ELSA Secondary Tertiary Virtual Experience

What is this?

Being an Advisor at the Ministry of Education is a fast-paced, dynamic role. You will be pulled into lots of different projects and tasks, and will benefit from developing strong writing skills, the ability to maintain good relationships with a variety of stakeholders, the ability to analyse things from multiple perspectives, and the ability to be flexible and adaptable through it all.

 

Why should you do this?

This Virtual Experience Program is self-paced and should take only 2 to 5 hours to complete.

This Virtual Experience Program is free for all students.

When you complete the Virtual Experience Program, you’ll earn a digital badge and certificate you can share on Linkedin and include on your resume.

Throughout the program, you’ll learn and develop deep insights into what it is actually like to work at the Ministry of Education NZ. Apply your knowledge to a real-world problem & gain practical experience and knowledge to draw upon in interviews.

 

What skills will I gain?

  Identifying the type of enquiry and corresponding process

  Gathering information and determining who to speak to within the Ministry

  Drafting an email response

 

What you will do?

Module 1: Identifying the correct process (1 - 2 hours)

Read an email from the public and identify the type of enquiry it falls under

Module 2: Gathering Information (45 minutes - 1.5 hours)

Determine the Secondary Tertiary team member(s) who would be best able to provide the relevant information required to respond to the enquiry

Module 3: Writing and sign-outs (30 minutes - 1 hour)

Draft an email response to the enquiry, drawing on your own research and following the Ministry’s guidelines 

 

Ready to get started?

Click Register to begin.