Path4Life offers a unique, practical and positive foundation for developing a set of life skills which gives students a clear understanding of who they, where they are going and how they’ll get there which is crucial in making informed choices about career, relationships and other life choices.

The programme is suitable for students of all abilities from those who are high achievers through to those who have been excluded from main stream education and inspires and equips them for lives of purpose, confidence and achievement.

With the current emphasis on personalised learning Path4Life is based on the premise that ‘self understanding is the key to success’. The sessions can stand alone or work well with other established programmes.

Who am I?

• Students learn about different personality traits based on the four elements (earth, fire, wind and water) and they discover which personality profile they might be. (There is the option for students to take a 20 minute on-line profile which gives an individual 13 page print out at a cost of £30 but generally this is not incorporated into the basic programme)
• Identify their unique gifts and talents
• Identify the influences on their lives so far
• Students come to appreciate the value of having teams, whether in the workplace or families, made up of different personalities and then understand and appreciate the issues which can often cause difficulties in working together. It gives students valuable tools to take into their work environments and relationships in the future.

• Schools, businesses and charities all have a mission statement which identifies their reason for being. Students identify the components of a good mission statement
• Identify their own core values – something they may never have considered before
• They then develop their own personal mission statement. Most describe this as ‘life changing’
  

• Create a positive vision for their future and identify 8 personal action skills that will make this a reality
• Students consider what they would like their ‘Face book’ page to say in 5 years time

• Each module introduces a key concept that is supported by objectives, discussion materials and activities.
• Diversity is on the agenda as far as ethnicity, gender, age and religion are concerned with emphasis on a person’s identity. However differences in personality receive less consideration, yet this has a profound impact on every individual and determines how well teams function.
• The pressure on students today is high and there is often little opportunity to explore the basic building blocks of who they are, where they are going and how they can get there. With a strong focus on academic qualifications students also need the skills to enable them to communicate well with others and make their career choices based on a clear understanding of themselves.
• Once the course has been completed each student understands more about their own unique personality and they have created a personal mission statement which can assist them in making major life choices and a vision to take them into a future of fulfilment and possibility.

• "We were intrigued by Path4Life and invited Ruth to present her programme to our business studies group. After going through the material, our students, who are not easily impressed it has to be said, suggested that the whole of the sixth form, and indeed the whole school, would benefit. As a result, we have already extended the programme to the sixth form over the next few months. The benefits I saw were that by the end of the session, each student had a new clarity on their own personality and style, a clear understanding of the importance of teams as well as a personal mission statement- all vital in business, especially for those who plan to become entrepreneurs.” Kathy McKay, Head of Business and Enterprise, Birkdale School, Sheffield