Improving employability: equipping young people for progression

andThe role of employers in careers work

Two free-standing, half-day courses. Attend one or both courses to strengthen the impact and benefit of CEIAG and links with employers for your students.

Tuesday 20 November 2012 - LeedsWednesday 23 January 2013 – Milton Keynes

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Improving employability: equipping young people for progressionMorning Programme

OverviewAcademic attainment is no longer enough to ensure young people achieve their potential and make successful progress to further learning or employment. Employers, universities, trainers and colleges select on the basis of attainment plus additional skills, experiences and attitudes. From 2013 Study Programmes for 16 to 19 year-olds will be expected to improve young people’s employability skills by increasing the number of students who experience the workplace. Are you making the most of opportunities to equip your students?

The workshop will begin with a focus on the current context for developing young people’s employability. It will set out underpinning principles of good practice relating to curriculum design and to leadership and management of this work. There will be an opportunity to use a specially designed audit tool to review and refocus your approach to developing employability. This and a range of other resources will be available to delegates after the event.

Target audienceThe course has been specifically designed for duty and assistant headteachers, careers, work-related and employer engagement coordinators and careers advisers with strategic and curriculum roles.

Learning outcomesTo enable participants to:

• understand the current context for young people’s employability

• appreciate the underlying principles of leadership and management to developing a whole school approach to

improving young people’s progression into further learning and employment

• begin the process of reviewing and refocusing their employability programmes and preparing for Ofsted

The Institute of Career Guidance will be providing CPD certificates for delegates.

Course leadersGary Forrest and Sue Barr

Programme

Reception and coffee from 8.45 onwards..

0930-1000 Current context for developing young people’s employability and implications for schools and colleges

1000-1045 Developing a strategy for employability – underpinning principles

1045-1100 Break

1100-1120 Reviewing curriculum opportunities for improving employability

1120-1230 Reviewing and refocusing your own employability strategy and programme

1230 End of morning course

The role of employers in careers work Afternoon Programme

OverviewEmployers make an important contribution to careers work in schools and colleges. They can provide valuable insights to the world of work, motivate young people and help to set them on their way to successful progression to further learning or work. However, the pressures on employers to get involved with schools, colleges and universities are greater than ever and so it is important to make most effective use of these partnerships.

The session will begin with a focus on the current statutory requirements and government expectations relating to working with employers. It will provide good practice examples and underpinning principles for working with employers and other partners. There will also be an opportunity to use a specially designed audit tool to review and refocus your approach to working with employers. This and a range of other resources will be available to delegates after the event.

Target audienceThe course has been specifically designed for deputy and assistant headteachers, careers, work-related and employer engagement coordinators and careers advisers with strategic and curriculum roles.

Learning outcomes• understand the statutory position and government’s

expectations relating to employer engagement and work-related learning in the curriculum

• know about the different roles that employers (and other partners) can play in schools and colleges

• know about some of the free resources available which can increase employer engagement opportunities

• review and improve their own approach to managing and co-ordinating this work

• reconsider and maximise the impact of their programmes

CPD certificates will be provided.

Course leadersGary Forrest and Sue Barr

Programme

Reception, working lunch and exhibition from 12.45 onwards.

1330-1400 Current statutory requirements and government expectations concerning employer engagement

1400-1430 Roles that employers and can play

1430-1500 Strategies to recruit employers - review of available resources and services

1500-1515 Break

1515-1530 Maximising the impact of employer engagement

1530-1615 Reviewing own working with employer – leadership and management, provision

1615-1630 Action planning

1630 End of course

Course leadersGary Forrest and Sue Barr

Are key figures nationally in the areas of careers education and guidance, work-related and vocational learning, enterprise, employer engagement and associated policy developments. They have worked with government ministers and officials, contributing to the development of national policy and guidance for schools and colleges and are recognised as experts in the field.

They have each had over 25 years of experience in supporting schools, colleges, EBPs, local authorities, careers companies, government and business. Both began their careers as teachers and careers co-ordinators before going on to work nationally.

For nine years Gary was strategic manager at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCA/QCDA) where he had significant influence on substantial legislative and funding programme of the

government. He then went on to a role as employer engagement manager at the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT). He is a Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts and Associate Fellow at the University of Warwick’s Centre for Education and Industry.

Sue has worked as a consultant for over 14 years during which time she has provided training, consultancy, evaluation and project management for a wide range of clients. She has also had a diverse range of roles which include joint National Subject Lead for personal, social, health and economic education: economic wellbeing and financial capability (PSHEe:EWFC) and president of the Association for Careers Education and Guidance (ACEG).

BookingFull day programme: ICG and ACEG Members - £125 + VAT Non Members - £175 + VATStudent Members - £60 + VAT* Unemployed Members - £60 + VAT*

Morning or afternoon session only:

ICG and ACEG Members - £70 + VAT Non Members - £120 + VAT Student Members - £60 + VAT* Unemployed Members - £60 + VAT*

*Number of places limited.

Following the course, delegates will receive access to a range of tools and resources which will help them to develop and improve and maximise the impact of their employability programmes. This will include the latest policy documents, research reports and an audit tool to improve their own review and planning process.

We operate an on-line booking service. To book a place for a half day or two half day workshops at any of the venues: http://www.icg-uk.org/employabilityevent.html If you would like to talk to our Membership and Events Coordinator, please call Sarah Garratt 01384 445630.

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