16+ Learning Choices

1. 16+ Learning Choices Alistair Cairns Education Manger: LT Scotland Perth: 9th February 2010

2. 16+ Learning Choices Melanie Weldon Deputy Director, Enterprise and Employability for Young People Division. Scottish Government.

3. 16+ Learning Choices Keith Brown MSP Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning.

4. 16+ Learning Choices Sarah Grumball DHT Clydebank High School West Dunbartonshire Council.

5. Widening the Curriculum

6. Widening the Curriculum Background • December 2008 / January 2009 • Increasing numbers of young people indicating they want to return to S5 • Looking at Leaver Destinations (S5) • WDC asking the school what might be done differently

7. Widening the Curriculum Discussion at SMT • What should the curriculum look like for young people returning to S5? a) traditional subjects at all 3 levels b) mixture of traditional subjects & college c) traditional subjects, college and in-school awards • Decision made - C

8. Widening the Curriculum School Situation • Leadership & Community Involvement - 2 themes for the new session Q How could we combine the need to offer an appropriate curriculum for the new S5 & our ideas on Leadership and Community Involvement? • Discussion with existing S4 & S5 young people as to what they would like.

9. Widening the Curriculum S4 & S5 suggested a curriculum that included: • Fitness, dance, football, coaching skills • Personal finance, budgeting • DIY, cookery • First Aid • Interview skills & interview practice • CV writing • Additional qualifications for their CVs

10. Widening the Curriculum So what do we have this session? • 2 new courses in our Senior Phase Option Choice booklet Community Involvement - Sports Leadership Lifestyle & Sports Development • Community Involvement & Sports Leadership * Funding registration paid for through police contact sports coaching - Active Schools * Term 2/3 young people will be using their skills to work with associated primary schools

11. Widening the Curriculum Lifestyle & Sports Development • 24 young people – 10 indicated that they would be leaving at Christmas (only 4 left) • 6 periods a week with 1 session a double period • What do they do? * Team building * Communication skills * Health & Wellbeing * Personal Finance

12. Widening the Curriculum • Still a need to find providers for employability skills • Forward Training * Goal setting * Career matching * Individual needs * Work ethics * Identification of transferable skills * Interview techniques * Interview practice • Now we have Space Unlimited involved with the group

13. Widening the Curriculum By April 2010 this group of young people will be able to enhance their CVs, college application or UCAS form with: • range of employability skills • a personal finance qualification • First Aid certificate • experience from Space Unlimited of a real life project * decision making * challenging thinking * enquiry * life skills * self awareness

14. Widening the Curriculum Thoughts to date: • The group of young people we are working with need variety • School capacity is limited • Timetable structures should be revisited • Advice on Senior Phase Option Choices • School staff need: * introductions to potential providers and * pointers as to where we should be looking for support and advice * to be able to network • Partnership training

15. 16+ Learning Choices Focused discussion Provision of learning opportunities

16. 16+ Learning Choices Frank Crawford Chief Inspector HMIE.

17. 16+ Learning Choices Ann Carnachan Head of School Improvement Falkirk Council

18. SUPPORTING TRANSITIONPOSITIVE DESTINATIONS

19. Learning to Achieve We want all learners to have enjoyable, challenging experiences allowing them to work to their full potential… To develop the skills and attributes which will allow them to make a positive contribution to society and achieve positive and sustained destinations.

20. The NEET Challenge • Preventing school leavers from becoming NEET by improving the effectiveness of the transition from school to employment, further education or training. • To effectively engage with 16-19 year olds who are not engaged in employment, education or training.

21. June 2006 – More Choices, More Chances • Promoting effective pre-school leaving activities and improving support for young people at the point of transition to increase the number of school leavers moving into a positive destination. • To engage young people who have left school in a range of post school activities to reduce the number of young people remaining in, or falling into, a negative destination.

