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Department

Education & Social Work

Teach, mentor and lead people who choose to show up.

What is the Education & Social Work Department?

The Education & Social Work Department groups the Powstik paths and outcomes on that subject. You build real work and get it checked.

Who is it for?

It is for anyone who wants to learn a subject by doing it. You can start at any level.

What costs money?

Nothing in a Department. Paths, outcomes and checks have no charge.

How does verification work?

A real person who knows your work signs in and checks each proof. You can never check your own proof. Your standing grows as more people check your work.

How standing works

Permanent and earned only from verified work. Never bought, applied for or handed out. Separate from the weekly team league.

  1. Member

    Joined any path in this Department.

  2. Varsity Letter

    5 verified outcomes here, each checked by 3 different people.

  3. Honors

    Complete a Program, then pass a blind review of its final project by Faculty you didn't choose.

    No Program in this Department yet

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Faculty

People who check others' work in this Department.

No Faculty in this Department yet. Seats fill as people verify work here.

BeginnerORIGINAL

Community Leadership

Build proof of how you've helped others. The credential that no degree can replicate.

Governance
1 required + 10 opt52w
BeginnerORIGINAL

Teach What You Know for Free

Build a track record of teaching, tutoring, and contributing to the global knowledge commons.

GovernanceSkills
0 required + 7 opt24w
BeginnerORIGINAL

Civic Impact

Build verifiable proof of how you made your community or world better.

Governance
0 required + 5 opt24w
BeginnerORIGINALGrades 6-12

School Leader

For grades 6–12: leadership is earned, not assigned

Governance
1 required + 4 opt20w
IntermediateORIGINALGrades 9-12

Community Builder

For grades 9–12: you don't need a title to change something

Governance
1 required + 5 opt32w
IntermediateUndergraduate

Prove Your Education Leadership Chops

Teaching is a supervised practice profession. Plan, deliver, receive feedback — that is the proof cycle.

Skills
2 required + 3 opt48w
AdvancedPostgraduate

Curriculum Design & EdTech

Curriculum design requires prior teaching experience to do well. Design real curricula, measure real outcomes.

Skills
0 required + 4 opt36w
IntermediateUndergraduate

Special Education & Inclusive Practice

Special education starts with the individual learner — not the diagnosis, but the specific learning profile.

Skills
2 required + 3 opt40w
IntermediateUndergraduate

Social Work & Community Development

Social work is statutory, supervised, and carries direct responsibility for vulnerable people's safety.

Skills
2 required + 4 opt52w
IntermediateUndergraduate

Early Childhood Education

Early childhood education is built on observation. Watch, plan, and follow the child's lead.

Skills
2 required + 3 opt44w
BeginnerORIGINAL

Lead Without Authority

Try voluntary leadership before you commit to a full path — pick one and see what fits.

Governance
0 required + 6 opt12w
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Teach Something Complex Until It Clicks

4 milestones · 12 weeks

Get observed teaching by someone who can give honest feedback, then close the specific gap between how you rate yourself and what the observer actually sees.

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Free Education Delivered (Documented Community Impact)

4 milestones · 12 weeks

Design a short workshop, pilot it with a small honest-feedback group, then run it at scale with evidence participants actually learned it.

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Mentor Someone From Stuck to Moving

4 milestones · 12 weeks

Take on a real mentee with a documented starting point and a specific goal, then show the measurable distance covered against that baseline.

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Build Community

4 milestones · 12 weeks

Launch a real community space and grow it past the point where sign-ups alone would count — proof is 10 members still actively participating three weeks in.

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Coordinate Volunteers

4 milestones · 12 weeks

Recruit and coordinate 5+ unpaid volunteers on a real initiative to completion — no financial incentive, no authority to compel attendance.

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Run Event

4 milestones · 12 weeks

Plan and run a real community event with named volunteers who confirmed their roles in advance — nobody involved can be ordered to help.

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Improve Volunteer Retention

4 milestones · 12 weeks

Establish an honest baseline of who returns for a second volunteer initiative and why others don't, then show the measurable change in return rate.

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Improve Campaign Delivery

4 milestones · 12 weeks

Deliver a volunteer-led advocacy, civic, or community campaign — not a commercial marketing campaign. Proof requires a non-commercial campaign context, volunteer team, and a community impact metric (not revenue or conversion KPI).

