How to... make the most out of Unifrog (UK schools+colleges)
4 killer tactics to get the most out of Unifrog.
Here are the 4 killer tactics to make the most out of Unifrog.
Below find out how to excel at each one.
- Set your top 3 goals on the Goals tool
- Use our Careers Year Plan
- Track your progress using Charts and Activity alerts
- Join the community
1. Set your top 3 goals on the Goals tool
The first killer tactic is to pick your school/college’s 3 goals on the Goals tool.
Each goal has a chart to track progress, tips on how to delve deeper into the data, and links to ready-to-go resources for achieving them:
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Talk to your Unifrog Account Manager to set up the 3 goals for your school/college on our Goals tool, and then the same 3 goals will appear at the top of the homepage for all teachers.
Here are 3 goals that a lot of our partners choose (this is just to get you thinking, check out the full list of goals at the bottom of this guide, and your Account Manager can help you pick the best goals for your school/college!):
- Increase parental engagement with the platform
- All students to have 3+ GB4 interactions this year
- Increase the number of shortlists created by underprivileged students
2. Use our Careers Year Plan
The second killer tactic: use our Careers Year Plan - a schedule of teaching sessions for each year group.
It’s here in the in the Resources library:
The Year Plan is mapped against the Gatsby Benchmarks and the CDI Career Development Framework, it links to relevant Unifrog tools and resources, and you can tweak it to make it perfect for your school/college.
Our pro tips on embedding the Careers Year Plan:
- Start with our version, then adapt it
There’s no need to reinvent the wheel - start with our ready-to-go version, then adapt it to suit your school/college’s context and goals. - SLT feed in
Get SLT involved in building your plan so that it is effectively implemented and embedded. - Deadlines
Our Interactions tool allows you to set tasks, deadlines and reminders to make sure that students are keeping to these deadlines.
Want our expert help in implementing the Careers Year Plan, or modifying it to make it perfect for your school/college? Talk to your Account Manager!
3. Track progress using Charts and Activity alerts
The third killer tactic: use Charts and Activity alerts to track progress towards your goals.
Charts
Our library of charts help you to:
- Identify strengths and weaknesses in your CEIAG programme
- Evidence the programme you’re delivering to Ofsted, SLT, Governors, or anyone else.
Every teacher can pin up to three charts to their homepage. This video explains further how Charts work:
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Activity alerts
One teacher/adviser at every Unifrog school/college is the ‘Unifrog Champion’, and they get access to Activity alerts, a tool that gives quick action buttons to address gaps in student usage.
The Activity alerts tool sits at the top of the Champion’s homepage, and highlights the number of students in each year group yet to complete three fundamental tasks on the platform:
- Logging in
- Completing a task
- Creating a shortlist (the latter is only displayed for Y12 and Y13).
From here the Champion can click ‘See all’ to access the full list of relevant students, or ‘Email students’ to send nudge emails. This video explains further how it works:
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4. Join the community
The fourth tactic: become a member of our awesome Unifrog community. There are four great things you can do:
- Webinars and conferences
Join our regular free webinars and conferences to share best practice with Unifrog partners, hear from expert speakers and meet with employers and universities.
> See what’s coming up here
What can you expect at our webinars and events? Here’s some feedback we’ve had that we love: “Myself and the deputy attended and were buzzing with ideas and information to share with students. It was some of the best CPD we've received and will certainly help us in supporting students to be successful. Couldn't have asked for more.”
Here’s a little video about one of our teacher conferences (and just to reiterate, these are all free!):
- Facebook group
Got a question? Connect with our awesome global community of teachers, university admissions staff, and employers on our Unifrog network Facebook group
- Unifrog Gazette
Stay up to date and get free resources by signing up to our weekly newsletter the Unifrog Gazette (from your homepage, scroll down until you see ‘Newsletters & Social’)
- Social media
Follow us to be the first to hear about upcoming events, platform updates and new teaching resources:
>>> Appendix: All the school/college goals you can pick from <<<
Pick 3 goals from the list below, and they’ll appear at the top of every teacher’s homepage. Each goal has a chart to track progress, as well as resources to help you achieve it.
Want a goal that’s not in this list? Talk to us and we might be able to create it for you.
Student self discovery
- All students to favourite a career profile
- All students to favourite a subject profile
- All students to record 3+ activities
- All students to record 3+ skills
- All students are to complete a quiz
- All students are to register for a webinar
Experiences of the workplace
- All Y11 students to complete their CV
- All students to take part in work experience
- All students to register for a webinar
Streamlining HE applications
- Track the status of all personal statements
- Track the status of all UCAS references
- Increase the number of shortlists created by underprivileged students
- Increase female student interest in STEM careers
Destinations
- All Y11 students to identify their post-16 intentions
- All Y13 students to identify their post-18 intentions
- Increase the number of international paths shortlisted
- Increase the number of apprenticeship paths shortlisted
- Record the destination of all alumni
- All Y12 students to create a shortlist
- Have a record of all student applications
Gatsby Benchmarks
- All students to have 3+ GB4 interactions this year
- All students to attend a careers event/meeting this year
- Increase the percentage of students attending a 1-1 with an advisor
- Increase parent engagement with the platform