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SEND Alumni network teacher toolkit

This toolkit supports schools and colleges in building a SEND Alumni Network, offering templates and guides to create impactful career activities through each stage of the model.

SEND Alumni are volunteers from your former students with special educational needs and disabilities. They serve as role models who can inspire current students. This may be for further education or employment.

This toolkit will help you build a SEND Alumni Network for your school or college. This network will help you use alumni to deliver impactful career activities.

Each stage matches a step in the SEND Alumni Network Model. This guides schools and colleges in how to create a good network model.

Most of these resources are templates and “how to” guides to help speed up the process.

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Step 1 - Develop your SEND Alumni network

The templates and resources below will help you think about your SEND alumni network’s aims. This may include how they support CEIAG activities and communicating the value to Senior Leadership.

Develop resources

Why would you need a SEND alumni network?

Action plan template

Step 2 - how do you recruit volunteers?

These resources can support you to establish and build excitement with your former students to get them involved in supporting careers activities with their old school/ college.

Recruit resources

Social media

Parental letter templates

Step 3 - How will your alumni volunteers enhance your careers activities?

These resources include best practice and virtual event guidelines for careers activities.

Utilise resources

Ways to utilise your SEND alumni

Virtual event hints and tips

Step 4 - How will you stay in contact with alumni volunteers and keep them engaged?

The resources below include some hints and tips along with SEND Friendly surveys and data collection forms.

Retain resources

Top tips for retaining your volunteers

Poster template and quotes

Personal details form

Step 5 - How will you review your use of alumni volunteers?

The resources below include effective evaluation report templates and resources to help you communicate the value of your SEND Alumni to Senior leadership.

Review resources

Best practice in reviewing impact

Survey and impact report template