Future Skills Programme

• identifies• develops• assesses• records• reports skills for individuals

We need a system for developing skills that meet everybody’s needs and aspirations and equips individuals with skills that are flexible enough to meet the needs to today and respond to the demands of tomorrow

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Fiona Hyslop

Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning

Implementation ofCurriculum for Excellenceat Govan High School

successful learners

confident individuals

responsible citizens

effective contributors

To enable all youngpeople to become

successful learners

confident individuals

responsible citizens

effective contributors

SkillsOur Journey

Skills – Our Journey

Why did we make it?September 2003

August 2006 - Present Delivering No1 National Priority – A Curriculum for Excellence

Skills Based Curriculum

Mindscreen

VAK Training

Skills, Thrills and Fun

XXXXX High School

Employability

and

The Skills Based Curriculum

LINKS BETWEEN

Glasgow South

Business Group

We asked Employers

“If the educational system is doing its job well, what do you believe are

the most important things that it develops in its pupils to prepare

them for life and for employment in businesses such as your own”

From a wide range of different businesses89

individual returns

“If the educational system is doing its job well, what do you believe are the most important things that it develops in its pupils to prepare them for life and for employment in businesses such as your own”

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My Business is………………………………………………My Name is………………………………………………….

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Request for Information

Achieving our full potential

89 individual returns

Employability Skills

… so what are they?

• We asked employers!

Employability Skills are

Not specific school subjects

– only 4% of responses

• teamwork• inter-personal skills• communication• numeracy • problem solving

Employability Skills are

The Employers told usOral

Communication Literacy Skills numeracy Work

Experience Confidence

Proactive Learn to smile Social Awareness

Transferable Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Reliability

Show interest Ask for help Did homework Business Administration

Willingness to learn

Ability to learn new skills

IT Skills Enthusiasm Attention to detail

Respect Use Initiative Goal Setting Core skills Attitude

Citizenship Accountancy Creativity Sense of responsibility

Common Sense

Willingness to listen

Teamwork Understanding of basic

finance and debt

Timekeeping

Ambition Integrity Work ethic

Matched to future

skills

The Employers told us

“This is exactly what employers are looking for”

John Stevenson, Kall Kwik

Top10

Scottish Business in the CommunityThe Top Ten

These 10 items are NOT in any order

1. Reliable2. Punctual3. Willing to learn4. Able to work as a member of a team5. Enthusiastic6. Clean and tidy in appearance7. Able to work with minimum supervision8. Able to show initiative when appropriate9. Able to work with figures and write neatly

And

10. Have SQA Passes

Companies look to recruit school leavers who are

Reliable Big picture connections, Consideration, Efficiency, Focus on task, Objective rational thinking, Participation

Punctual Analytical skills, Consideration, Co-operation, Decision-making, Deriving activity from instruction, Efficiency, Focus on task, Independent working, Judgement, Neurological connections, Objective rational thinking, Organising, Practical measuring, Processing information.

Willing to learn Analytical skills, Co-operation, Decision-making, Future orientation, Image modelling, Objective rational thinking, Open to discussion, Participation, Perseverance, Pushing boundaries, Self-evaluation and correction

Able to work as a team Future Skills – Team Skills

Enthusiastic Adapting communication, Discovering, Empathetic skills, Experiencing, Image modelling, Neurological connections, Participation, Perceptive interpretation, Self projection

Clean and tidy in appearance Analytical skills, Big Picture connections, Consideration, Efficiency, Empathetic skills, Objective rational thinking, Organising, Presentational skills, Self -projection.

Able to work with minimum supervision Analytical skills, Assimilation, Consideration, Co-operation, Decision-making, Efficiency, Focus on task, Following instructions, Independent working, Judgement, Objective rational thinking, Organising, Participation, Pushing boundaries, Self-evaluation and correction

Able to show initiative when appropriate

Analytical skills, Assimilation, Big picture connections, Decision-making, Flexibility, Helping others, Image modelling, Independent working, Judgement, Leadership, Neurological connections, Objective rational thinking, Participation, Problem-solving, Processing information, Pushing boundaries, Reaching conclusions, Very observant

Able to work with figures and write clearly

Adapting communication, Analytical skills, Assimilation, Counting skills, Efficiency, Focus on task, Hand-eye co-ordination, Independent working, Neurological connections, Note taking, Objective rational thinking, Organising, Presentational skills, Setting information out, Vocabulary.

Have SQA Exam Passes In theory, all the skills should be covered

A Curriculum for Excellence

and

The Skills Based Curriculum

LINKS BETWEEN

successful learners confident individuals

responsible citizens effective contributors

To enable all youngpeople to become

The Sorter

The Decider

The Communicator

The Doer

The Contributor

The Originator

The Connector

successful learners (not “successful learning”)

confident individuals (not “confidence”)

responsible citizens (not “responsibility”)

effective contributors (not “effective contributing”)

Playing with Semantics?

