Delivering Your Potential

Employability For Schools

OUR VISIONWork with partners to develop and launch a leading programme

that accelerates individual change

• enables pupils to take personal responsibility to transition into the world of employment

• focuses on equipping pupils and teachers with the mindset and

skills to succeed

• Equips parents/guardians with the knowledge and skills they need to support their children

• creates a sustainable approach working in collaboration with all government and community parties

• Cradle to grave learning framework enabling viable progression choices

Our Mission – to provide a differentapproach

• A partnership with all relevant stakeholders to deliver the economic growth of UK plc and Big Society ethos

• Focus on changing the young persons mindset to take personal responsibility to succeed.....forever

• Integrated within the curriculum especially to create no additional burden or cost wherever possible

• Utilise existing resource and equip the teachers to make the changes

• Leave the competence and culture in the schools to make sustainable changes

• Resource the parents to find the information they need• Engage “volunteers “ to support the programme’s success• Signpost where technical skills for successful employment can

be found

A Whole System Approach• Government

linking into the overall employability strategy add link• Head Teachers and Governors

Sponsorship or programme and curriculum enhancements• Teachers

To change mind-set, provide knowledge and skills• Pupils

Multi tiered programme drop-down selection from workshops, seminars and coaching• Parents/Guardians

To equip parents with knowledge/meaning of choices• Community support organisations eg Princes Trust/ YE/Scouts

Identification of additional resource available• Job Centres and Employers

Support of realistic work placement and vocational opportunities

A Whole Systems ApproachAn objectives driven framework supporting on 4 dimensions of

skills, knowledge, confidence and motivation

The Learning JourneyCreating the environment for everyone to flourish

What we deliverA connected series interventions enabling individuals to take ownership and responsibility for increasing their employability.

Aim:

• Whole system approach engaging all stakeholders• Creating in partnership the environment to flourish• Targeted focus on personal action plans specific to individual

needs for the duration of the programme• Targeted learning for under represented groups• Diagnostic tools to clarify personal needs and establish achievable

milestones• Building competence and confidence through a stepped approach,

encompassing personal and practical techniques for employability• Empowering on going structured sustainability and resilience • To create powerful realistic role models

Our Product OfferingThe product will be • Branded and accredited and quality assured• Delivered by experienced facilitators/role models• Flexible offering tailored to the schools needs and budgets • Responsive to emerging pupils/parents/teachers needs

Delivered using a variety of methods that focus on developing Knowledge/Skills/Confidence and Motivation • Coaching• Mentoring• Peer to Peer interventions• Workshops• Work Placements• Work Shadowing• Volunteering• Key Note speakers• Lectures/Seminars/Open evenings• Classroom exercises/activities• Internet based activities

Teacher offeringCPD Options offered through the school and local employers through workshops/coaching programmes/key note speakersExample topics:• Understanding the employment market• Effective work placements• Creating positive mind-set• Knowledge based interventions

Pupil offering• Options offered through school – developing self belief and esteem

Understanding the careers pathwaysEffective Exam /revision techniquesCreating positive mind-set/brand image

• Options offered to their parents direct – wiser decision makingCoaching and mentoring on the above subjects

Knowledge based interventions

• Options offered through local employers – Job readinessWork experienceWork shadowing

• Options offered through volunteering groups ( Scouts/TA) – Personal responsibility

Work experienceWork shadowing

• Peer to Peer interventions

Parent offering• Options offered through school

Workshops: Understanding the careers pathways

Understanding how your child learnsEffective Exam /revision techniquesCreating positive mind-set

• Options offered to the parent directCoaching and mentoring on the above subjects

Knowledge based interventions• Shared options

Website offering one stop shop

Programme Framework• Phase 1– Initial diagnostic with Head/Governors Outcome : Identification of the interventions needed

• Phase 2 – Develop Project Plan with Head/Governors/TeachersOutcome: Milestones and measures of success in place

• Phase 3 – Engagement of Stakeholders parents/employers/pupils/external bodies

Outcome : understanding and buy in from all parties

• Phase 4 – Roll out

Contact Us

• Karen Powell, DYP Associates Ltd– http://www.dypassociates.co.uk/cms/home

• Cheryl Simons, Clouds Associates Ltd– http://www.clouds.247cms.co.uk/cms/home