Skills Building and Citizenship – online webinar

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Alison Rowan Mcewan for 50 students at Dixons Fazakerley Academy aged Age 13 - 18.

Event description

Michaela Eschbach on Skills Building & Citizenship

Careers encounter with employers is an important part of the curriculum which you can help make sure happens while your kids are not in school:

Join our interactive online event where inspirational leaders from the world of business share their unique career journey. By sharing insights, career guidance, lessons and tips to motivate and inspire we hope to support young people to make informed decisions about their future.
Similar to a TED Talk, speakers will share their career journey for 8 - 10 minutes, followed by a lively Q&A session where students can ask questions online.

Speaker Profile:
Michaela Eschbach - Managing Director. After a career across different industries, Michaela has successfully set up a social enterprise and is now managing director at a charity. She has strong leadership skills, the ability to formulate and drive strategy in a challenging environment. She has strong people skills and enjoys to see people thrive. Michaela has a sound understanding of the education system in the UK and has previously been a governor at a secondary school.

The event will be Moderated by Sherry Coutu, CBE, executive chair and founder of Founder4Schools as well as a successful serial entrepreneur and board member of organisations including Raspberry Pi and the London Stock Exchange.

Notes for Educators and Parents:
- Age Appropriacy: This type of event is appropriate for any student aged 5 through 24. Refer to our white paper pages 10 and 11 for more details. This white paper summarizes more than 100 externally validated research papers on career pathways for students.
- Skills Building and Citizenship education is about enabling people to make their own decisions and to take responsibility for their own lives and communities.
- These events help pupils learn a range of attributes to boost employability, develop enterprise opportunities and prepare young people for the world of work. In addition to this, students can gain an in-depth understanding of why integral skills such as resilience, conflict resolution, interpersonal skills and independence are important within the workplace.

Alignment with the Gatsby Framework 5: Encounters with employers and employees:

All F4S encounters and briefings for educators and volunteers have been endorsed by the Careers and Enterprise Company as aligned with the Gatsby Framework. This type of encounter is

Alignment with Enabling Enterprise Framework:
This encounter is associated with the following enabling enterprise skills:

1. Listening and Understanding


2. Presenting


3. Problem-solving


4. Being Creative


5. Leading


6. Aiming High