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A summary of Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) resources
How to use these resources to improve practice
The content of this section will allow teachers and practitioners to access key information, resources and policies in order to support professional development and the implementation of DYW objectives. It also provides inspiration and connections around interesting practice currently emerging across Scotland in this area.
Reflective questions
This section aims to generate discussion around a number of reflective questions including:
- Through the learning experiences and opportunities I create, how am I helping young people develop skills which prepare them for their future career pathways and the world of work?
- What could I do more of, less of, or differently?
- How can partnership working with other practitioners, parents, employers and the wider community be developed further to better prepare young people for the world of work?
- What opportunities are there for co-designing and implementing learning experiences about the world of work?
Documents and Resources
Since the implementation of Scotland’s Youth Employment Strategy Education Scotland has developed a number of key documents and related resources to support practitioners in realising the ambitions around DYW.
Standards and guidance
Career Education Standard 3 to 18
Education-Employer Partnerships: documents to support planning, implementation and evaluation
Review and reports
Review of the implementation of the Career Education Standard (3 to 18),
The Work Placement Standard and Guidance on School/Employer Partnerships
Developing the Young Workforce Information Update - January 2020
Overarching DYW milestones: Seven Year Plan: Developing the Young Workforce in Scotland until 2021
Learner Journey Review 15 - 24
Developing employability, creativity and skills
Workshops and learning resources
Career Education Standard (3-18): Suite of Learning Resources
DYW - Quick guide for teachers and practitioners
Communications and networks
Career education and guidance 3-18
Resources
Career Education Standard – Exemplification Tool
Learning Resource 1 - Introduction to Career Education Standard (PDF 936 KB)
Learning Resource 1 - Introduction to Career Education Standard (PowerPoint 4.14 MB)
CES 3 to 18 Reflection tool and Self-evaluation Wheel
Primary/Early Years practice exemplars
Dalgety Bay Primary School: CES 3 to 18 and the heart of school planning
Busby Primary School: Skills development at the core of the curriculum
Caskieberran Primary School - Career education in the primary sector
Secondary practice exemplars
Woodfarm High School: A whole school approach to career education
Currie Community High School: Shared Vision
Skills and Profiling
Resources
Guidance and learning resource: Profiling skills and achievements in the context of career education
Scotland’s Enterprising Schools
Primary and early years practice exemplars
Ferguslie – Pre-Five Centre: Skills Development in Early Years
Kinross Primary School: Developing skills for learning life and work in partnership with employers
Bonhill Primary School: A whole school approach to enterprise and employability education
Millburn Area School Group: Developing Career Management Skills
Busby Primary School - Skills development at the core of the curriculum
Secondary practice exemplars
Dalziel High School: Skills development through STEM
Kingussie High School: Profiling employability skills and wider achievement
Larbert High School: Skills Framework
Skills Academy programme at St Matthew’s Academy, North Ayrshire
+ Sketchnote – St Matthew’s Academy – Skills for learning, life and work
Craigroyston Community High School: Developing skills to realise aspirations
Work placement and work-related learning
Virtual Work Placements Guidance
Partnership working
Resources
Education-Employer Partnerships - Key documents to support planning, implementation and evaluation
A self-evaluation guide for school/college partnerships
Secondary practice exemplars
School-employer partnerships at the heart of the learner journey at Breadalbane Academy
A partnership approach at Ardrossan Academy
Calderglen High School: Inspirational learning delivered in partnership
Curriculum design
Resources
Senior Phase Benchmarking Tool
Learning pathways: Senior Phase design
Preparing Young People for the Future – Senior phase in Scotland’s colleges
Secondary practice exemplars
Weaving employability into the senior phase curriculum - St Andrew’s Secondary School
Pre-Apprenticeship Programme at Govan High School, Glasgow
The Outward Bound Trust- supporting young people on their future pathways (PDF)
SCOTS Programme at Forth Valley College
Foundation Apprenticeships
DYW senior phase developments - Foundation Apprenticeships
Foundation Apprenticeship SWAY
Equalities
Resources
Learning resource 7: Ensuring equality of opportunities
DYW- Embedding equality into resources for learning' guide
Improving gender balance from 3-18
Improving gender balance - Big Me
Primary early years practice exemplars
Maisondieu Primary School: Opening horizons and challenging stereotypes through career education
Secondary practice exemplars
Tailored learning pathways to meet the needs of all
Flexible Learning Pathways Case Study
Activity Agreements in East Lothian
Park School: Learning Pathways for ASN learners (PDF)
Parents
Online Support
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