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Employer Interaction with Schools
David Blagbrough
Director, Inspire!
Inspire! Education Business Partnership Brokering relationships between schools and
employers Meeting the needs of schools Supporting young people NEET Meeting the needs of employers Hackney, Camden and Islington
3,500 work experience placements 240 activities 800 Local and City companies 1700 employee volunteers 14,000 students
Current landscape Teaching and learning Institutional framework Work related learning External
What employers need
Future employees who Are literate and numerate Are able to communicate Are team players Can problem solve Are flexible and adaptable Have initiative Are self aware Have the right attitude Can organise and time manage
Do schools deliver?
What schools seek from employers
Support for Learning and enriching curriculum Progression into and skills for work or learning Raising aspirations and motivation Informing career pathways Development of social capital Governance and professional advice Continuing professional development Funding
Closing the gap Working with employers to provide
Work experience Company visits Continuous professional development Preparation for work Numeracy and literacy skills Financial literacy Presentational, CV writing and interview skills Support for enterprise skills Curriculum enrichment Mentoring support Careers education School governance
Relationship models Sponsorship UBS & BridgeThemed support Linklaters & Clapton Responsive partnership Freshfield & HaggerstonBorough focus Herbert Smith & Tower
HamletsDepartmental support Olswang & HaverstockActivity partnerships Mentoring
How can it go wrong? Lack of teacher involvement Curriculum pressure Not embedded in curriculum Volunteer drop out Volunteers weak at engagement Over promising: being realistic about employee support Inadequate engagement of senior managers Geography Failure to recognise mutuality of benefit Cultural divide Lack of business networks Lack of longer term commitment Inadequate impact measurement
Ramping up Delivery
Tailored WEXP CEIAG and integrated
packages Languages International Networking Supporting parents
Employee volunteers Hidden skills/passions Responding to diversity Improve training
Employer engagement Working with supply chain More partnerships with
schools
Policy Starting early Long term commitment Support brokers
Employment Apprenticeships Nurturing future
employees Creating jobs Risk capital for enterprise Recruitment and selection
practices Impact measurement
Young people Employer involvement
Where will it lead….? Preparation for work, but there are no jobs…. SMEs
Drivers of growth Opportunity cost Support for SMEs
Voluntary and Community Sector SMEs Links with communities Transition/pastoral support
Working for Youth
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