Approaches to building

employer engagement
activities into a school
careers program
Russell George
Stopsley High School
@SecondaryCEIAG

Types of
employer
interaction

Work Experience
Talks/assemblies
Careers Fair/Meet & Greet
Site visits
Mentoring
Parents & Employers
Competitions/Activity days
Mock Interviews
PHSE resources
Face to face resources

Research says
it all works
(but that learners like some
more than others)

And everybody
agrees anyway

Dylan William
@dylanwilliam
Institute of
Education
research-ed
September
2014

Luton LMI
Luton Borough Council report
TBR Research 2012

https://www.luton.gov.uk/Business/Lists/Luto
nDocuments/PDF/Regeneration/TBR%20Presen
tation%203_Final%20with%20qwizdom.pdf

http://www.stopsleyhighschool.co.uk/

11-16 Foundation school

980 pupils (1200 by 2018)
BSF cancelled June 2011 PSB starts
January 2015
Careers Co-ordinator
Ex Connexions buy in
Vocational Student Support
Year 10 work experience
Learning 4 Life lessons
Line manager = Head teacher
LA support

Activity Days

Employer designed

or

Association organised
Extended interaction
Themed Days
Young Enterprise

Careers Fairs

More students more buy in

from employers
Mix of learning providers &
employers
Questionnaires & sessions to
prepare

Site Visits

Students see the reality

Transport costs
Skills Show/Big Bang

Mentoring/Mock
Interview

Needs huge company and

individual buy in but can
grow from small contacts
Matching of students to
mentors
Regular meeting slots
Alumni networks

Parents

Get to the influencers

Challenge opinions

Work Experience

Budget for costs increasing

Other engagements = growing
number of placement
opportunities
Is there flexibility in the
curriculum & calendar ?

Talks

Tailored to small groups

encourages participation
Subject tie ins Teachers guide

http://www.educationandemployers.org/wpcontent/uploads/2014/11/Subject-TeacherGuide-04-11-14-Final.pdf

Motivation for large groups

Q&A
Alumni

PHSE/Face to Face
resources

BT Education
Plotr
Barclays Lifeskills
Tesco Youth Academy
Borntobuild
MyKindaCrowd
Competitions NHS
NCW2015
Careersbox & icould
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