As part of the live project of the Work Readiness Program, which allows students to demonstrate what they have learned in a business environment, four college students in Vietnam planned, organized, and hosted a free life skills workshop for a classroom of elementary schoolers about how to smartly manage money.
Timeline: June 2020
Key members: Ha Nguyen, Long Le, Tho Nguyen, Vu Tran
Goals
- For the workshop attendees: Engage them during the workshop with interesting activities to promote thought-provoking conversation about money while creating a safe atmosphere that will encourage students to make positive decisions
- For the four students who hosted the workshop (who are student members of the Work Readiness Training program): The project serves as a training tool, which is designed to train them in project managing, practicing their public speaking skills, event planning skills, collecting and extracting information, as well as working as a team to deliver the result in a timely manner.
How
The four students work with each other weekly to plan, organize, discuss functions, recruit team members, figure out logistics details, and build the content for the workshop. They partnered with La San School in Ho Chi Minh, which is primarily kids from underserved families and were scheduled to be guest teachers to a group of elementary school students. On June 25, they presented their life skills workshop with the main topic: “How to Save Money for Children”. During the workshop, they facilitated the lesson through a game to better engage the students. They concluded the lesson with a Q&A session and a post-event survey to collect feedback from the kids.
Result-To-Date
The workshop was a success, the La San School students thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and were excited to participate. After giving the workshop, the organizers had time to review the feedback and reflect on their work style and the project they just completed. The team then completed the Work Readiness program by reporting their final results with an online presentation in front of a group of mentors and students from AASuccess.
