16+ learning choices ann carnachan head of school improvement falkirk council

16+ Learning Choices

Ann CarnachanHead of School ImprovementFalkirk Council

Falkirk Council : Education Services

SUPPORTING TRANSITIONSUPPORTING TRANSITIONPOSITIVE DESTINATIONSPOSITIVE DESTINATIONS


Learning to AchieveLearning to Achieve

We want all learners to have enjoyable, challenging experiences allowing them to work

to their full potential… To develop the skills and attributes which will allow them to make a

positive contribution to society and achieve positive and sustained destinations.


The NEET ChallengeThe NEET Challenge

• Preventing school leavers from becoming NEET by improving the effectiveness of the

transition from school to employment, further education or training.

• To effectively engage with 16-19 year olds who are not engaged in employment,

education or training.


June 2006 – More Choices, More ChancesJune 2006 – More Choices, More Chances• Promoting effective pre-school leaving

activities and improving support for young people at the point of transition to increase the

number of school leavers moving into a positive destination.

• To engage young people who have left school in a range of post school activities to reduce the number of young people remaining in, or

falling into, a negative destination.


Context for DeliveryContext for Delivery

• Early Years Early Intervention Framework

• New Community Schools – Integrated Services for Children

• Getting it Right for Every Child

• Curriculum for Excellence

• Determined to Succeed

• Building the Curriculum 4 : skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work


Curriculum for ExcellenceCurriculum for Excellence

Curriculum for Excellence is about driving forward improvements in learning and teaching

to improve the life chances of young people and ensure they have the skills and knowledge they

need for learning, life and work in the 21st Century


Key National Indicator:

• Increase in the proportion of school leavers from Scottish publicly funded schools in

positive and sustained destinations (FE, HE, employment or training.

Falkirk Council : Education ServicesImproving Outcomes for Young People – Making a Improving Outcomes for Young People – Making a

Positive TransitionPositive Transition

• Raising aspirations: developing universal provision to promote positive post-school transitions.

• Understanding and identifying risk factors.

• Delivering targeted support and interventions.

• Identifying gaps – developing new provision.

• Supporting staff in and out of schools to support the above.


Developing Universal Provision to Promote Post-School TransitionsDeveloping Universal Provision to Promote Post-School Transitions

• Personal Learning Planning/individual target setting

• career education/Career Box

• World of Work event

• work experience

• enterprise activities

• lifeskills programmes including employability skills

• core skills – literacy, numeracy, ICT

• financial education

• transition from P7 to secondary

• transition post-school


Risk FactorsRisk Factors

• Child: barriers to learning, early primary school start

• School: attainment, attendance, changes of school

• Family: looked after, young carer, substance misuse, bereavement

• Social behaviour: multi-agency referral, known to Social Work

Falkirk Council : Education ServicesPartnersPartners

• All secondary schools

• Education Psychology Service

• Employment and Training Unit

• Skills Development Scotland (Careers)

• Community Learning and Development

• Social Work Services

• My Future's in Falkirk/Economic Development

• Forth Valley College

• Skillforce

• Barnardo's

• Voluntary Sector


Targeted Support and Intervention

• Transition P7 to Secondary:- pastoral care/support for learning

- promoting resilience

• Integrated Pupil Support - Community Learning and Development

• Forth Valley College Options for S3-S6

• Duke of Edinburgh and ASDAN courses

• Positive Transitions Programme with Employment and Training Unit

• Activate

• SNAP - targeting non-attenders

• SDS – key workers

• Particip8 – intensive youth support service

• Young people leaving care


Intensive Youth Support Service:

• Provided by youth workers in Community Education.

• Support for the most difficult to engage young people.

• Provides one to one and small group support to young people 5-18 most at risk or furthest from the labour market.

• Will help to support a young person into the programmes on offer.

• Will support young people across school leaving and for sustained periods as required.

• Levels of support and actual activities will be individually tailored.

• Target is a sustained post-16 placement for a period of 6 months and thereafter the service will disengage.


Planning for Transition

• Establish transition plans for all pupils at least 12 months before the end of their compulsory

education, involving a named member of staff, eg form tutor, pastor staff, DHT


The Partnership - Remit• In the context of Curriculum for Excellence to plan curriculum provision and

support to ensure that all young people move into a positive destination post school

• To oversee the operation of the consortia arrangements between schools and Forth Valley College and to deepen partnership arrangements

• To monitor the effectiveness of planned interventions

• To monitor the outcomes for young people - achievement in the widest sense

• To develop and monitor the use of practice protocols between partners (eg attendance, behaviour, reporting)

• To support and monitor the implementation of planning for 16+ learning choices in schools

• To review the effectiveness of working with key partners:- having a shared vision

- communication at strategic and operational levels- effective sharing of resources to avoid duplication

- maximise opportunities for young people in the Falkirk Council area

16+ learning choices ann carnachan head of school improvement falkirk council

Documents

education services curriculum

education services context

education services planning

community education

compulsory education

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