Career Education - What Works?

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Tristram Hooley, presentation to the School Funders Network, 25th June 2015Career education what works?www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs 1What Im going to coverwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs What Im going to coverwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs OECD definitionCareer guidance refers to services and activities intended to assist individuals, of any age and at any point throughout their lives, to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careersThe activities may take place on an individual or group basis, and may be face-to-face or at a distance (including help lines and web-based services). (OECD, 2004)

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www.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs The current infrastructureSchool based provisionStatutory guidanceLocal authority provision of targeted servicesNational Careers Service Inspiration agendaCareer and enterprise companyJobcentre Plus in schoolsEducation information and transition support e.g. UCAS & NASOther local and national initiatives e.g. LEPs, Plotr, various charities, Career Lab, Future Morph

www.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs What Im going to coverwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs Types of careers support typically provided by schools in the UKinformation provisioncareer assessments and testscareer counsellingcareers advice delivered by a non-careers professionalcurricular interventionsfurther study/work-related learningother extra-curricular interventionsframeworks for reflection

www.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs Three ways of thinking about thisActivity based approach

Service based approach

Curriculum/learning based approachThis may be useful in assessing bidswww.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs What Im going to coverwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs Good career guidance (Gatsby)A stable careers programmeLearning from career and labour market informationAddressing the needs of each pupilLinking curriculum learning to careersEncounters with employers and employeesExperienced of workplacesEncounters with further and higher educationPersonal guidancewww.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs Tripartite approach to qualityQuality in Careers Standard

matrix Standard

CDI professional register

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Attendance/Retention

Transition

Life and career successThis may be useful in developing performance criteriawww.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs What Im going to coverwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs ResearchThere is an extensive evidence base which provides us with many useful insights about effective practice and expected outcomes. The evidence base could be enhanced through the funding of research:exploring the effective integration of employer engagement with other elements of career guidanceexploring the integration of new technologies into career guidancelooking at the sequencing and deployment of interventionsfurther use of administrative datasets RCTsLongitudinal work

www.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs Worth readingAndrews, D. (2011) Careers Education in Schools Stafford: Highflyers Publishing Bassot, B., Barnes, A., & Chant, A. (2013). A Practical Guide to Career Learning and Development. Abingdon: Routledge. Gatsby Charitable Foundation (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby.Hutchinson, J. (2012). Career-related learning and science education. School Science Review, 346: 91-98.Hutchinson, J. (2013). School Organisation and STEM Career-related Learning. York: National STEM Centre.Hutchinson, J., & Dickinson, B. (2014).Employers and schools. Local Economy, 29(3): 236-245.Mann, A. (2012). Work experience: Impact and delivery - Insights from the evidence. London: Education and Employers Taskforce. Mann and Dawkins, 2014b Employer engagement in education: literature review. London: Education and Employers Taskforce. Mann, A. and Percy, C. (2013). Employer engagement in British secondary education: wage earning outcomes experienced by young adults. Journal of Education and Work. CDWatts, A.G. (2013). False dawns, bleak sunset: the Coalition Government's policies on career guidance. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 4(1).

www.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs My work on this subjectHooley, T. (2014). The Evidence Base on Lifelong Guidance. Jyvskyl, Finland: European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN).Hooley, T., Devins, D., Watts, A. G., Hutchinson, J., Marriott, J.and Walton, F. (2012). Tackling Unemployment, Supporting Business and Developing Careers. London: UKCES. Hooley, T., Matheson, J. & Watts, A.G. (2014).Advancing Ambitions: The role of career guidance in supporting social mobility. London: Sutton Trust.Hooley, T., Marriott, J.and Sampson, J.P. (2011). Fostering College and Career Readiness: How Career Development Activities in Schools Impact on Graduation Rates and Students' Life Success. Derby: International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby.Hooley, T., Marriott, J., Watts, A.G. and Coiffait, L. (2012). Careers 2020: Options for Future Careers Work in English Schools. London: Pearson.Hooley, T., Watts, A.G., Andrews, D. (2015).Teachers and Careers: The Role Of School Teachers in Delivering Career and Employability Learning. Derby: International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby.

www.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs Tristram HooleyProfessor of Career EducationInternational Centre for Guidance StudiesUniversity of Derbyhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/icegs [email protected]@pigironjoe

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www.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs In summaryCareer learning should be at the heart of schooling.There is a growing evidence base.The evidence base suggests school-wide approaches that are linked to the curriculum are the most effective.The evidence also highlights the importance of involving employers and other key stakeholders. How a school organises, manages and resources careers work is likely to be critical for its effectiveness. There are some crucial places where the evidence base could be enhanced. www.derby.ac.uk/icegs www.derby.ac.ukwww.derby.ac.uk/icegs