CEIAG/Employability

What is your role?

Did you know?

Choosing Appropriate Pathways

• Opportunities available to young people are more varied than ever before– Ongoing education– Future Careers

• Young people need to be equipped with the skills, understanding, confidence and creativity to make informed choices about their future pathway and working lives

I want to be a……..

Top 40

Which Sector?

Top 40 NI Companies

Place each of the companies in their relevant sector

What are the main sectors representedWhat are the top 10 companies? (No of jobs)

The Shape of Jobs to Come

Alternative Vehicle Developer

Memory Augmentation Surgeon

Vertical Farmer Waste Data Handler Pharmer

Old Age Wellness Manager

Social ‘Networking’ Worker

Personal Brander Space Tour Guides Body Part Maker

The Shape of Jobs to Come

In your group randomly select a card giving details of a job forecasted to appear in the next 20 years

Discuss what you think the job involves, the qualifications which might be required and the skills and qualities someone would require to apply for this job

Complete a ‘Job Description’ pro-forma Feedback to the rest of the group

Key Element

Employability

Employability – Everyone’s Responsibility

Curriculum Aim The Northern Ireland Curriculum aims to empower young people to achieve their potential and to make informed and responsible decisions throughout their lives.

Curriculum Objectives To develop the young person as an individual

To develop the young person as a contributor to society

To develop the young person as a contributor to the economy &

environment

personal understandingmutual understanding

personal healthmoral character

spiritual awareness

citizenshipcultural understanding

media awarenessethical awareness

employabilityeconomic awareness

education for sustainable development

KeyElements

Personal Development

Local & Global Citizenship

Education for Employability

Home EconomicsLearning for Life and Work

FOR

THROUGH

The Arts English & Irish

Environment & Society

Mathematics financial capability

Modern Languages

Physical Education

Science & Technolog

y

Religious Education

Areas of Learning

ACROSS

Young people should have opportunities to:

Identify how skills developed through science will be useful to a wide range of careers, for example, jobs involving animal welfare, building and construction, educating, electrical work, engineering, environmental management, financial services, food and farming, forensics, information and communications technology, journalism, plumbing, technology, pharmaceuticals, medicine etc. (Key Element: Employability)

Core Components of CEIAG

The Learner’s

Entitlement

Careers Education

Employability Skills

Work Related Learning

Experiences

Careers Information

Careers Advice & Guidance

Preparing for Success – A Guide to Developing Effective Decision Makers (2009)

Work Related Learning Experiences

There should be a co-ordinated programme of activities which provide opportunities for pupils to gain useful learning about the world of work, both as an integral part of the learning within the subjects they are studying as well as stand alone activities which contribute to the overall CEIAG programme

Work Related Learning Experiences

Curriculum Projects Mini-Enterprise Enterprise Days Mentoring Talks, Masterclasses Business Challenges

Case Studies Workplace Visits Virtual Visits Mock Interviews Work Experience Teacher Placements

Work Related Learning Activities

The school will need to: ensure co-ordination of work-related activities

between departments build up a database of employers, ambassadors etc

Development of Employability Skills

There should be provision in all subjects for pupils to develop their employability skills by: promoting awareness of the range of skills

employers require using active learning methodologies promoting awareness of the transferability of skills

acquired to other contexts

Employability Skills?

CBI Employability Framework

Self-management – readiness to accept responsibility, flexibility, resilience, self-starting, time management, readiness to improve own performance based on feedbackTeam-working – respecting others, co-operating, negotiating/ persuading, contributing to discussionsProblem solving – analysing facts and situations and applying creative thinking to develop appropriate solutionsCommunication and literacy – application of literacy, ability to produce clear, structured written work and oral literacy, includinglistening and questioning

• research and manage information effectively to investigate and inform ideas in art, design, craft, digital media and moving image, using Mathematics and ICT where appropriate;

• show deeper artistic understanding by thinking critically and flexibly, solving problems and making informed decisions, using Mathematics and ICT where appropriate;

• demonstrate creativity and initiative when developing ideas and following them through;

• work effectively with others;

• Demonstrate self-management by working independently and systematically, persisting with tasks, evaluating and improving own performance;

• communicate effectively in visual, oral, written and digital media formats, showing clear awareness of audience and purpose;Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes require the demonstration of skills and application of knowledge and understanding of Art and Design

Young people should be able to:

Careers Information

Pupils should have ready access to a broad range of relevant, age appropriate and up-to-date good quality information to inform pupils’ career planning

Pupils need Easy access to a Careers Library Regular access to careers software and relevant

websites

Which Sources?

Options Help

What will I learn

about?

How will this subject help

me develop my employability

skills?

How will I be

assessed?

Where might this

subject lead me in the future?

If I don’t pick this subject will

it restrict my career options

too much?

What Next?

Can you give appropriate, up-to-date information to students in terms of career choices or progression routes related to your subject(s)? Is there a Careers Information/Employability Skills display in your

teaching room? Work Related Learning Experiences

Do you incorporate these into your schemes? Do you help students make the connections between these

experiences and future careers/progression routes? Employability Skills

How often do you give pupils the opportunity to develop these in your lessons?

The Way Forward?

What do I need to start

doing?

What do I need to keep doing?

What are the challenges?

In light your responsibilities in regard to CEIAG/employability

Questions?

CEIAG/EmployabilityWhere does my subject

lead?

Preparing for Success (ETI 2009)

Subject specialists play an important role in: linking subject content to the world of work

(Work Related Learning) developing skills and capabilities across the

curriculum in preparation for adult and working life (Employability Skills)

updating their own knowledge of employment opportunities (Careers Information)

Careers Information

Information on the range of options in education, training and employment,

Job profiles Entry routes into the appropriate potential

career pathways. User friendly Labour Market Information (LMI) Access to appropriate software packages and

web-based resources

Developing a Careers Noticeboard

Jobs you can do with ………. Job of the week/month (Case Studies) Possible future courses

School FE/Training HEI

Relevant Labour Market Information

Where Does My Subject Lead?

www.pathfinderlive.co.uk

New User/Registration

Registration Code: 7bbc733f0b5b

Register

Other Useful Websites

www.careersserviceni.com

www.connexions-direct.com/jobs4u/

www.belfastmet.ac.uk