22. Context for Delivery • Early Years Early Intervention Framework • New Community Schools – Integrated Services for Children • Getting it Right for Every Child • Curriculum for Excellence • Determined to Succeed • Building the Curriculum 4 : skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work

23. Curriculum for Excellence • Curriculum for Excellence is about driving forward improvements in learning and teaching to improve the life chances of young people and ensure they have the skills and knowledge they need for learning, life and work in the 21st Century

24. Key National Indicator: • Increase in the proportion of school leavers from Scottish publicly funded schools in positive and sustained destinations (FE, HE, employment or training.

25. Improving Outcomes for Young People – Making a Positive Transition • Raising aspirations: developing universal provision to promote positive post-school transitions. • Understanding and identifying risk factors. • Delivering targeted support and interventions. • Identifying gaps – developing new provision. • Supporting staff in and out of schools to support the above.

26. Developing Universal Provision to Promote Post-School Transitions • Personal Learning Planning/individual target setting • career education/Career Box • World of Work event • work experience • enterprise activities • lifeskills programmes including employability skills • core skills – literacy, numeracy, ICT • financial education • transition from P7 to secondary • transition post-school

27. Risk Factors • Child: barriers to learning, early primary school start • School: attainment, attendance, changes of school • Family: looked after, young carer, substance misuse, bereavement • Social behaviour: multi-agency referral, known to Social Work

28. Partners • All secondary schools • Education Psychology Service • Employment and Training Unit • Skills Development Scotland (Careers) • Community Learning and Development • Social Work Services • My Future's in Falkirk/Economic Development • Forth Valley College • Skillforce • Barnardo's • Voluntary Sector

29. Targeted Support and Intervention • Transition P7 to Secondary: • - pastoral care/support for learning • - promoting resilience • Integrated Pupil Support - Community Learning and Development • Forth Valley College Options for S3-S6 • Duke of Edinburgh and ASDAN courses • Positive Transitions Programme with Employment and Training Unit • Activate • SNAP - targeting non-attenders • SDS – key workers • Particip8 – intensive youth support service • Young people leaving care

30. Intensive Youth Support Service: • Provided by youth workers in Community Education. • Support for the most difficult to engage young people. • Provides one to one and small group support to young people 5-18 most at risk or furthest from the labour market. • Will help to support a young person into the programmes on offer. • Will support young people across school leaving and for sustained periods as required. • Levels of support and actual activities will be individually tailored. • Target is a sustained post-16 placement for a period of 6 months and thereafter the service will disengage.

31. Planning for Transition • Establish transition plans for all pupils at least 12 months before the end of their compulsory education, involving a named member of staff, eg form tutor, pastor staff, DHT

32. The Partnership - Remit • In the context of Curriculum for Excellence to plan curriculum provision and support to ensure that all young people move into a positive destination post school • To oversee the operation of the consortia arrangements between schools and Forth Valley College and to deepen partnership arrangements • To monitor the effectiveness of planned interventions • To monitor the outcomes for young people - achievement in the widest sense • To develop and monitor the use of practice protocols between partners (eg attendance, behaviour, reporting) • To support and monitor the implementation of planning for 16+ learning choices in schools • To review the effectiveness of working with key partners: • - having a shared vision • - communication at strategic and operational levels • - effective sharing of resources to avoid duplication • - maximise opportunities for young people in the Falkirk Council area

33. 16+ Learning Choices Focused discussion Supporting young people.

34. 16+ Learning Choices Graham Hollowell Scottish Government

35. Partnership Work • Key Challenges • More sustainable economic growth • The cost of high youth unemployment • Putting young people at the heart of what we do

36. Partnership Work • To make long lasting effective change: • Collaborative • Coherent • Clarity of purpose

37. Partnership Work • Provision • How do you know you have the right provision? • Views of young people • Gaps/duplication • Vulnerable groups

38. Partnership Work • Support • Is it meeting need? • What more needs to be done? • Partnership Activity • How will you drive down negative destinations? • How will you re-engage young people? • How will you reduce ‘churn’?

39. 16+ Learning Choices Local authority partnership: Action planning

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