1. Sarah to welcome, set out agenda for two days.

2. Welcome: New Starters Sarah welcome (5 mins) How many 1st week?
Intro team
Set out the running order of the day

3. Company overview of EAN
Role of others in supporting the EAN, Company, ECs nationally, LEP, employers
Support available from the Company
Reporting structures, tools and impact
Review of the EAN in practice from the perspective of an EC and EA
Suzy (5 mins)
Ask ECs to spend a few minutes introducing themselves on the table and asking ‘what has motivated them to become an EC?’
By the end of the session ECs should have an understanding of 1.      Company overview of EAN 2.      Role of others in supporting the EAN, Company, EC network, LEP, employers, 3.      What makes a good EA 4.      Support available including a.      Templates and resources b.      People c.       Website and linked in d.      Network news e.      Training and events 5.      Reporting structure a.      EAN register b.      Information sharing agreement c.       Monthly reports to RLs d.      Pye Tait e.      Impact and case studies

4. What skills & qualities make an effective EA?
Suzy (15 mins)

5. Work nationally, tailor locally Enable and convene the best programmes
Company context
We are not a provider
We ‘join the dots’
An umbrella organisation – filling gaps in provision and ensuring coverage across the country
Test, learn and adapt
Build on what works
Work nationally, tailor locally
Enable and convene the best programmes
Clare (15)

6. Company context
The EA – a simple model. Aims to simplify the process for employers and education providers to work together − Encounters with businesses that inspire them − The information they need to understand their options − Access to support needed to plan a successful and fulfilling career
Clare
Reference the Gatsby tool to support schools in aligning their plan to the benchmarks through a simple survey

7. What does an Enterprise Coordinator do?
Understands and steers the careers and enterprise agenda; Expert support for willing volunteers; Local knowledge and contacts; Link back into local skills strategy; Manages relationships with schools, colleges, employers and providers
Clare
Ask them to discuss their role in pairs – anything to add?

8. The Careers & Enterprise Company
National landscape and key messages
Jan (20)

9. We know that there is more to do
There are 750,000 vacancies, one quarter skill-shortage related…
… youth unemployment 3x higher than total unemployment
 ONS June 2016

10. We also know what works
Encounters with employers, with workplaces, with further and higher education
Information about local jobs, how the curriculum connects to work
A plan tailored to an individual’s needs and supported by guidance
- Sir John Holman
“…young adults surveyed who recalled greater levels of contact with employers whilst at school were significantly less likely to be NEET and earned, on average, 18% more than peers who recalled no such activities.”
- Dr Anthony Mann

11. But it’s not consistently implemented
66% businesses believe work experience is critical for recruitment
yet only 38% offer work experience in England
Only in 40% of schools do young people have one encounter each year

12. Inconsistent coverage
Our diagnostic
Inconsistent coverage
Schools not helped to distinguish between offers
Schools and employers have different language and timetables

13. 1. Identify where to focus: ‘Cold Spot’ research
Outcomes
Employer engagement
Deprivation
Cold spots include uptake of apprenticeships post KS4 – directing employer resources to coldspots – new cold spots released shortly – accurate lep level data – reflective maps

14. 2. Understand ‘what works’“
Careers information is so confusing for young people that it is irrational to engage… ”
We put evidence at the heart of what we do
Foundational research published:
‘What works’ review: to underpin all of our work on the ground
‘Cold Spots’ Prioritisation Indicators: to identify geographic areas of career an enterprise need
Moments of Choice’ research: behavioural analysis of young people revealing that disengagement from career decision making is the rational response to today’s complex and unwieldy careers information and proposing ‘public information’ campaigns to address this
‘Compass’ tool launched: free tool to allow schools to benchmark their performance against ‘Gatsby benchmarks’

15. 3. Invest in proven programmes
We are targeting support where it is needed
£10m invested in 35 proven careers and enterprise programmes:
75% invested in “cold spot” - areas most in need of careers and enterprise support
Over £4m raised in cash match
250,000 young people to benefit
Initial impact: 22,000 new encounters between business and schools in first quarter of the fund (multiple encounters > 18% uplift in earnings and significant NEET reduction)
Expected impact: 1.5m encounters over course of the fund
Spearheading a £12m Mentoring Fund and Campaign that will connect a new generation of mentors to pre-GCSE teens at risk of disengaging and under-performing, reaching 25,000 young people by 2020.
55 applications shortlisted in the fund; winners to be announced in November
Regional campaign development kicked off with mentoring community; campaign to launch in line with mentor recruitment for September 2017

16. 3. Invest in proven programmes
Who are the funded partners in your area?
Add fund beneficiary sheet to each table, with locations. (10)

17. 4. Engaging & corralling stakeholders
 Sarah (10)
We are engaging and corralling key stakeholders and supporters
Endorsement by joint Business and Education Select Committee
Close working relationships with the Gatsby Foundation, Confederation of British Industry, Federation of Small Business, British Chamber of Commerce, Association of School and College Leaders
550 stakeholders convened in Liverpool for annual ‘Join the Dots’ Conference and hundreds more at events around the country.
Inaugural Head Teachers group (39 principals from each LEP) to meet in November

18. 5. Provide every school and college with dedicated support81
Help schools connect to local businesses and build careers and enterprise plans
1 Enterprise Coordinator per 20 schools and colleges
1 Senior business volunteer (Enterprise Adviser) per school or college
Provide senior counsel and connections
1000
40% CEO or Chair
We are achieving impact across the country
1000 Enterprise Advisers and 81 Coordinators ‘joining the dots’ through our network in less than a year:
Live in 38 out of 39 areas of England
1000+ schools signed up – a third of all secondary schools. And 100 colleges
1000+ business volunteer Enterprise Advisers recruited; 40% CEOs, MDs or chairs
Initial impact:
3 fold increase in proportion of schools and colleges with employer engagement plan (15% to 45%)
35,000 hours of Enterprise Adviser senior volunteer time invested in schools (~£11m value, conservative est.; ~£50m expected next year)
Expected coverage next year: half of all schools and colleges

