. More >
		Join our Life Skills thought leadership community group on LinkedIn Help us build a sharing community of practice as we re-launch our Life Skills group on LinkedIn! Here, you’ll meet others with similar interests, share ideas, discover new research, and learn more about Life Skills education for young people. You can also follow us on LinkedIn.    More >
		US webinar, Feb 12th 2025: Grade 6-12 Life Skills and Personality Insights Join us and our US partner Sunburst Digital on Wed Feb 12th at 12pm CT for a free 1 hour webinar for US middle schools and high schools. We will show you how programs like Persona Life Skills develop core human skills, transforming students’ behaviour and wellbeing, raising academic results by 10-20%, and improving their employability, while returning an 11:1 financial return. The recording is now available here. More >

Want to find out some more?

Explore Persona Life Skills: Buy an affordable Teacher Package, or start with a School/College Free Trial for as many students and teachers as you like. 

No download; no installation. With ready-made modules and built-in guidance, any teacher can facilitate the learning.

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This year we are supporting the Lessons4Life campaign, a really worthwhile initiative making the case for a change in policy on Personal Development and Life Skills in UK schools.

By petitioning the Department for Education, Lessons4Life seeks to enhance support for schools, with more funding, training, assessment and dedicated time in the curriculum.

If you are a UK educator, please ✨sign the petition✨ Only 50 more signatures needed to hit their first target of 500 – help them get over the line!

Thank you for reading! You can also find previous issues of this newsletter here.

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Best wishes,

Pete Read
CEO & Co-founder

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