A summary of Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) resources

Published 22/11/2017.  Last updated 15/12/2023
sourceLearning resources categoryGaelic

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:

  1. 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?
  2. What could I do more of, less of, or differently?
  3. 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?
  4. 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

Work Placements Standard

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

DYW Annual reports

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

What would you like to be?

What could I be…? (PDF)

Communications and networks

Blog

Twitter

DYW Yammer

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

Moray Skills Pathways

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

Castlebrae Community High School: Junior Adventure Leader – developing employability skills in the BGE

Work placement and work-related learning

Overview

Work placements

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

Professional Learning Module: An overview of work-based learning and Foundation, Modern and Graduate Apprenticeships

My Wow Apprenticeships zone

Teachers newsletter

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

Parkhill Secondary School: Enterprise Academy flexible pathways for young people with additional needs

Park School: Learning Pathways for ASN learners (PDF)

Parents

National Parent Forum Scotland: Information flyers for parents on career education, pathways and skills

Parentzone Scotland - DYW

Online Support

Developing the Young Workforce - online support

A summary of Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) resources

Published 22/11/2017.  Last updated 15/12/2023
sourceLearning resources categoryGaelic

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:

  1. 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?
  2. What could I do more of, less of, or differently?
  3. 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?
  4. 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

Work Placements Standard

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

DYW Annual reports

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

What would you like to be?

What could I be…? (PDF)

Communications and networks

Blog

Twitter

DYW Yammer

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

Moray Skills Pathways

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

Castlebrae Community High School: Junior Adventure Leader – developing employability skills in the BGE

Work placement and work-related learning

Overview

Work placements

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

Professional Learning Module: An overview of work-based learning and Foundation, Modern and Graduate Apprenticeships

My Wow Apprenticeships zone

Teachers newsletter

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

Parkhill Secondary School: Enterprise Academy flexible pathways for young people with additional needs

Park School: Learning Pathways for ASN learners (PDF)

Parents

National Parent Forum Scotland: Information flyers for parents on career education, pathways and skills

Parentzone Scotland - DYW

Online Support

Developing the Young Workforce - online support