A learner-centred approach

Successful LearnerCreating word pictures

Creative writingICT-E-lit (electronic literacy)

Note takingSummarising skills

VocabularyAuditory learning skills

Diagrammatic interpretationImage modelling

Perceptive interpretationVisual learning skills

Objective peer evaluationAction learning skills

Deriving activity from instructionICT - practical

Mechanical skillsPractical measuring

Using equipmentDiscoveringAssimilation

Counting skillsNeurological connections

Self Evaluation

Effective ContributorAdapting communication

Empathetic skillsFocus on feeling

Setting information outSharing ideas

Analytical skillsGathering factsCo-operation

Helping othersParticipationTeam skillsEfficiency

Focus on taskStrategic planning

Following instructionsPractical application

CreativityImagination

Open to discussionProblem-solving

Skills for Scotland Strategy

and

The Skills Based Curriculum

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Skills Strategy Future Skills

Where people can work in teams Team skills

…Are Creative Creativity

Enterprising Adapting Communication, Presentation Skills, Self projection, Analytical Skills, Big Picture Connections, Future Orientation, Networking Connections, Decision-making, Efficiency, Judgement, Leadership, Organising, Reaching conclusions, Strategic planning, Perseverance, Pushing boundaries, Creativity, Designing, Discovering, Independent working, Flexibility, Problem-

solving A skilled workforce that is increasingly literate

Adapting communication, Assimilation, Auditory learning skills, Image modelling, Note taking, Objective rational thinking, Objective reporting, Perseverance, Processing information, Self-evaluation and correction, Synthesizing skills, Visual

learning skills, Vocabulary A skilled workforce with good ICT skills

Adapting communication, Assimilation, Efficiency, Flexibility, Following instructions, Hand eye co-ordination, ICT E-lit, ICT-practical, Image modelling, Neurological connections, Objective rational thinking, Presentation skills, problem-solving, Processing information, Setting information out, Using equipment, Visual learning skills, Vocabulary

39 Skills mentioned

All 39 have a matchIn Future Skills

EXAMPLESmatched to skills spotlight lessons

The Contributor

GovanHigh School

S1 Science

Being willing to take part in jobs, activities or tasks

Participation

TheLearner

Being able to work well with others in a group – knowing when to speak up, when to listen, and

how best to help the group

Team skills

"The school had recently introduced major innovations to its curriculum, resulting in someencouraging signs of improved engagement in learning for pupils. It placed a clear emphasisupon the development of a range of skills and aimed to make the curriculum more relevant topupils’ needs and to improve their motivation, achievement and employability.“

HMIE, Inspection of Govan High School 2007

GovanHigh School

English – The Simpsons

Being willing to give your time,understanding

skills or patience in

supporting others

Helping others

TheLearner

Being willing to work together with

others without wanting your own

way all the time

Co-operation

The Contributor

GovanHigh School

Cinderella

Being willing to give your time,understanding

skills or patience in

supporting others

Helping others

TheLearner

Being willing to work together with

others without wanting your own

way all the time

Co-operation

The Contributor

“I helped someone when they didn’t think they could do something. I talked to them and gave them confidence.”

"Many staff emphasised the skills which pupils would practise in their lessons.“

HMIE, Inspection of Govan High School 2007

GovanHigh School

Maths

Looking at a situation on its

own, without letting your

personal beliefs get in the way

Objective rational thinking

TheLearner

The Connector

"Teachers consistently shared the purposes of lessons with pupils, which included the skills to be developed"

HMIE, Inspection of Govan High School 2007

Being able to carry out everything you've been given to do in the way

you're supposed to be doing it

Efficiency

The Doer

TheLearner Govan

High School

Clyde Challenger Sailing Trip

“Every day we had to obey instructions in order to make sure everything went to plan”

Future Skills – The Doer

Being willing to involve yourself in some real-life

experience, and the completely different feelings you get from

doing so

Experiencing

GovanHigh School

The Doer

“Putting up the sails in rainy/windy weather, and the next day it’s nice and calm weather – so it’s a different feeling for both”

The Contributor

GovanHigh School

Future Skills – The Contributor

Being willing to give your time,understanding

skills or patience in

supporting others

Helping others

TheLearner

“We showed each other how to steer the boat, and help each other with the ropes and fenders

"The curriculum was undergoing radical change to give more emphasis to the development of skills which would prepare pupils for the world of work. This was an appropriate innovation and the school and education authority needed to continue to monitor carefully its impact on pupils“

HMIE, Inspection of Govan High School 2007

Therefore We ARE delivering

A Curriculum for Excellence

through the

Skills Based Curriculum

We ARE delivering

A Curriculum for Excellence

through the

Skills Based Curriculum

successful learners confident individuals

responsible citizens effective contributors

To enable all youngpeople to become

A Curriculum for Excellence

What is it?

“Future Skills”

Future Skills is:• The school

• All staff

• All pupils

• All classes/cross-curricular areas

• All areas of the school

• Events/activities/experiences wherever they are

• Recognise and identify skills• Help young people make skills connections• Involve young people in the process• Look for explicit and implicit skills (not just what they do but also HOW)

We ALL need to

• Complete and hand out skills cards or assessment booklets as a matter of course• Use the database with young people• Discuss with colleagues at meetings – get it on the agenda!• Look for opportunities to connect skills across all areas of young people’s learning

We ALL need to

"We live in an increasingly complex, interdependent and competitive world. Scotland's education system has a crucial part to play in ensuring that our population has the skills and the confidence for continued and future success."

Graham Donaldson,Chief Inspector HMIe

Scottish Government website"Learning from the American school system"

We need a system for developing skills that meet everybody’s needs and aspirations and equips individuals with skills that are flexible enough to meet the needs to today and respond to the demands of tomorrow

“

”

Fiona Hyslop

Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning