LONDON AMBITIONS. Shaping a successful careers offer for all young Londoners.

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1 LONDON AMBITIONS Shaping a successful careers offer for all young Londoners

2 LONDON AMBITIONS Michael Heanue Principal Policy Officer Greater London Authority Shaping a successful careers offer for all young Londoners

3 7 KEY RECOMMENDATIONS 1) Access to impartial, independent and personalised careers education, information, advice and guidance 2) At least 100 hours of experiences of the world of work for all young Londoners and a digital portfolio 3) An explicit publicised careers policy and careers curriculum in every secondary school and college

4 7 KEY RECOMMENDATIONS 4) A governor with responsibility for ensuring the institution supports all students to relate their learning to careers and the world of work from an early age 5) Up-to-date, user-friendly labour market intelligence/information (LMI) 6) Formation and development of careers clusters across London 7) The London Ambitions Portal

5 A LONDON CAREERS CURRICULUM A checklist for London s schools, sixth form colleges, further education colleges, pupil referral units (PRUs) and alternative provision Objectives to inform and support pupil s/student s learning outcomes Activities to stimulate action as part of their learner journey Examples of careers, enterprise and employability resources to support enquiry-based learning

6 100 HOURS Learning about work Curriculum integration Role models Visits Learning about options Pupils arranging visits Cross-curriclar work Talks and visits Enterprise education College and university visits Option choices and decisions Visits to employers, work based training providers, colleges, universities Digital portfolio Career exploration Mock interviews Industry expert talks CV and digital profile Labour market exploration Work experience Workplace skills

7 IMPLEMENTING LONDON AMBITIONS Sarah Wilkins Senior Project Manager, Education and Youth GLA London Ambitions Portal Careers Clusters

8 LONDON AMBITIONS PORTAL To enable more schools and colleges to easily find high quality careers provision to support the career development of all young Londoners London s employer endorsed career education activities and resources Posting work experience and internship opportunities Listing contact details for school and college careers and business engagement leads

9 PORTAL TIMELINES July Visioning Workshop and initial consultation Aug Information gathering Sep - Dec User consultation and testing Dec Beta-site launch Mar Portal update

10 PORTAL WHAT NEXT? with: Contact details of schools/colleges or employers who would be interested in being involved in developing the site and/or user testing Links or information on careers education opportunities that you think should be on the site

11 CAREERS CLUSTERS To share resources in improving awareness of London s labour market and supporting school and college leaders in a whole-school approach to plan and deliver careers provision c. 8m of ESF funding 3 years of support 12 geographic or sectorbased clusters Min. of 6 cluster members (e.g. 5 schools and 1 college)

12 CLUSTER ACTIVITY A Careers Cluster is an opportunity for secondary schools and FE colleges to work together to develop a programme that will: Support school and college leaders to design a high quality careers offer Pilot sustained employer/he activities for pupils Deliver careers and employer CPD Match and support pupils into work placement and internships brokered by Youth Talent ESF

13 CLUSTERS WHAT NEXT? if you are interested in leading or being part of a careers cluster SFA to launch Pre-Qualification Questionnaire SFA to launch Invitation to Tender Clusters established GLA establish London Careers Clusters Network

14 LONDON AMBITIONS Any Questions?

15 WORKSHOP 1 1. What helps employers to work with schools? Is there anything that could help to facilitate this? 2. Do you know of schools/colleges who undertake joint careers education activity? What helps this work well? 3. What online careers education sites do you currently use and why? What makes them useful?

16 WORKSHOP 2 1. How can we bring labour market information to life? Any good examples? 2. How can we get feedback on the effectiveness/quality of careers education activity? 3. What three things can you do to help turn the London Ambitions Careers offer into a reality?