Delivering Your Potential Employability

1. Delivering Your PotentialEmployability For Schools

2. OUR VISION Work with partners to develop and launch a leading programme that accelerates individual change • enables pupils to take personal responsibility to transition into the world of employment • focuses on equipping pupils and teachers with the mindset and skills to succeed • Equips parents/guardians with the knowledge and skills they need to support their children • creates a sustainable approach working in collaboration with all government and community parties • Cradle to grave learning framework enabling viable progression choices

3. Our Mission – to provide a differentapproach • A partnership with all relevant stakeholders to deliver the economic growth of UK plc and Big Society ethos • Focus on changing the young persons mindset to take personal responsibility to succeed.....forever • Integrated within the curriculum especially to create no additional burden or cost wherever possible • Utilise existing resource and equip the teachers to make the changes • Leave the competence and culture in the schools to make sustainable changes • Resource the parents to find the information they need • Engage “volunteers “ to support the programme’s success • Signpost where technical skills for successful employment can be found

4. A Whole System Approach • Government linking into the overall employability strategy add link • Head Teachers and Governors Sponsorship or programme and curriculum enhancements • Teachers To change mind-set, provide knowledge and skills • Pupils Multi tiered programme drop-down selection from workshops, seminars and coaching • Parents/Guardians To equip parents with knowledge/meaning of choices • Community support organisations eg Princes Trust/ YE/Scouts Identification of additional resource available • Job Centres and Employers Support of realistic work placement and vocational opportunities

5. A Whole Systems Approach An objectives driven framework supporting on 4 dimensions of skills, knowledge, confidence and motivation

6. The Learning Journey Creating the environment for everyone to flourish

7. What we deliver A connected series interventions enabling individuals to take ownership and responsibility for increasing their employability. Aim: • Whole system approach engaging all stakeholders • Creating in partnership the environment to flourish • Targeted focus on personal action plans specific to individual needs for the duration of the programme • Targeted learning for under represented groups • Diagnostic tools to clarify personal needs and establish achievable milestones • Building competence and confidence through a stepped approach, encompassing personal and practical techniques for employability • Empowering on going structured sustainability and resilience • To create powerful realistic role models

8. Our Product Offering The product will be • Branded and accredited and quality assured • Delivered by experienced facilitators/role models • Flexible offering tailored to the schools needs and budgets • Responsive to emerging pupils/parents/teachers needs Delivered using a variety of methods that focus on developing Knowledge/Skills/Confidence and Motivation • Coaching • Mentoring • Peer to Peer interventions • Workshops • Work Placements • Work Shadowing • Volunteering • Key Note speakers • Lectures/Seminars/Open evenings • Classroom exercises/activities • Internet based activities

9. Teacher offering CPD Options offered through the school and local employers through workshops/coaching programmes/key note speakers Example topics: • Understanding the employment market • Effective work placements • Creating positive mind-set • Knowledge based interventions

10. Pupil offering • Options offered through school – developing self belief and esteem Understanding the careers pathways Effective Exam /revision techniques Creating positive mind-set/brand image • Options offered to their parents direct – wiser decision making Coaching and mentoring on the above subjects Knowledge based interventions • Options offered through local employers – Job readiness Work experience Work shadowing • Options offered through volunteering groups ( Scouts/TA) – Personal responsibility Work experience Work shadowing • Peer to Peer interventions

11. Parent offering • Options offered through school Workshops: Understanding the careers pathways Understanding how your child learns Effective Exam /revision techniques Creating positive mind-set • Options offered to the parent direct Coaching and mentoring on the above subjects Knowledge based interventions • Shared optionsWebsite offering one stop shop

12. Programme Framework • Phase 1– Initial diagnostic with Head/Governors Outcome : Identification of the interventions needed • Phase 2 – Develop Project Plan with Head/Governors/TeachersOutcome: Milestones and measures of success in place • Phase 3 – Engagement of Stakeholders parents/employers/pupils/external bodies Outcome : understanding and buy in from all parties • Phase 4 – Roll out

13. Contact Us • Karen Powell, DYP Associates Ltd • http://www.dypassociates.co.uk/cms/home • Cheryl Simons, Clouds Associates Ltd • http://www.clouds.247cms.co.uk/cms/home