BeWorldClass for Secondary Schools
Developing the characteristics young people need to thrive
How it works
BeWorldClass is on an easy-to-use web-based platform that supports the development of the characteristics of students individually, and across a whole cohort. Accessible by students at any age and year group, it is easy-to-use with minimal teacher intervention required.
The cloud platform means students and teachers can use BeWorldClass from any device in any location with an internet connection without needing to download anything.
Our framework of characteristics
Students can find it difficult to articulate what their strengths are in terms of characteristics. BeWorldClass gives them a framework to confidently explore their personality, and decide what their strengths are.
By working with our schools and industry partners, we have identified the characteristics that are most essential for students to succeed in an emerging global economy.
Growing skills and confidence
Research demonstrates that parents are most concerned with schools developing their children’s skills, competencies and characteristics so they can survive in the future, once they have left the school.
Preparing for the global economy
Skills and characteristics are internationally translatable, and transcend cultural barriers. Any visions that have been developed of what a future global education system might look like are based on systems of competencies and characteristics.
Building a portfolio of characteristics
BeWorldClass invites students to explore their own personality and skills. As they work their way through our framework, they record evidence of their characteristics which can be downloaded as a portfolio.
LinkedIn integration and guidance
LinkedIn can be used in combination with BeWorldClass by students over the age of 16 to help with the transition from school to further education and employment. Online professional networking and digital portfolios will be vital for success in the future.
Why BeWorldClass?
BeWorldClass is run by World Class Schools, a charity concerned with developing the skills, competencies and characteristics young people need to thrive in an ever changing global economy.
Our framework was devised and trialled by our schools, their teachers and pupils, primary, secondary, special and international. Our processes have been devised and trialled in a totally school-led way, by some of the best schools in the world, our current accredited World Class schools.
This app is ground breaking and unique; there is not a process or app anywhere like this nationally or internationally.
One-on-one teacher training sessions
Each subscribed school is entitled to one-on-one screen-share training sessions on how to set up and use BeWorldClass.
Lesson Plans
Each characteristic within the 6 BeWorldClass areas comes with a lesson plan to help lead class discussions and thinking around how students can prove that they have the characteristic.
Teacher and student training videos
A library of support and training videos for teachers and students. Including videos on setup, student usage, and teacher marking.
Safeguarding/GDPR
- Privacy policy template for school
- Letter templates to send to parents/guardians
- Subscription agreement, including DPA
- Development and Services Agreement
Promotional materials
● Posters – A poster for each of the six framework areas, and one featuring all of the areas
● Postcard home
● Certificate template
● Assembly
● Framework area pin badges – available to purchase to incentivise / reward students
● Awareness Days
Character of the month competition
- Video presentations from student winners
- Poster promoting the Student of the Month initiative
- How to nominate your students
- Examples of winners (PPT)
- Visit our Hall of Fame for all winning and commended students
Staff support materials
- App set up – how to use/set up the app in school for staff and students
- Technical FAQs
- Framework as a form – a form outlining the WCSQM primary characteristics. This can also
be used to submit an offline nomination for the Student Character campaign. - Framework as a diagram
- Each area of the framework with examples
- Exemplar portfolios – portfolios submitted by World Class students
- Who/ How/ Where/ Why? – Examples of how to use the characteristic framework and the app in your schools
- Letter template for parents
- Briefing for staff
- App Assessment – an overview of the WCSQM assessment criteria
- Example of app roll-out
- App updates – Information on new functionality to improve your user experience
Resources
We provide subscribing schools with a range of resources and support to give schools, students and parents guidance and information on our framework of characteristics and on using BeWorldClass.
Pricing
Schools pay an annual fee to subscribe which gives them unlimited access to BeWorldClass.
Depending on the number of students using BeWorldClass in your School or MAT, pricing can start as low as 50p per pupil per year.
Please get in touch for more information.