Careers Education and IAG

One Day Taster course for PGCE students May 2010

Who we are and what we do

• Geraldine Crawford Programme Leader• Michaela Gill Senior Lecturer• Postgraduate Diploma in Careers Guidance• Qualification for professional Careers Advisers

working with Adults and Young People• Employment within Connexions, Adult Careers

Services, HE Careers Services

Careers Education and IAG..why is it relevant to NQT’s?

Two DCSF policy documents published in October 2009

1. Quality Choice and Aspiration: A strategy for young people’s information, advice and guidance

2. Statutory Guidance: Impartial Careers Education

IAG Personal Tutor Role

• Recognition that young people seek careers advice from a range of sources…Parents/Teachers/Internet/Peers

• Sept 2010 all pupils will have a personal tutor and that role will include helping:

- “ develop pupils’ abilities to make decisions between subject and qualification pathways”

• Personal tutors – a “first line” of IAG• www.tda.gov.uk/teachers/iag/ceg• www.cegnet.co.uk

New CE/IAG requirements for Schools

• Education and Skills Act 2008 raises the participation age in learning to 17 in 2013 and 18 in 2015

• Young people will need more CE/IAG at key transition stages over a longer period of time

• Pathways and choices more complex• IAG is included in the new Pupil and Parent Guarantees• Ofsted Framework and the SEF has been revised to ensure

CE/IAG provision is inspected• 2011 School Report Card includes post 16 progression

measure• Emphasis on impartiality: needs of Pupil vs needs of

Institution

21st century IAG: Excellent IAG in Schools

Now The Future

Low profile, lack of awareness ( staff and pupils) Benefits not understood.

Whole school approach. Shared understanding of positive effects on motivation and achievement. Personal tutor informed and knowledgeable to give initial advice and information on decision making and post 14 -19 choices

Careers Co-ordinator not part of or reporting to SMT and often has no specialist training

Senior Manager for IAG in each school. Head Teacher requests internal reviews and progress reports on IAG delivery .Lead for IAG is a senior manager and has probably undertaken specialist qualification

Teaching: lacks creativity/innovation and not always ready to challenge

Teaching should be inspirational. Encouraging ambition, challenging stereotypes.

IT under used “State of the art on line IAG resources, accessible 24/7 “

Parental involvement limited Parents recognised as key influencers

The future…

• By 2020 there will be 3 million fewer low skilled jobs in Britain than today

• Over 40% of all jobs in 2020 will require a graduate qualification

• Todays learners will have more than 10 jobs by age 38

• DCSF vision that “ young people understand their choices in a changing economy”

• The World is Changing• http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/14-19/index.cfm?go=site.home&sid=53&pid=536&ctype=TEXT&ptype=Single

One Day Introduction to IAG26th May 9. 30 am – 4.30pm

DidsburyCourse outcomes:• Understand the purpose and benefits of CE/IAG• Understand the role of the subject, and form

tutor in CE/IAG and models for IAG delivery• Know how to make effective referrals to

specialist careers advisers and how to access CE/IAG resources

• Be introduced to one to one guidance skills working with young people

How do you apply?

• Send an email by no later than Friday 29th January to g.crawford@mmu.ac.uk

• In the email you need to provide the following information;– your subject specialism– a very short statement as to why you think you would

benefit from attending the one day course. • We are evaluating the course. As it is a pilot,

acceptance onto the course will also require participation in a short telephone/paper evaluation exercise after the course.