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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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