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Technology supporting the program

The WISE Portal

A long-term guidance system, not a scholarship dashboard.

The WISE Portal supports participant development, verified achievement and program oversight throughout WISE’s four-year high-school framework. It brings activity records, assessments, reflections and guidance together to support a fuller understanding of each participant over time.

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The role of the WISE Portal

Structure, visibility and accountability.

SFF’s scholarship program is implemented in part using the WISE Portal. The WISE Portal is an online program that:

Tracks achievement over four years

Tracks student achievement across academic performance, extracurricular activities and non-formal education.

Supports the Earn to Learn system

Employs a structured, merit-based system in which students exceeding a threshold score become eligible for post-secondary scholarships.

Provides career insights

Supports long-term personal development through career exploration and guidance.

Strengthens program oversight

Offers reporting, oversight tools and standardised program administration.

The portal helps strengthen consistency, visibility, and accountability across the WISE Scholarship Program™ while supporting long-term participant development.

AI-enhanced, human-led

Technology alongside dedicated human support.

Professor WISE is the program’s AI guidance engine. It works alongside dedicated Senior Scholarship Administrators to help identify patterns in participant development, recommend next steps and support personalised guidance.

Assessments, recorded activities, reflections and engagement history contribute to an evolving participant profile. SSAs bring human judgment, mentorship and accountability to that information, helping participants understand their strengths and work through challenges.

Professor WISE, using the official orange-and-navy owl design, standing on two books.

Participant development

Connecting learning with future direction.

The WISE platform connects day-to-day participation with longer-term planning. Its capabilities bring together personal insight, recorded experiences, career exploration and preparation for the next stage of education or work.

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Understand strengths and interests

Assessments and reflections help build an evolving picture of learning preferences, motivation, interests and development.

Document real-world experiences

Record partner-coordinated experiences, including job shadowing, internships, apprenticeships and mentorship placements, alongside reflections and achievements.

Prepare for future pathways

Explore career options and post-secondary pathways, access micro-learning and certificates, and prepare resumes, applications and interview skills.

Track goals and participation

Follow academic progress, extracurricular and community activities, personal goals and Earn to Learn progress within one program environment.

Real-world opportunities are coordinated through program relationships; the Portal supports their documentation and the participant’s preparation.

Program oversight

A clearer view of long-term development.

The Portal supports verified documentation, oversight, reporting and long-term development through WISE’s Earn to Learn framework. It helps strengthen consistency, accountability and program visibility across partnership environments.

By bringing participant records and support activity together, the platform helps SSAs monitor engagement, recognise patterns and follow up when additional guidance is needed. It also supports standardised program administration across the people and organisations involved in delivery.

Documentation

A recorded history of activities, achievements, reflections and participant development.

Visibility

Information that helps administrators understand engagement and identify where follow-up is needed.

Consistency

Shared processes supporting reporting, verification and long-term program coordination.

Continuing development

Built to grow with the participant.

As the platform continues to evolve, it is being shaped to support participants through high school, post-secondary transition and future adulthood, with stronger personalization, planning tools and opportunity matching.

The long-term goal is to help participants leave high school with a clearer understanding of their strengths and direction, supported by a plan built from years of documented development rather than a single application.

The WISE website provides the fuller picture of platform capabilities, technology development and future direction.

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