Learning Intentions
• to enable and encourage employer
engagement
• to support you with resources and
suggestions to take forward in your
authority
Success criteria
Increased motivation and confidence
to initiate and nurture effective
partnerships
Make it happen !!!
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‘It is what teachers think,
what teachers believe,
and what teachers do
at the level of the classroom
that ultimately determines the kind
of learning that children get.’
Andy Hargreaves, ‘Understanding Teacher Development’
The bigger picture
Use the “Did you know / Shift
Happens” clip to set the scene
Click for download of UK version
Determined to Succeed Three
years on….
‘…unprecedented support from the
business community. They realise the
importance of creating a generation of
Scots who have the skills, confidence and
ambition to achieve their full potential.’
(Scottish Government, 2007)
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Enterprise in action
Pauline Clifford - Sparkle Shoes
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What do we do to promote
Pauline’s dispositions?
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Confidence
Creativity
Pride
Ambition
Realism
Practicality
Self-fulfilment
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Flexibility
Changing direction
Self-belief
Risk taking
Importance of formal
qualifications
Enterprise in the making
Graeme High and Cala Homes
Partnership
www.LTScotland.org.uk/partnershipwithemployers
Section 6
Employability Skills
What is Heather saying that
mirrors Pauline's dispositions?
What else did you hear from
Heather?
Heather’s dispositions
• Linking to real life
• Importance of high
quality
• Unique and personal
• Own ideas
• Creativity
• Taking responsibility
• Self-evaluation
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Fun
Enjoying work
Self-fulfilment
Choice
Initiative
Act confidently
Self-belief
Purposes of the curriculum
successful learners
enthusiastic
motivated
determined
creative
responsible citizens
respectful
participative
confident individuals
self-respect
wellbeing
ambitious
secure
effective contributors
enterprising
resilient
self-reliant
A Curriculum for Excellence
successful learners
confident individuals
with
•enthusiasm and motivation for learning
•determination to reach high standards of achievement
•openness to new thinking and ideas
with
•self-respect
•a sense of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
•secure values and beliefs
•ambition
and able to
•use literacy, communication and numeracy skills
•use technology for learning
•think creatively and independently
•learn independently and as part of a group
•make reasoned evaluations
•link and apply different kinds of learning in
new situations
and able to
•relate to others and manage themselves
•pursue a healthy and active lifestyle
•be self-aware
•develop and communicate their own beliefs
and view of the world
•live as independently as they can
•assess risk and take informed decisions
•achieve success in different areas of activity
To enable all young
people to become
responsible citizens
effective contributors
with
•respect for others
•commitment to participate responsibly in
political, economic, social and cultural life
with
•an enterprising attitude
•resilience
•self-reliance
and able to
•develop knowledge and understanding of
the world and Scotland’s place in it
•understand different beliefs and cultures
•make informed choices and decisions
•evaluate environmental, scientific and
technological issues
•develop informed, ethical views of complex
issues
and able to
•communicate in different ways and in
different settings
•work in partnership and in teams
•take the initiative and lead
•apply critical thinking in new contexts
•create and develop
•solve problems
Developing the four capacities in
children and young people
‘The HOW of their learning is
more important than WHAT is
learned’
Curriculum design principles
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Challenge and enjoyment
Breadth
Progression
Depth
Personalisation and choice
Coherence
Relevance
Partnerships in Practice
Aims to examine a range of models of
engagement to ensure that the needs of the
curriculum and young people are met.
Carry out Placemat activity – instructions available
from www.LTScotland.org.uk/partnershipwithemployers
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Activity
Carry out activity 9 in the CPD portfolio
Is there anything here you did not
talk about that would be useful for
your classroom?
Why Employer Engagement?
Effective employer engagement provides
benefits for everyone:
Watch Graeme High School and CALA
Homes section 5 ‘The Brochure’
www.LTScotland.org.uk/partnershipwithemployers
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Which design principles did you see in
action?
What might it look like in P2/P5?
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Challenge and enjoyment
Breadth
Progression
Depth
Personalisation and choice
Coherence
Relevance
Activity
Brainstorm
Consider the extent to which young people have
an active role and take responsibility, e.g.
– decision making
– initiating contacts
Activity
Carry out activity 11 in the
CPD portfolio
From an A3 grid choose what
you would like to record.
Win-Win
Aims to identify the qualities of a true
partnership approach to employer engagement.
Focus on these key themes:
• Each partner will have their own objective
• Understanding each other’s environment
• Both sides have valuable input
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Sustaining your Partnerships
• What is a partnership?
• What are the features of a good
partnership?
• Why get involved?
• What does each side bring to the
partnership?
Activity
Partnerships
Carry out activity 4 in the CPD portfolio
Think, Pair, Share
Activity
Carry out activity 5 in the CPD portfolio
Identify key features of true
partnerships as you watch either of
the training movies on the website
www.ltscotland.org.uk/partnershipwithemployers
First Steps
A confident start! Points to consider:
• schools need to be specific about curricular
needs
• employers vary in what they bring to
partnerships
• both sides require support
• appropriate communication
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Becoming involved with partners
• The crucial first steps are all important
• They can make or break an effective
partnership
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Activity
Initiating the Partnership
Carry out activity 8 in the CPD portfolio
Why?
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Who?
What?
How?
The purpose of the partnership
Decision about the partner which fits best
Importance of sharing information
Decision about how the contact is to be made
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Activity
Form ‘like’ groups of three or four
(e.g. teachers, SMT, employers)
Carry out the
One Minute Pitch Challenge
(notes available from the Partnership with
Employers website)
www.LTScotland.org.uk/partnershipwithemployers
A Shared Agenda
Aim to identify a wide range of practices which
maintain and nurture true partnerships.
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Welcoming ethos
Effective communication
Celebrating success/PR
Removing barriers
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…....and this is what MIGHT happen
Introducing Mick Jackson in action
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Reflection
Now complete your Action Plan in activity
5 of the CPD portfolio