1. Opening up Excellence through Enterprise Graham Donaldson CB HM Senior Chief Inspector
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Editor's Notes
CfE is about building on the best of Scottish education – the challenge is to improve standards for all C&YP so they get even better and broader achievements – challenging – not an easy agenda but one we have to grasp - we have the opportunity over the next couple of days, to share ideas and learn from each other.
TVEI (1998) – work oriented learning – resulted in a change in climate – increased funding – TVEI coordinators – introduced individual action plans > NRA & computer assisted programmes Young Enterprise (2003) – new national event – promoting the core skills of communication, numeracy, problem solving, working with others and using ICT > Primary enterprise challenge > young enterprise Scotland for students 5 to 25 > now has 18 area boards throughout Scotland with a volunteer network of over 600 business people and educationalists Work Experience –certification available through SQA (you might want to mention enterprising approaches such as Trinity Academy, Edinburgh - school organises work experience in Europe for senior pupils interested in studying medicine and dentistry ) Skills for work courses/Scottish Progression Awards eg rural skills HMIE now seeing programmes from S1 through to senior phase & colleges including eg hospitality, enterprise, fashion, construction and energy Examples of vocational skills in work-related contexts in areas that interest YP such as catering industry, horticulture Community based courses to keep YP in education and focused on positive destinations CfE > Entitlement of learning to develop Skills for learning, skills for life, skills for work > E&Os include, I am investigating different careers/occupations, ways of working and learning training paths. I am gaining experience that helps me recognise the relevance of my learning, skills and interests in future life. Building the curriculum 4 Key message – “to offer YP the varied range of opportunities they need to develop the skills for learning, life and work required to flourish in a modern society and economy it is vital that schools, colleges, universities, employers and others continue to work closely together in planning and delivering the curriculum.
Excellence: you could refer to examples to illustrate this eg (a) Bo’ness Academy – I think they spoke at the Working Out conference and you were there. I’ve also given Moira a copy of the case study (b) Jobs, Education and Training (JET) work in Edinburgh. This involves 250 S4 pupils on an extended work experience programme which involves spending 1d per week with an employer (c) Glasgow Caledonia University arrangements were 60 YP from S5/S6 across Glasgow spend 1d per week at university. They martriculate – can revise in the library and access facilities – they are also tracked into HE by the University – a good example of work relating to the senior phase. This work also goes on in East Ren and the Lanarkshires The integration of work-related learning and associated skills development with other areas of the curriculum, particularly literacy and numeracy, will inevitably require new ways of thinking and working Logistical challenges and constraints must be overcome
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