Online training
If you're an employer hoping to set up a Number Partners
programme or an individual volunteer wanting to understand what
volunteers can offer in their sessions with students, our online
training is designed to prepare volunteers for school visits. It's
also a useful refresher course for anyone who has been volunteering
for a while.
For schools, there is information on what Number Partners are
expected to know and how they are expected to behave. Schools must
follow their own policies regarding child protection and police or
criminal record checks. We recommend that schools request sight of
both police disclosure of criminal record checks and Number
Partners certificates from all volunteers.
To receive a Number Partners certificate, after completing
online training, volunteers need to register with the
programme. Upon registering, you will receive log in details
and a password to enable you to proceed to the online
self-assessment which should take no more than 10
minutes. Successfully completing the assessment will mean that
you can print your Number Partners certificate. Your volunteer
coordinator and the school may wish to keep a copy on file,
alongside your police or criminal record check.
Registered and raring to go?
All Number Partners volunteers will need some information on how
to go about your visit, the code of conduct in schools and the
activities you are going to carry out with students. Through its
online training, the Number Partners website offers tips and
downloadable resources to help you and the students you'll be
working with get the most out of the sessions!
So that you can dip in and out of this resource as you continue
with your partnership, we have split the resources into four main
sections.
- Preparation tips
- Tips for the visit
- Maths
tips
- Personal finance tips
- Downloads
If you are just setting out as a Number Partner, start at the
beginning by clicking on the Preparation tips page and work your
way through. If you have some experience in working with young
people, then click on any of the links to take you to the resources
of interest to you. Alternatively, if you wish to print off one of
the downloadable resources, then go straight to the Downloads
page.
Once you have completed the online training for volunteers, you
should log in to take the self-assessment to check that
you're ready. The National Number Partners programme
recommends that all volunteers successfully complete the
self-assessment before visiting schools. A certificate will be
available to all those who have done so.
Alternatively, if you would like to watch our new training
videos, then go straight to the Training Videos page