Enhancing the AQA
Computer Science GCSE
with IT Academy MTA
Mike Evans
Director - The IT Skills Management Co. ltd
ITSkillsman
mike.evans@itskillsman.co.uk
Enhance & Enrich
Give Students More
Save Time & Costs
Teacher CPD & Readiness
Latest Tools & Resources
Save Time & Money
GCSE Alignment
Hot Topics
Student Progression
Teacher CPD & Readiness
Latest Tools & Resources
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350 E-learning
Courses
Lesson Plans
Digital Literacy
curriculum and
resources
Test Banks
150 Title EReference Library
One low cost
provides
curriculum for
every student,
faculty and staff
Teacher
Certification Start
Kits:
20 x MTA
10 x MOS
Dreamspark – free
software for staff
and teachers
Microsoft Certified
Trainer (MCT)
membership
Academic
discounts on
official courseware
and certification
licenses
UNESCO CFT-ICT
curriculum and
assessment
Prepare students
by validating skills
through curriculum
aligned to
Microsoft
certifications
Leverage partner
with awarding
bodies e.g. AQA
GCSE
Certification
mapped to QCF
Member website
with logos, posters,
FAQ’s
Support through
Regional Support
Centre and
Microsoft
Academic
Partners (MASP)
Connection and
community with all
IT Academies
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Digital Literacy
IT Spend
will grow
to $1.7
trillion in
2013
51%
51% of IT
employment will
be softwarerelated
Source: IDC Economic Impact Study, Global, 2009
IT employment
will rise by 7.7
million jobs
between 2011
and 2015
‘Employment in IT & Telecoms
will grow at 5x faster than the
national average in the next ten
years…’
‘550,000 New Entrants to IT &
Telecoms needed over the next
5 years…’
E-Skills, Technology Insights 2011
42%
IT departments
running the
Microsoft
infrastructure in
many countries
employ 42% of
the IT workforce.
Source: IDC, Microsoft’s Economic Impact, 2011
95%
UK Employment Opportunities
The Microsoft UK ecosystem employs
over
500,000
IT and business professionals working
with Microsoft products or services
These employees
account for 39%
of IT related
employment (2011)
In total Microsoft
has more than 30,000
partners in the UK
Source: 2011 IDC UK Data & Messaging
Future Employability
More than 50% of
today’s jobs require
some technology skills, and
experts say that percentage will
increase to 77% in the next
decade.
77%
Within 10 years,
60% of the jobs that
will be available are ones that
don’t even exist today.
IDC
60%
Skills in 21st Century
“Skills are key to the prosperity of
nations and to better lives for
individuals in the 21st century.
They contribute to economic
growth both directly, through
increased productivity, and
indirectly, by creating greater
capacity to adopt new
technologies and ways of working
and to spur innovation.”
OECD, 2011