19. www.careersandenterprise.co.uk @CareerEnt
Next steps
1. Look at our research
2. See if our funded programmes can help you
3. Sign up for the network: get a dedicated Enterprise Coordinator and Enterprise Adviser
@CareerEnt

20. Support available for ECs
People
Templates and resources
Website and LinkedIn
Network News
Training and events
Clare (15)

21. Support available: Regional Leads
What is the role of a Regional Lead?
Clare
Focus on the role of the Regional Lead – 2 minute exercise – what support would you like from your RL? Then each RL share something they do to support ECs

22. Plan local strategy with LEP including launch/celebration event;
Short term priorities
C0ntact Regional Lead;
Join LinkedIn Group;
Plan local strategy with LEP including launch/celebration event;
Issue press release;
LEP/Skills Board Chair to write to businesses and schools;
Join EAN register webinar
Review local provision for employer engagement;
Gather local LMI;
Develop local comms;
Develop EA induction, DBS check for EAs;
Develop your EA training;
Set up steering group;
Review Pye Tait hub
Clare

23. Website resources

24. Bi-Monthly Network News

25. Clare

26. Toolkit & Resources Sarah
National and local – supported by careers and enterprise fund careers services – see fund handout
Jan /Sarah – share info about the working group and next steps. Helen and Kate are in the audience.

27. EA Coffee Break Club: Webinar Series
As short as the time it take to drink a cup of tea or coffee (10-15 mins), to:
Support connectivity between the EAN and Company, share company news and disseminate best practice.
Claudia Harris/Natalie Cramp: Company Overview & Vision for EA Success (Nov)
Karleen Dowden, Education Policy Lead: The Education Landscape 101 (Nov)
Professor Tristram Hooley: ‘What Works:’ An evidence-led approach to activity planning in schools (Dec)
Roger Taylor: Moments of Choice- what this means for EAs supporting careers information planning in schools (January)
All webinars will be recorded and shared via Network News
Dates TBC
Sarah

28. Events:
National & regional Recognise sector and stakeholders Sponsorship / Awards (R&R) Young people (YAB) Annual conference
Umbrella: Joining the dots
Thought leadership
Support & amplify (R&R)
Sarah

29. Information sharing agreement Monthly reports to RLs Pye Tait
Reporting structures
EAN register
Information sharing agreement
Monthly reports to RLs
Pye Tait
Impact and case studies
Kerry (30)
John A will be there to deliver / answer questions

30. Streamlining Data Collection
Clear separation of Impact Evaluation and Management Information
Standardisation of Consent Forms
Introduction of EAN Register
Discontinuation of two existing Pye Tait surveys
Revision of remaining surveys
Expansion of newly launched Satisfaction survey

31. Information flows from Stakeholders

32. Overview of all data channels
A. Impact evaluation
1. EA Signup Questions [once – on entry] NEW!
2. Impact Tracking by Pye Tait
2.1 Surveys on the Hub
2.1.1 EA Profile
2.1.2 EAN Status
2.1.3 Schools [annual – on entry & anniversary]  Revised
2.1.4 Employers [annual – September]
2.1.5 Satisfaction [annual – September]  Expanded
2.2 Qualitative research
2.2.1 Interviews [quarterly – end of quarter]
2.2.2 Workshops [quarterly – end of quarter]
2.2.3 Webinars [ad hoc]
B. Management information reports
3. Reports to Regional Leads [monthly]
4. Financial Returns [quarterly]
5. EAN Register [monthly] NEW!
C. Self Assessment
6. Compass Benchmarking Tool [ad hoc – as School requires]
D. Administration
7. Diversity & Equality Form [once – on entry]
8. Consent Declaration Form [once – on entry]

33. Purpose of each data channel
A. Impact evaluation
1. EA Signup Questions
To collect information about the motivations, objectives, and experience of an incoming EA and establish the baseline against which counterpart questions in the satisfaction survey will be measured.
2. Impact Tracking by Pye Tait
To track the impact, the EAN is having on Schools/Colleges/EAs/Employers/Providers/Young People. To identify, record, and disseminate best practice. To formatively evaluate the programme so the Company can manage performance, direct support where it is most needed, and support the Company’s reporting to DfE. To enable interim summative evaluation of the Programme as a whole.
B. Management information reports
3. Reports to Regional Leads
To update Regional Leads on activity and flag issues, risks, and lessons.
4. Financial Returns
To account for money spent and claim grants from the Company on the basis of agreed targets.
5. EAN Register
To collect MI data that enable the Company to report to DfE against its KPIs, to operate the Network effectively, and to communicate with stakeholders.
C. Self Assessment
6. Compass Benchmarking Tool
To enable Schools/Colleges to benchmark their CE provision and track their progress over time.

34. 2. Impact Tracking by Pye Tait
Updated Impact Tracking Hub

35. 2. Impact Tracking by Pye Tait
Questionnaires in Data Collection Zone
Schools
Employers
Satisfaction
Check for Updates

36. An audience with…..
Georgina Angele, Enterprise Coordinator Coast 2 Capital
Rebecca Tonks, Enterprise Adviser
Vanissa Amliwala, Enterprise Adviser
Q&A
suzy

37. Questions Reflections Comments Ideas Concerns
Floyd – networking drinks and dinner to close