The Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Cluny celebrates 14 years of Cordées de la réussite

Objectives

The "cordées de la réussite" (success teams) are interministerial programs designed to develop the academic ambition of young people from modest backgrounds, particularly those living in priority neighborhoods (QPV) or isolated rural areas. A cordée is a partnership between secondary schools (called source schools) and one or more higher education institutions.

Specifically, OPTIM's objectives are:

• to provide academic support to middle and high school students who are part of the rope team,
• improve their self-confidence and self-esteem,
• to help them question their career choices,
• to develop their open-mindedness and curiosity by allowing them to participate in cultural outings.

Middle and high school students improve their self-confidence and self-esteem, which contributes to a more ambitious choice of career path, emphasizes Isabelle Duband.

Weekly tutoring for 42 volunteer students

This year, the Cluny campus has 42 students from the Arts et Métiers Grande Ecole Program, tutoring 121 students tutored each week (68 middle school students and 53 high school students). These volunteer engineering students provide weekly tutoring for two hours for high school students and one to one and a half hours for middle school students in the four secondary schools.

Institutions concerned: 

• collège Saint-Cyrde Matour in a rural area,
• Saint-Exupéry Middle Schoolin Mâcon, located in a priority neighborhood of the city,
• La Prat’s High School in Cluny,
• Henri Parriat High School in Montceau-les-Mines.

Volunteering is an enriching experience for engineering students, allowing them to develop interpersonal and social skills.

Science and technology awareness initiatives

420 students are involved in these events:

• A day of immersion on campus for a group of middle school students on thetheme: "From design to manufacturing." Discovering manufacturing methods, mini foundry workshop, CAD workshop led by a teacher with the support of student tutors.
• Science Festival: Invitation of middle school students to campus, whereobservation and participation in popular science workshops led by students or staff.
• During Campus Open House: Welcoming tutored students and their families during the Open House. Presentation of Arts et Métiers the entire team. Presentation by school principals. Testimonials from tutored high school students and student tutors. Tour of our workshops and laboratories
• Visits:
  • laboratories: LISPEN in Institut Image in Chalon-sur-Saône; discovery of virtual immersion methods and tools for engineers. Supervision and facilitation provided by MTI3D Master's students.
  • of a university institute of technology: that of Chalon-sur-Saône by high school students from Montceau-les-Mines. Tour of the workshops. Visit to the University of Burgundy's career guidance service. Lunch at the university restaurant. Attending a class.

The OPTIM success program opens up new possibilities for the young people it supports.

Cultural outreach initiatives

• Show at the Mâcon National Theater followed by a tour of the premises (behind the scenes)tour of the premises (behind the scenes). Meeting with professionals anddiscussions about careers in the performing arts
• Heritage discovery workshop with theCentre des Monuments Nationaux (National Monuments Center) - Cluny Abbey

The benefits for participants in the OPTIM "Cordée de la réussite" program

This win-win program benefits both the students being tutored and the student tutors.

For tutored students

• Better approach and organization of work
• Overall improvement in academic performance (significant for some)
• Improved self-confidence, self-esteem, and stress management
• A relaxed atmosphere that makes it easier for students to ask questions than in class.
• Reflection on continuing education
• Developing ambition
• Awareness of scientific and technological culture
• Cultural openness...

For student tutors

• Feeling useful
• Development of human and social skills (listening, communication, patience, team coordination, open-mindedness towards cultural differences, consideration of cultural differences)
• Empowerment
• Coaching experience (motivating and encouraging students, improving their self-confidence, increasing their academic ambition, etc.)
• Development of social awareness (idea of connecting elites with social realities)
• Enriching their CVs by mentioning their volunteer work in the rope team...