Career Ready Coordinators CPD Day20 October 2015

Agenda10.00 Welcome10.15 A Careers and Employability Framework for All10.45 The Career Ready Mentoring Programme 11.00 The Masterclass Programme12.00 Networking lunch

A Careers and Employability Framework for All

Jenny Barber, Career Ready

Statutory duty• September 2013

• Secure access to independent careers guidance

• Career Ready cited in both the statutory guidance and in the examples – in both 2014 and 2015

Ofsted• Common Inspection Framework • Effectiveness of leadership and management

The extent to which leaders, managers and governors….successfully plan and manage learning programmes, the curriculum and careers advice so that all children and

learners get a good start and are well prepared for the next stage in their education, training or employment

• Personal development, behaviour and welfareThe extent to which the provision is successfully promoting and supporting learners… choices about their next stage of education, employment, self employment or training, where relevant from impartial careers advice and guidance …. And where

relevant, employability skills so that they are well prepared for their next stage of their education, employment, self employment or training

• Outcomes for children and other learnersInspectors will make judgements on academic and other learning outcomes for

learners by evaluating the extent to which they attain relevant qualifications so that they can and do progress to the next stage of their education into courses that lead to higher level qualifications and into jobs that meet local and national needs

Reoccurring themes • Employer engagement• Personalised advice and guidance • Range of activities• Supporting all progression routes, not just university• Role of the Governor • Careers policy / framework

A careers and employability framework• Skills for Career Success• Focus for tutorial programme and pastoral system• Moves the focus from what a provider puts in place

to the skills that young people need to develop• Identify gaps in provision• Being clear to stakeholders on the skills students will

develop alongside academic studies • The provider can be clear with an employer on how

they can support students

A tool to measure progress• Knowing yourself: self awareness and understanding

of the Skills for Career Success • Skills Identifier completed with mentor• Non Career Ready students – personal tutors • 360 degree feedback• RAG tracker• Overlay with attendance, meeting homework

deadlines and academic progress

Masterclasses• Seven of the eight masterclasses are relevant to all

students• Developed by Career Ready, Organisational

Psychologist and employer approved material• Sequential, stepping stone programme• Self awareness, labour market awareness, specific

employability skills • Mapped back to the Skills for Career Success and the

Skills Identifier

The Career Ready mentoring programme

Jenny Barber, Career Ready

The Career Ready masterclass programme

Jenny Barber, Career Ready

Thank you!