Junior Executive Programme: Industry
Six weeks inside real companies. One real business problem solved.
Most young people never see how an organisation works until their first job. Junior Executives spend six weeks inside one, guided by trained mentors, on one of three age tracks: Explorer (10–12), Apprentice (13–14) and Practitioner (15–16). They keep a Mission Journal, earn a daily passport stamp and Executive Points, and finish by presenting an evidence-based improvement to the organisation's leaders. Everything is mapped to IB Service as Action, the MYP Community and Personal Projects, IBDP CAS and the ATL skills.
- Length
- 6 weeks, Monday to Thursday, 08:30–14:30
- Tracks
- Explorer (10–12), Apprentice (13–14), Practitioner (15–16)
- Hosts
- Partner organisations
- Assessment
- Conduct, ATL growth, journal, rotation deliverables, capstone
- Materials
- Six weekly course packs plus 14 guides, journals and aids for students, families, hosts and organisers
What students get
Week 1: the Academy
How organisations create value, professional skills and safety, the host's sector, and the inquiry toolkit. Students sign a learning contract.
Weeks 2–5: rotations
Operations, Marketing, Finance, and People and Strategy. Each week has track-specific missions and a real deliverable.
Week 6: the Boardroom
Identify a real problem, find its root cause, design a solution and pitch it to leaders, then celebrate at a closing ceremony with parents.
Safe by design
One Spectrum supervisor per 8 students, trained host mentors, background checks, risk assessments and a full safeguarding policy.
Counts at school
ATL ratings, CAS and Service as Action evidence, mentor verification forms and a portfolio export for ManageBac or Toddle.
Recognised effort
Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates, special awards and a mentor reference.
Weekly course packs
Each week has an MYP-style pack: knowledge builder, worked examples and case studies, practice, an on-site inquiry, a criterion task with rubric and exemplars.
Real materials, ready from day one
Every Junior Executive Programme: Industry student works from original Spectrum materials, written by our teachers, printed for class and available online in the Spectrum portal.
- 15 guides for teachers and parents
- 9 session pack
- 6 course packs and plans
- 3 handbooks and journals
- A student handout for every slide deck, with space for notes
- Answer keys and teaching notes for every teacher
Courses in this programme
Enrolled students and teachers open these materials in the Spectrum portal. Course materials are released in stages as the course runs.
| Course | Materials | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Complete programme pack: weekly course packs, teaching sessions, student, parent, host and delivery materials33 packs and 15 slide decks | 48 | 705 |
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