Careers Leadership in schools:Implementing the Gatsby Benchmarks into practice

Spring Term 2018

A programme of CPD for Careers Leaders in School

Careers Leadership in Schools

COA is pleased to be offering its well-respected programme of professional development for careers leaders, led by David Andrews OBE, again in 2018. We have remodelled our certificate course to link more explicitly to the Gatsby Benchmarks of good practice. Recognising the pressures on schools around releasing staff to participate in courses, we have also reduced the programme to four days, to make it accessible to a greater number of careers leaders.

The Careers Leaders’ Certificate has been designed principally for recently-appointed careers leaders.

However, experience has shown that participants benefit from having a year’s experience in the role before starting the course.

Applications are also welcome from more experienced careers leaders who wish to review and refresh the careers work in their schools, and from careers advisers working with schools who wish to increase their knowledge and understanding of careers work.

Spring Term 2018

DatesThe course will be organised over two Fridays/Saturdays:

19th & 20th January 20182nd & 3rd March 2018

“The course has exceeded expectations. The practical exercises throughout have focused my planning and actions.”

an overview of careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) in schools

an examination of the changing labour market, developments in education and training, and the nature of careers in the 21st century

a review of CEIAG national policy and local practice

the Gatsby Benchmarks of good practice

an introduction to the theories of occupational choice and career development

careers information - sources of information on future study options and the labour market; teaching research skills

working with colleges, apprenticeship providers and universities

the careers education currriculum - frameworks, curriculum models,

resources

linking subject teaching to careers

digital career management skills

The course will cover:

The course will cover:

principles and practice of careers guidance

managing guidance in schools - links with tutoring and mentoring; referrals and records

working with employers - in-school activites; workplace experiences

continuous improvement of CEIAG: monitoring, review and evaluation; use of quality assurance tools; development planning

the role of careers leader and models of careers leadership

effective leadership and management of careers work in schools

professional development for CEIAG

The course will provide opportunities to:

prepare for the role of careers leader in school

meet other careers leaders

share experiences with fellow course members

review and develop CEIAG policy and practice in your school

Venue The course will be based in Central London at:

The Oxford and Cambridge Club71-77 Pall MallLondon SW1Y 5HD.

Meals andaccommodationLunch and refreshments will be provided. Where course participants need to stay overnight they should make their own arrangements. Please note the course fee does include a special dinner on the first night of the course.

TimesFriday sessions will start at 9.30am and finish at 4.30pm. Saturday sessions will start at 9.30am and finish at 4.00pm.

CostThe four-day course fee, which covers all tuition costs and course materials, lunches and refreshments is £850 excluding VAT.

CertificationOn completion of the course participants will be given a certificate of atendance, which will give full details of what the programme of professional development covered and which can be included in their CPD portfolios. The course is not award-bearing.

ApplicationsTo book a place on the course please complete the attached form or:

Apply online at coa.uk/CPDOr email events@coa.co.uk

to arrive by Friday 15th December 2017.

The course fee will be payable prior to the start of the course and an invoice will be issued on acceptance.

“Really helped to inform me about the role, especially with a view to discussing with the senior management team how we might restructure CEIAG in school.”

For over 30 years Cambridge Occupational Analysts has worked with more than 3,000 schools in the UK and across the globe in 50 countries to deliver a fully comprehensive range of careers and higher education programmes including aptitude tests. The technical quality of the programmes is paramount and they are continually developed and checked throughout the year.

Our advisers and interviewers are all professionally qualified, with many years of careers and higher education experience working in schools, the careers service or careers consultancies. They work with young people and offer infomation and advice on a one-to-one or group basis, assisting schools in meeting IAG objectives.

For nine years, from 2003 to 2012, COA ran a Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Studies in Leading and Managing Careers Work in Schools in partnership with the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education. The course was led by David Andrews OBE, as an affiliated lecturer at the Faculty of Education. Although the Faculty is no longer offering any Professional Development courses, we are pleased to be continuing to work with David to offer a programme of professional development for careers leaders (or heads of careers) in schools.

About COA

David Andrews OBE

Course leader, David Andrews OBE, works as an independent education consultant, trainer, researcher, and writer specialising in careers education and guidance. He leads courses for careers leaders and careers advisers, provides consultancy to local authorities, schools and careers companies and has spoken at numerous conferences.

David is a Fellow of the National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling (NICEC) and was an affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Education. He is now a Visiting Fellow at the International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby. He is currently working on a research project for The Careers & Enterprise Company, collecting case studies of careers leadership in schools.

David is an honorary life member of, and policy advisor to, the Career Development Institute (CDI). In 2011 he authored Careers Education in Schools, a book which critically examines current policy, practice and possibilites for the future.

Before moving into freelance work in 1998, he taught in secondary schools, worked as an advisory teacher in a careers service and also as an LEA adviser. In the past David has worked as an adviser to the DfE and an Ofsted Inspector.

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