Ann Jordan, Karima Kadi - hanifi and Rose Watson

1. An Investigation into the skills and attributes of trainee teachers in relation to their world of work. University of Worcester Ann Jordan, Karima Kadi-hanifi and Rose Watson

2. Rationale • Importance of relevant employability skills and attributes in the current economic climate. • Little systematic analysis of transferability of employability skills and attributes by ITT students to non-teaching work contexts. • Research to focus on potential areas of mis-match between employer expectations and the perceived capabilities of students in relation to students in the teaching sector. • Research to examine the extent to which final year ITT students feel they have developed these capabilities and also the extent to which employers from the teaching and non-teaching sectors agree about the importance of such skills and attributes.

3. Top 10 most important skills and capabilities • Communication skills • Team-working skills • Integrity • Intellectual ability • Confidence • Character/personality • Literacy • Numeracy • Analysis/decision making What do Employers think and want? Archer and Davison (2008) UKCES

4. Largest importance-satisfaction gaps in capabilities of new graduates • Commercial awareness • Analysis and decision making • Communication • Written literacy • Passion • Relevant work experience • Planning/organisation • Confidence • Personal Development skills *What do Employers think and want? Archer and Davison(2008), UKCES

5. Chosen methodology 3 separate online surveys to: • Final year undergraduate ITT primary students, one year Primary Post Graduate students and final year Post-compulsory DTLLS students. • Employers from primary and post- compulsory sectors and those outside the teaching sectors. • Internal University staff, including teacher educators.

6. Students responding ‘good’ and ‘very good’ N=66 PGCE Primary (21), UG Primary (24), FE ITT (6), Other (15)

7. Students responding ‘very good’ N=66 PGCE Primary (21), UG Primary (24), FE ITT (6), Other (15)

8. Employers indicating ‘Very Important’ and ‘Important’ 74 (89% total respondents) from education sector Of Education, 63 (85%) primary, 11 (15%) post comp. 9 (11% total respondents) from nonteaching.

9. Employers indicating ‘Very Important’ 74 (89% total respondents) from education sector Of Education, 63 (85%) primary, 11 (15%) post comp. 9 (11% total respondents) from non teaching.

10. Employers from Education/Non Education sectors responding ‘Very Important’

11. Primary and Post-compulsory employers responding ‘Very Important’

12. Colleagues indicating ‘Very important’ and ‘Important’ N= 33 A return of 66% response of which 35.5 were UW, 25.8 Partner and 38.7 other

13. Colleagues indicating ‘very important’ N= 33 A return of 66% response of which 35.5 were UW, 25.8 Partner and 38.7 other

14. Students, employers and colleagues responding ‘Very important/very good’ and ‘important/good’

15. Students, employers, colleagues responding ‘very important/very good’

16. Next steps • Further interrogation of data • Identification of emerging themes • Discussions with colleagues and employers re strategies for enhancing employability • Embedding within the curriculum