1. The eight building blocks of world class careers provision
Sue Barr
Education for Employability
Skills Show
19th November 2015

2. The aims of careers provision
Good careers provision should help young people:
Understand and develop themselves
Learn about careers and the world of work
Develop careers management, employability and enterprise skills

3. Careers provision includes
Careers information
options at 13/14, 16, 17 & 18
progression routes and job profiles
Careers advice and guidance
high quality and impartial
linked to tutoring, mentoring: recording and tracking
Careers and work-related education
how to use IA and G
employability skills
career management skills

4. ASCL Foundation Code for CEIAG

5. ASCL Foundation Code for CEIAG
Values
Aspiration, enhanced motivation, improved educational outcomes
Best interests of the young person, not the institution
Support disadvantaged young people to challenge their ideas and raise aspirations

6. ASCL Foundation Code for CEIAG
Behaviours
Adopt a strategic approach
Contribute to addressing the skills mismatch
Form and lead collaborations
Engage parents and carers
Support social mobility
Ensure access to quality professional development

7. Gatsby: good career guide, 2014
Eight benchmarks
PWC’s costing report
Overseas visits
Visits to independent schools
Key literature resources
School survey

8. Gatsby Benchmarks 1 – 4 A stable careers programme
Learning from career and labour market information
Addressing the needs of each student
Linking curriculum learning to careers

9. Gatsby Benchmarks 5 – 8 Encounters with employers and employees
Experiences of workplaces
Encounters with Further and Higher Education
Personal guidance

10. CDI Framework for careers, employability and enterprise education 7 - 19
Based on the ACEG Framework, 2103
Revised by the CDI Community of interest for careers education (CoICE)
Launched November 2015
3 aims
understand and develop self
learn about careers and the world of work
develop career management, employability and enterprise skills
17 learning outcomes

11. CDI Framework for careers, employability and enterprise education 7 - 19
Careers leaders plan, review and develop programmes (Benchmark 1)
Teachers plan lessons which enable students to access, use and analyse career & LMI (Benchmark 2)
Subject teachers link teaching with careers (Benchmark 4)
Teachers and employers plan activities (Benchmark 5)
Plan effective experiences of work (Benchmark 6)
Plan effective activities with FE, HE and apprentice providers (Benchmark 7)

12. For further details please contact
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