Live, Online STEM Ambassador Support Sessions
There is a suite of live online sessions especially for STEM Ambassadors which run on a regular basis throughout the year. These will help you to focus on your communication and presentation skills, give advice on working with different age groups and help you to get more out of being a STEM Ambassador.
All these sessions run over Teams and last from 30 minutes to 1 hour. These sessions are optional for STEM Ambassadors and can be attended in any order but we recommend that all new STEM Ambassadors attend ‘Getting Started as a STEM Ambassador’. To access these live, online sessions, please complete your STEM Ambassador registration and then visit the Support Session section of the Training Hub.
- Getting Started as a STEM Ambassador
This 30-minute session introduces you to the first steps to get you started with your STEM Ambassador volunteering and allows you to ask any questions you may have.
- Develop a ‘This is Me’ Presentation
This 45-minute session helps you to develop a short presentation that can be used flexibly to talk to students about you and your work.
- Presentation Skills: Delivering your presentation
In this 45-minute session, we’ll cover the basics of presentation skills, focussing on delivery techniques that you can use in informal presentations.
- How to Explain Your Job to an 8-year-old
This 1-hour session looks at adapting your language to be understandable for primary aged children. During the session you’ll start to prepare a short talk aimed at this age group and consider how to best deliver it.
- Tips and Tricks for Volunteering in the Classroom
This 45-minute session will help you understand how classrooms operate and show you some easy-to-use techniques to make your sessions more engaging for students and help you keep the attention of your audience.
- Developing an ‘offer’ for teachers and students
As well as responding to requests from educators, STEM Ambassadors can also make ‘offers’ to them allowing teachers to express interest. This 30-minute session looks at what makes a good ‘offer’ and how to put one up on the website.
- Got Time to Give?
Find out about volunteering opportunities you could take part in. Each session will be on a different opportunity, often from partners or organisations looking for support from multiple STEM Ambassadors.
- Have You Heard About?
Find out information that can support your volunteering. Each session will be on a different theme, for example, resources you could use or more information on the impact of the STEM Ambassador programme.
- Professional Skills Seminars
These sessions cover a range of topics to support you in your professional life. They may include sessions on resilience, organisational skills, timekeeping and others.
Online STEM Ambassador E-Training
There are a number of online e-courses available to support your volunteering as a STEM Ambassador. The first four courses will help you plan, deliver and evaluate your STEM Ambassador activities. The courses after that will help you improve your skills generally when volunteering with young people. To access these e-training courses, please complete your STEM Ambassador registration and then visit the eLearning section of the Training Hub.
If you need any further help, please contact our support team by emailing stem-ambassadors@stem.org.uk.
