Co-ordinating careers work across a school or collegeSue Barr Education for EmployabilitySkills Show Seminar20th November 2015

2Why is careers important for young people?

• 30.5 million 16-64 year olds in work (May 2015)

• young people’s unemployment is falling (currently 943,000 which is 45,000 less than same time last year)

• BUT young people still three times as likely to be unemployed as adults

• perception by employers that they are not such a ‘good bet’?

(Office of National Statistics, May 2015)

3Why are employability skills important for young people?

‘As the world of work becomes more flexible, employees are expected to shoulder more of the responsibility for skills development. Self-management alongside core business skills such as project management expertise and the ability to promote your personal brand will become increasingly vital. Personal agility and resilience, such as the ability to adapt to or embrace change is important, particularly for young people who will be competing for jobs with those who have been in work for longer.’

UKCES: The future of work to 2030 (February 2014)

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CBI views

‘Our education system needs to deliver rigorous, rounded and grounded young people with some work experience under their belt who have a good idea about the career path they want to follow.’

Future Possible: the business vision for giving young people the chance they deserve. CBI (2014)

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What’s hot and what’s not?

Admin AssistantDigital Forensic AnalystEngineerFactory AssemblerFighter PilotHome Healthcare NurseLegal ProfessionalPersonal TrainerPhysics TeacherPrinterRecycling OfficerSocial Media ExecutiveSocial WorkerSupermarket Checkout OperatorTravel Information Adviser

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Curriculum development

• What are you trying to achieve?

• How will you organise learning?

• How will you know you are achieving your aims?

Disciplined curriculum innovation: Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), 2008

7CDI Framework for careers, employability and enterprise 7 – 19

• Based on ACEG Framework, 2013• 17 areas of learning for careers,

employability and enterprise education• Revised November 2015 by CDI CoICE• Coherent with

– Gatsby benchmarks for Good Careers Guidance – Careers and Enterprise Company– Quality in Careers Standard– Ofsted

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Critical factors to develop careers programmes

• leadership and management• curriculum and assessment• working with partners • monitoring and evaluation

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Your aims for students’ careers, employability and enterprise learning

SSkills

AAttitudes KKnowledge

EExperiences

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Strategy – setting out your aims for students• work in groups of 2-3• use the Strategic Planning sheet• agree as a pair the attitudes, skills,

knowledge and experiences students should have in relation to their careers, employability and enterprise learning

• whole group feedback

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How will you organise learning?

Once you are clear about your aims, how will you ensure you can achieve them? • where in the curriculum do students develop employability skills?• what approaches to learning will you need?•how will you build in assessment?

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Delivery models – key lessons• a mixed model is most effective

– integrated into all lessons – some discrete lessons (eg. PSHEe)– reflection in tutorial time – enrichment activities for impact

• structure and plan the programme against learning outcomes

• incorporate ‘compelling’ learning approaches• make use of experts including external partners • plan assessment from beginning and monitor

outcomes and impact

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Who will you work with? • careers advisers• universities• FE colleges• employers • training providers

14Some currently funded programmes

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How will you know you’ve got there?

• attitude questionnaires (young people, staff, parents, other partners)

• young people’s focus group/discussion • destination data• attainment data• employers’ views of young people’s employability• observation during activities/lessons• assessing students’ work• previous Ofsted judgements

Measuring impact – which outcomes?

Eng, Ma and Sci / A*-C

(test scores)

Standard range of measures (Ofsted)

Attainment levels in NC subjects

Skills / competencies / qualities

Personal development / attitudes / motivation

Parental / community / staff impact

Unintended outcomes

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Sue Barrsue@suebarr.co.uk

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