The document discusses student employer encounters and careers programs. It describes Founders4Schools' mission to improve youth employability by ensuring students have 4 employer encounters per year from ages 8-16 and 140 hours of work experience from 16-24. It discusses the types of encounters available, such as work placements, and how the program aligns with frameworks like Gatsby. Data shows growth in encounters and the program's impact on raising aspirations. Feedback from teachers, students, and partners is positive.

1. Girls Schools Association
Sherry Coutu CBE
Manchester, 20 November 2017

2. THE
BUSINESS
COMMUNIT
Y INTO THE
CLASSROO
M
Student Employer Encounters

3. POWER
OF
GIRLS
INTO
BUSINE
SSES
Student Employer Encounters

4. SKILLS
GAP
AMONGST
UK'S
YOUNG
PEOPLE
The Problem

5. 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

6. 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

9. #scaleup

10. 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

11. 82%
“I would be able to grow my
company faster if applicants had
the skills needed to meet my
customer demand”

12. THE SKILLS GAP IS SET TO GET LARGER….
#scaleup

13. THE SKILLS GAP IS SET TO GET LARGER….
#scaleup

16. 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

18. “ 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

20. 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

21. 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.

22. 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

23. A YOUNG PERSON’S
JOURNEY….

24. https://youtu.be/TPSI9mSzPWk

25. Working with and
Valuing our
Partners

26. 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

27. THIS IS WHAT
TEACHERS SAY
ABOUT US…https://youtu.be/TPSI9mSzPWk
2.05 in

28. THIS IS WHAT
STUDENTS SAYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD0LKI8fMUw

29. ENCOUNTERS (BY
YEAR)
➤
115%

30. ENCOUNTERS (BY
TYPE)
➤
115%

31. Growth of Activity Stirling vs Camden

32. 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

33. PEOPLE ARE TO
RAISE THEIR
ASPIRATIONS AND
CAPITALISE ON
THE
OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABLE TO
THEM.
The Research

34. THE GATSBY
BENCHMARKS
➤ A stable careers programme
➤ Learning from career and labour market informa
➤ 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

35. HELPING KEEP TRACK
OF STUDENT-
EMPLOYER
ENCOUNTERS…..
1

36. HELPING KEEP TRACK OF YOUR
CAREERS PROGRAMME
1

37. 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.

38. 2 Learning from career and labour market information
Our Search
Facilities
provide in-
depth
briefings on
the leaders
of
businesses
in your local
area

39. 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

40. 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

41. ➤
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.

42. ➤
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).

43. A YOUNG PERSON’S
JOURNEY….

44. EXPERIENCES WITH
WORKPLACES
➤
Work Experience
Work Place Visits
Teacher Insight Sessions
6 Encounters with Employers

45. “I would be able to grow my
company faster if applicants had
the skills needed to meet my
customer demand”

46. 82%
“I would be able to grow my
company faster if applicants had
the skills needed to meet my
customer demand”

51. 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