girls schools association (manchester summit 20 november 2017)
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Girls Schools Association
Sherry Coutu CBE
Manchester, 20 November 2017
POWER OF THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY INTO THE CLASSROO
MStudent Employer Encounters
THE POWER
OF GIRLS
INTO BUSINE
SSESStudent Employer Encounters
MAJORSKILLS
GAP AMONGST
UK'S YOUNG
PEOPLEThe Problem
100 %
Net New Jobs created in Europe in the past 5 years were from companies less than 5 years old….
THE PACE OF CHANGE IN OUR ECONOMIES IS HIGH AND
INCREASING
OUR MISSION &
GOALSFounders4Schools’ mission as a charity is
to improve society by increasing youth
employability
We do this by ensuring that young people
have at least
4 encounters with employers each year
while they are age 8 -16 and
140 hours of work experience placements
between the age of 16 -24
#scaleup
I WOULD BE ABLE TO
GROW MY COMPANY
FASTER IF APPLICANTS
HAD THE SKILLS
NEEDED TO MEET MY
CUSTOMER DEMAND.
82%OF 163 SCALE-UPS
AGREE
79%OF 442 CEOs
AGREE
82%
“I would be able to grow my
company faster if applicants had
the skills needed to meet my
customer demand”
THE SKILLS GAP IS SET TO GET LARGER….
#scaleup
THE SKILLS GAP IS SET TO GET LARGER….
#scaleup
Figure 4. The value of Apps in helping learning (students) (Longfield
iPad Research, 2012)Figure 5. The value of Apps in helping teaching (staff) (Longfield
iPad research, 2012)
Teacher ProductivityLearner Attainment
“Over the next decade, more than one billion
young people will enter the global labour market
and only 40% will be in jobs that currently exist.
-The Economist January 2016
TYPES OF
ENCOUNTERS➤Founders4Schools enables teachers
to access local business people in
Scotland to schedule the following
encounters:
➤Employability Event
➤Soft Skills Event
➤Career Event
➤ Industry Insight Event
➤Teacher Insight Event
➤Workplace Visit
➤ Industry/Technical
➤Plus more
Lucinda Bruce Gardyne from Genius Foods
Inspired by her child’s allergy to
gluten and her passion for
chemistry, Lucinda set about
creating a loaf so her eight year
old son Robin, who had a wheat
allergy, could dip bread soldiers
in his boiled eggs at breakfast.
Workfinder.com
“The speakers told us stories
about students of our age
who had created businesses
and so I thought if they can
do it, I could too.
Maitri Panchal
A YOUNG PERSON’S
JOURNEY….
https://youtu.be/TPSI9mSzPWk
Working with and
Valuing our
Partners
Bobby Ahmadzadeh, a Teach First ambassador
Brentford School for Girls, West London
I was excited by how well it went and
how positive the reactions were.
Several experienced members of staff
at our school that often organise public
speaking events said they had never
seen an event so amazing!
It was extremely impactful, and the
variety and caliber of people took our
breath away.
Bobby Ahmadzadeh, a Teach First ambassador heard about Founders4schools from a colleague and created an event for his
economics students. Immediately after the event, the school’s assistant headteacher asked him how this was organised and booked
one more event for the beginning of the next academic year, for their Year 10 students. She then repeated this for their next cohort.
Case Studies
THIS IS WHAT
TEACHERS SAY
ABOUT US…https://youtu.be/TPSI9mSzPWk
2.05 in
THIS IS WHAT
STUDENTS SAYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD0LKI8fMUw
ENCOUNTERS (BY
YEAR)➤
115%
ENCOUNTERS (BY
TYPE)➤
115%
Growth of Activity Stirling vs Camden
CONNECTING WITH
COMMON CAREERS
FRAMEWORKS Encounter Types are in line with
the Gatsby Framework and the
Scottish Curriculum for Excellence
Guidance service and insight
reports (available) ensures that
you can demonstrate you have a
stable careers programme in line
with the various frameworks
CRITICAL IF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TO
RAISE THEIR ASPIRATIONS AND
CAPITALISE ON THE
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO
THEM. The Research
THE GATSBY
BENCHMARKS
➤ A stable careers programme
➤ Learning from career and labour market information
➤ Addressing the needs of each pupil
➤ Linking curriculum learning to careers
➤ Encounters with employers and employees
➤ Experiences of workplaces
➤ Encounters with further and higher education
➤ Personal guidance
HELPING KEEP TRACK
OF STUDENT-
EMPLOYER
ENCOUNTERS…..
1
HELPING KEEP TRACK OF YOUR
CAREERS PROGRAMME
1
Curriculum Filters
Industry Filters
Company Size Filters
2 Learning from career and labour market information
Our Search
Facilities
provide in-
depth
briefings on
the local
labour
market and
summaries
on local
businesses
willing to be
available for
student
encounters.
2 Learning from career and labour market information
Our Search
Facilities
provide in-
depth
briefings on
the leaders
of
businesses
in your local
area
We provide Guidance
About
Impact of the different types of
Student-Employer Encounters and
we suggest future encounters that balance any bias
that may have been introduced in earlier encounters
3 Addressing the needs of each pupil
TYPES OF
ENCOUNTERS➤Founders4Schools
enables teachers to
access local business
people to schedule 25
different types of
encounters
The briefings we
provide link to the
research and formats
that have been proven
to work best
5 Encounters with Employers
Keynote Speech
Speed Mentoring
Enterprise Competition
Soft Skills Event
Careers Event
Industry Insight Event
Teacher Insight Event
Workplace Visit
Industry/Technical
➤
7 Encounters with Further and Higher Education
Our encounter
briefing reports for
educators suggest
that the students
look into the
speakers’ education
on their CV’s (which
we provide a link to).
Our briefings for
employers:
specifically ask them
to speak about their
choices around
further and higher
education and
careers.
➤
8 Personal guidance
Our search facilities
and labour market
insight reports are a
valuable tool for
careers advisors
helping them explain
aspects of the local
labour market to
pupils in their
guidance interviews
and helping them to
recommend effective
online resources
available to them
(like Barclays
Lifeskills and
Workfinder).
A YOUNG PERSON’S
JOURNEY….
EXPERIENCES WITH
WORKPLACES➤
Work Experience
Work Place Visits
Teacher Insight Sessions
6 Encounters with Employers
“I would be able to grow my
company faster if applicants had
the skills needed to meet my
customer demand”
82%
“I would be able to grow my
company faster if applicants had
the skills needed to meet my
customer demand”
Get in touch
if you would would like to apply to access the scholarship fund that gets girl
work experience with fast-growing tech companies…
THANK YOU