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Newstead Wood School Paving the way to future employability Case study: Year 12 Professional Placement Scheme Anthony Fitzgerald Director of Careers Guidance Ian Matheson Member of Parents Association - Careers Committee
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Newstead Wood School
Paving the way to future employability
Case study: Year 12 Professional Placement Scheme
Anthony FitzgeraldDirector of Careers Guidance
Ian MathesonMember of Parents Association - Careers Committee
School context
Grammar school for girls (academy) with mixed sixth form in LB of Bromley
Established Careers Education, Guidance & Work Experience Programme since the 80s
175 students in Year 12 (30% recruited from a whole range of mostly London schools)
International Baccalaureate (IB) introduced 2010
Rationale
“There is no such thing as a career path – it’s crazy paving and you have to lay it yourself”
Robin Linnecar, Chairman of Praesta International
Main aim (1)
To improve career management skills through the processes of:
Researching Negotiating Planning Networking Communicating
each student sets up their own placement
Main aim (2):
To gain necessary Work Experience for vocational courses at University, e.g.
Law Engineering Scientific Medical & related professions Media Veterinary Science Teaching
Main aim (3):
To enable students to either ‘taste’ professions before applying for University and/or employment or undertake a community service placement (volunteering)
To enhance business and economic awareness
To build networks & professional confidence
To reflect on and present about their experience to younger students
Three stage model
Stage 1 Set up placement Stage 2 Go on placementEnrichment Week – 12th – 16th March 2012Stage 3 Present to an audience about placement
Setting up a placement
Information about scheme in summer 2011 prior to starting Year 12 (moodle resources)
Guidance interviews with students recruited new into the Sixth Form in September 2011
Formal presentation in October including winning ways to set up placements, flexibility built in
Ongoing support from careers staff and careers committee
Strict deadlines: placement details need to be finalised by January 2012 at the latest– insurance checks
Go on placement
In 2011..........• 149 of 175 students on placement
during enrichment week• Eight students on placement in Europe
during February half-term in lieu of professional placement
So what about the remaining 18?
Newstead Wood School
Professional placements by sector
March 2011Healthcare 24%
Law 13%
Public Sector 11%
Leisure 8%
Accountancy 10%
Education 12%
Banking 12%
Engineering & Construction 5%
Media 5%
Present to an audience about your experiences
Wednesday 21 March 2012Y12 Presentation skills training
Thursday 29 March 2012 Y12 Professional Placement presentationspd1 Y7 and 8pd3 Y9 and 10pd5 Y11
Innovations
From 2012 scheme widened to include “service” placements (Academy, 100 hours of service & school ethos)
Presentation skills development by professional trainer
Presentations to younger students rather than to an invited audience: career information, learning from older students
Strengths of scheme
Progression from WEX scheme in Year 10 Staged process mutiple outcomes Close to London & Kent Labour Markets Optimal timing – HE choices / outside of
summer Valued by students
Student Feedback
Higher Education choices
“got lots of inside information about investment banking, which firms recruit from which universities and preferences for degree courses”
Career realism
“it made me realise it is tough to progress as barrister and that school is actually not as tough and you really have to want it”
Personal Development
“I got fed up with looking for placements and wanted more leads from the school but in the end I am proud to say I set up my placement myself and appreciate now it can take a while”
Challenges
Perception that scheme would be better in the summer term
Ensuring every student has a personal motivation to do a placement i.e. 100% participation
Placements more difficult to set up in current economic situation
What more can we do to assist students to find placements?
Contact details
Anthony FitzgeraldDirector of Careers Guidance
Ian MathesonParents Assocation