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Teach What You Know

3 milestones · 10 weeks

Create and deliver a course, workshop, or tutorial with real learners completing it.

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Mentor Ten People Toward a Real Goal

5 milestones · 24 weeks

This is the second rung of the Community Leadership Path. Where governance-start-study-group tested leading one voluntary group, this outcome tests whether that leadership ability generalises into a repeatable practice across many different individuals — the skill that underlies community organising, teaching at scale, and eventually larger governance roles. Mentor at least 10 different people, each with an individually-defined goal, with evidence of real ongoing guidance per person and durable change after your regular involvement ends. The core risk this outcome guards against: claiming 'I mentored 10 people' based on 10 shallow one-off conversations. Each relationship must show trackable progress toward something the mentee actually wanted.

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Teach a Free Public Workshop

3 milestones · 6 weeks

Plan, promote, and deliver a free public workshop with real attendees. Proof: recording or attendee sign-in sheet plus participant feedback.

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Tutor Students from Underserved Communities

3 milestones · 20 weeks

Complete 20 structured tutoring sessions with students from underserved communities through an organised programme. Proof: 20 session logs plus coordinator sign-off.

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Create a Free Learning Curriculum

3 milestones · 10 weeks

Design, publish, and distribute a free structured learning curriculum used by at least 10 people. Proof: published curriculum link plus usage evidence.

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Organise a Community Event (50+ Attendees)

3 milestones · 10 weeks

Plan and execute a community event with 50 or more verified attendees. Proof: photo evidence, attendance count, and a brief on what was achieved.

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Lead a Volunteer Team for 3 Months

3 milestones · 14 weeks

Recruit, coordinate, and lead a volunteer team for at least 3 months producing measurable outcomes. Proof: team roster plus outcomes delivered.

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Lead a Study Group From Zero to Sustained

5 milestones · 16 weeks

This is the entry-level GOVERNANCE outcome — the first rung of community and civic leadership. Recruit at least 4 people to a voluntary study group with a shared goal, sustain it through natural attrition, delegate real responsibility to another member, and bring the group to its defined endpoint. You have no formal authority: anyone can leave at any time with zero consequence. Retention and engagement are the proof, because there is no other leverage keeping people there.

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Complete a Civic Improvement Project

3 milestones · 12 weeks

Identify a civic problem, organise a response, and deliver a measurable improvement. Proof: before/after documentation plus impact summary.

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Raise Funds for a Verified Cause

3 milestones · 8 weeks

Run a fundraising campaign for a registered charitable cause and hit your target. Proof: campaign page link plus amount raised.

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Coach Someone for Free for One Year

3 milestones · 52 weeks

Provide structured pro-bono coaching to an individual for 12 months. Proof: monthly session logs plus a year-end coachee reflection.

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Speak at 5 Free Community Events

3 milestones · 20 weeks

Deliver talks at 5 free community events — meetups, schools, civic gatherings — sharing your expertise. Proof: event links, recordings, or photos for each.

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Help in Your Community

2 milestones · 4 weeks

Do something meaningful for others — collecting food, helping a neighbour, organising a donation drive, or volunteering at a school event. A parent or teacher note describing what you did and who it helped counts as proof.

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Take On a Leadership Role

2 milestones · 12 weeks

Step into a formal leadership role chosen by peers or appointed by adults — class representative, club officer, team captain, student council member, or committee chair. You hold real responsibility for others, not just yourself. A teacher or advisor confirms the role and your term.

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Peer Tutor Your Classmates

3 milestones · 8 weeks

Help at least 2 classmates consistently over 6 weeks or more — one-on-one or in a small group. You have no authority to make them show up; they come back because the sessions are useful. Keep a session log and get a short note from your teacher, tutor coordinator, or tutee confirming the sessions happened and helped. Proof is the log plus the attestation.

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Lead a Community Project

3 milestones · 16 weeks

Design and run a project that addresses a real need in your school or local community — something that didn't exist before you started it. You must involve at least 5 other people who choose to help voluntarily (no one has to be there). The project must run for at least 8 weeks and produce a visible result: a physical change, a programme that continues after you're done, or a documented impact that others can confirm. Proof: a written project plan at the start, photo or video evidence of the outcome, and at least 3 short written statements from participants or beneficiaries describing what changed.

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