Learning Intentions

• to enable and encourage employer engagement

• to support you with resources and suggestions to take forward in your authority

Success criteria

Increased motivation and confidence to initiate and nurture effective partnerships

Make it happen !!!

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‘It is what teachers think,what teachers believe,

and what teachers do at the level of the classroom that ultimately determines the kindof learning that children get.’

Andy Hargreaves, ‘Understanding Teacher Development’

The bigger picture

Use the “Did you know / Shift Happens” clip to set the scene

Click for download of UK version

Determined to Succeed Three years on….

‘…unprecedented support from the business community. They realise the importance of creating a generation of Scots who have the skills, confidence and ambition to achieve their full potential.’

(Scottish Government, 2007)

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Enterprise in action

Pauline Clifford - Sparkle Shoeswww.ltscotland.org.uk/partnershipwithemployers

What do we do to promote Pauline’s dispositions?

• Confidence• Creativity• Pride• Ambition• Realism• Practicality• Self-fulfilment

• Flexibility• Changing direction• Self-belief• Risk taking• Importance of formal

qualifications

Enterprise in the making

Graeme High and Cala HomesPartnership

www.LTScotland.org.uk/partnershipwithemployers

Section 6 Employability Skills

What is Heather saying that mirrors Pauline's dispositions?

What else did you hear from Heather?

Heather’s dispositions

• Linking to real life• Importance of high

quality• Unique and personal• Own ideas• Creativity• Taking responsibility• Self-evaluation

• Fun• Enjoying work• Self-fulfilment• Choice• Initiative• Act confidently• Self-belief

Purposes of the curriculum

successful learners confident individuals

enthusiastic self-respectmotivated wellbeingdetermined ambitiouscreative secure

responsible citizens effective contributors

respectful enterprisingparticipative resilient

self-reliant

A Curriculum for Excellence

successful learnerswith•enthusiasm and motivation for learning•determination to reach high standards of achievement•openness to new thinking and ideas

and able to•use literacy, communication and numeracy skills•use technology for learning•think creatively and independently•learn independently and as part of a group•make reasoned evaluations•link and apply different kinds of learning in new situations

confident individualswith•self-respect•a sense of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing•secure values and beliefs•ambition

and able to•relate to others and manage themselves•pursue a healthy and active lifestyle•be self-aware•develop and communicate their own beliefs and view of the world•live as independently as they can•assess risk and take informed decisions•achieve success in different areas of activity

responsible citizenswith•respect for others•commitment to participate responsibly in political, economic, social and cultural life

and able to•develop knowledge and understanding of the world and Scotland’s place in it•understand different beliefs and cultures•make informed choices and decisions•evaluate environmental, scientific and technological issues•develop informed, ethical views of complex issues

effective contributorswith•an enterprising attitude•resilience•self-reliance

and able to•communicate in different ways and indifferent settings•work in partnership and in teams•take the initiative and lead•apply critical thinking in new contexts•create and develop•solve problems

To enable all youngpeople to become

Developing the four capacities in children and young people

‘The HOW of their learning is more important than WHAT is learned’

Curriculum design principles• Challenge and enjoyment• Breadth• Progression• Depth• Personalisation and choice• Coherence• Relevance

Partnerships in Practice

Aims to examine a range of models of engagement to ensure that the needs of the curriculum and young people are met.

Carry out Placemat activity – instructions available from www.LTScotland.org.uk/partnershipwithemployers

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Carry out activity 9 in the CPD portfolio

Is there anything here you did not talk about that would be useful for

your classroom?

Activity

Why Employer Engagement?

Effective employer engagement provides benefits for everyone:

Watch Graeme High School and CALA Homes section 5 ‘The Brochure’

www.LTScotland.org.uk/partnershipwithemployers

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Which design principles did you see in action?

What might it look like in P2/P5?

• Challenge and enjoyment• Breadth• Progression• Depth• Personalisation and choice• Coherence• Relevance

Activity Brainstorm

Consider the extent to which young people have an active role and take responsibility, e.g.

– decision making– initiating contacts

Carry out activity 11 in the CPD portfolio

From an A3 grid choose what you would like to record.

Activity

Win-Win

Aims to identify the qualities of a true partnership approach to employer engagement.

Focus on these key themes:• Each partner will have their own objective• Understanding each other’s environment • Both sides have valuable input

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Sustaining your Partnerships

• What is a partnership?

• What are the features of a good partnership?

• Why get involved?

• What does each side bring to the partnership?

Carry out activity 4 in the CPD portfolio

Think, Pair, Share

ActivityPartnerships

Carry out activity 5 in the CPD portfolio

Identify key features of true partnerships as you watch either of the training movies on the website

www.ltscotland.org.uk/partnershipwithemployers

Activity

First Steps

A confident start! Points to consider:• schools need to be specific about curricular needs• employers vary in what they bring to partnerships• both sides require support• appropriate communication

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Becoming involved with partners

• The crucial first steps are all important

• They can make or break an effective partnership

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Activity Initiating the Partnership

Carry out activity 8 in the CPD portfolio

Why? Who? What? How?

• The purpose of the partnership• Decision about the partner which fits best• Importance of sharing information• Decision about how the contact is to be made

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Form ‘like’ groups of three or four

(e.g. teachers, SMT, employers)

Carry out the

One Minute Pitch Challenge

(notes available from the Partnership with Employers website)

www.LTScotland.org.uk/partnershipwithemployers

Activity

A Shared Agenda

Aim to identify a wide range of practices which maintain and nurture true partnerships.

• Welcoming ethos• Effective communication• Celebrating success/PR• Removing barriers

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…....and this is what MIGHT happen

Introducing Mick Jackson in actionwww.LTScotland.org.uk/partnershipwithemployers

Reflection

Now complete your Action Plan in activity 5 of the CPD portfolio