Careers Education (Careers Programme)

Careers Education Plan 2018-19

Years 7 and 8

Section 1: Personal skills (WRL)

• Identifying skills for life.
• Identifying skills for the workplace.
• Identifying personal qualities.
• Evaluating personal qualities and skills e.g assertiveness.
• Evaluating personal qualities and skills e.g. decision-making.
• Evaluating personal qualities and skills e.g. resilience.
• Post-13 options (Year 8 only)

Section 2: World of Work (CE, WRL, E&E)

• Identifying job and career families.
• Exploring job and career families.
• Exploring different types of work: employment, self-employment, voluntary etc.
• Comparing attributes of education and employment.
• Exploring different employment sectors.

Section 3: Career Management (CI, CA, CG)

• Access to our careers advisor.
• Access to our careers library.
• Setting long-term career goals.

Years 9 and 10

Section 1: Personal skills (WRL)

• Identifying and developing personal qualities
• Identifying and developing personal skills
• Drafting and writing a personal statement to communicate those qualities and skills

Section 2: World of Work (CE, WRL, E&E)

• Identifying and exploring the job market and current trends within the job market.
• Knowing how the job market and changing job market will affect personal choices Post 16 and Post 18.
• Drafting and writing an initial education or career plan.
• Identifying the knowledge, skills and qualities that employers want (linked to plan).
• Knowing employer and employee rights and responsibilities in the workplace.
• Knowing key vocabulary and terms in the world of work.
• Drafting and writing a CV, covering letter and application form (Year 10 only).
• Knowing the benefits of work experience and planning work experience (Year 10 only).

Section 3: Career Management (CI, CA, CG)

• Access to our careers advisor.
• Access to our careers library.
• Setting medium-term career goals.

Year 11 (Workshops Only)

Section 1: Personal skills (WRL)

• Identifying and developing personal qualities
• Identifying and developing personal skills
• Drafting and writing a personal statement to communicate those qualities and skills
• Post-16 options

Section 2: World of Work (CE, WRL, E&E)

• Identifying and exploring the job market and current trends within the job market.
• Knowing how the job market and changing job market will affect personal choices Post 16 and Post 18.
• Updating a CV, covering letter and application form

Section 3: Career Management (CI, CA, CG)

• Access to our careers advisor.
• Access to our careers library.
• Setting medium-term career goals.

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Careers Programme 2018-19

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