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Approaches to buildingemployer engagement

activities into a school

careers program 

Russell George Stopsley High School 

@SecondaryCEIAG 

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•Work Experience •Talks/assemblies•Careers Fair/Meet & Greet •

Site visits •Mentoring•Parents & Employers •Competitions/Activity days

•Mock Interviews •PHSE resources •Face to face resources 

Types of

employer

interaction 

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Research says

it all works

(but that learners like somemore than others)

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And everybody

agrees anyway

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Dylan William

 @dylanwilliam

Institute of

Education

research-ed

September

2014 

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Luton LMI

Luton Borou

gh Council report

TBR Research 2012

https://www.luton.gov.uk/Business/Lists/LutonDocuments/PDF/Regeneration/TBR%20Presentation%203_Final%20with%20qwizdom.pdf  

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 •http://www.stopsleyhighschool.co.uk/  

•11-16 Foundation school •

980 pupils (1200 by 2018) •BSF cancelled June 2011 – PSB starts January 2015 

•Careers Co-ordinator•Ex Connexions buy in •

Vocational Student Support •Year 10 work experience •Learning 4 Life lessons•Line manager = Head teacher  •LA support

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 Activity Days

• Employer designed

or

• Association organised

• Extended interaction

• Themed Days

• Young Enterprise

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Careers Fairs

• More students–

 more buy infrom employers

• Mix of learning providers &employers

• Questionnaires & sessions toprepare

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Site Visits

• Students see the reality

• Transport costs

• Skills Show/Big Bang

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Mentoring/Mock

Interview

• Needs huge company andindividual buy in – but cangrow from small contacts

• Matching of students tomentors

• Regular meeting slots

• Alumni networks

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Talks

• Tailored to small groups– 

encourages participation

• Subject tie ins – Teachers guide

http://www.educationandemployers.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Subject-Teacher-Guide-04-11-14-Final.pdf 

• Motivation for large groups• Q&A

• Alumni

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PHSE/Face to Face

resources

• BT Education

• Plotr

• Barclays Lifeskills

• Tesco Youth Academy

• Borntobuild

• MyKindaCrowd

• Competitions–

 NHS• NCW2015

• Careersbox & icould

• https://www.diigo.com/user/secondaryceiag

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