The Careers Leader Handbook A one hour taster

The Careers Leader Handbook A one hour taster Tristram Hooley

About the workshop The workshop will introduce The Careers Leader Handbook and examine ways in which careers leaders, and those who support them, can use this new resource to create outstanding careers programmes. It will be led by Tristram Hooley. Available from https: //trotman. co. uk/ourbooks/careers-leader-handbook/

The CLH companion site https: //www. trotman. co. uk/CLH/

So why this handbook and why now?

Good career guidance • Summarises existing evidence and frames good practice as eight benchmarks. • Presents it in a way that can be understood by policy makers and acted on by school leaders. p. 14 • Has achieved wide support amongst policy makers and practitioners alike.

1. A stable careers programme 2. Learning from career and labour market information 3. Addressing the needs of each student 4. Linking curriculum learning and careers 5. Encounters with employers and employees 6. Experiences of workplaces 7. Encounters with further and higher education 8. Personal guidance The Benchmarks

The birth of careers leadership • Careers Leaders have responsibility for the delivery of a school or college’s careers programme. They should be ensuring, among other things, that: – The school has a good careers programme that meets the expectations set out in the Gatsby Benchmarks. – The school has published on its website details of its careers programme – The destinations of young people from the school are tracked and that this information is used to improve the effectiveness of the school’s careers programme.

Also… • Having someone to have responsibility and accountability for careers provision in your school or college just makes sense! • Without someone who is responsible and has some authority it is impossible to make progress in your careers provision.

Contents • Section 1: Introduction • Section 2: Delivering outstanding careers provision Eight chapters – one per benchmark • Section 3: The role of the careers leader Four chapters: leading; managing; co-ordinating; networking • Section 4: Ensuring continuous improvement Four chapters: evaluation and development; own CPD; CPD of others; own career development p. iii • Section 5: Final thoughts

Structure • Text • Resources • Case studies • Tools

7 12 p. What does a careers leader do? Careers leaders are responsible and accountable for the delivery of the school’s programme of career guidance Careers leadership involves: • planning, implementing and quality assuring a careers programme for the school • managing the delivery of career guidance • networking with external partners • co-ordinating the contributions of school staff

Co-ordination Networking 13 Management p. Leadership 3 The jobs of careers leadership

The partnership approach to career guidance in England School Careers Service Up to 2012, responsible for: Careers education (career learning) Careers information Careers guidance (career counselling) Lead personnel: Careers Coordinator Careers Adviser (from careers service) Since 2012, responsible for: Careers education Careers information Careers guidance The national service, delivered by local authorities, closed. Replaced by a market of guidance providers. Lead personnel: Careers Leader Careers Adviser (external or internal) Equivalent in Norway? Guidance teacher ------- Guidance counsellor

Careers roles in schools Advocate for careers Support and challenge Senior Leader Overall responsibility for careers and line manager for Careers Leader assistant head or deputy head Careers Leader Day-to-day leadership and management for careers Middle leader teacher, other professional Careers Adviser Provision of personal career guidance to young people internal or external: professionally qualified at graduate level or above Careers Administrator More routine organisation and administration support staff p. 12 8 Link Governor

Careers leader: models (schools) Careers leader Benefits Potential risks Lack of planning for succession Senior leader SLT attention Lack of time to devote to the role Outsourced Expertise (in careers) Not in school all the time Not located in school’s management structures Distributed leadership Increased capacity Lack of coherence Careers leader for more that one school Sharing of resources and practice Insufficient time in individual schools Support staff/admin role (Careers co-ordinator) Less expensive, releases Not well placed for leadership a teacher functions p. 13 1 Middle leader with senior Dedicated role, with leader support link to SLT

Who can be a careers leader? • Careers leaders can come from a range of professional backgrounds • They need to have authority (either by being on SLT or working closely with someone who is) • They need to be located in the right position in management structures to fulfil their leadership responsibilities • They need to have time to do the job • They need to have expertise in both careers and leadership (but they can build this up on the job and through training/CPD)

The role of careers leader: Leading p. 13 7 1. Leading the team of teachers, administrators, external partners and others who deliver the careers programme 2. Advising senior leadership on policy, strategy and resources 3. Reporting to senior leaders and governors 4. Reviewing and evaluating the careers programme 5. Preparing and implementing a careers development plan 6. Understanding the implications for career guidance of changes in education, training and the labour market 7. Ensuring compliance with legal requirements to provide independent career guidance and access to providers of technical education and apprenticeships

The role of careers leader: Managing p. 14 8 8. Planning schemes of work for careers education and other activities 9. Briefing and supporting teachers delivering the careers programme 10. Monitoring teaching and learning in careers education and delivery of the careers programme 11. Supporting tutors providing initial information and advice 12. Managing the work of the careers adviser and other staff, including the careers administrator 13. Monitoring access to, and take up of, career guidance 14. Managing the careers budget 15. Managing own CPD and supporting CPD for the careers team

The role of careers leader: Co-ordinating p. 16 3 • Managing the provision of careers and labour market information. • Managing the careers section of the school’s website, ensuring that information is accurate and up to date. • Liaising with the PSHE/Personal Development Programme leader and other subject/course leaders to plan their contributions to career guidance. • Liaising with tutors, mentors, SENCO/head of learner support and heads of year/ department to identify students needing guidance. • Referring students to careers advisers. • Co-ordinating encounters with employers and work experience. • Communicating with students and their parents.

The role of careers leader: Networking p. 17 1 • Establishing and developing links with FE colleges, apprenticeship providers, UTCs and universities. • Establishing and developing links with employers. • Negotiating a service level agreement with the local authority for support for vulnerable young people, as appropriate. • Commissioning career guidance services where appropriate. • Managing links with the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and other external organisations. • Securing funding for careers-related projects. • Building a network of alumni who can help with the career guidance programme.

Career possibilities 22 6 Keep on keeping on! Go back to what you were doing before Moving up in your school (or another one) Focus on leadership and management Focus on co-ordination and networking Focus on careers Do something else p. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

So what are your career ideas?

Questions and final thoughts

References and resources • • • Adventures in Career Development https: //adventuresincareerdevelopment. wordpress. com/. Andrews, D. & Hooley, T. (2018). The Careers Leader Handbook. Bath: Trotman. Department for Education. (2017). Careers Strategy: Making the Most of Everyone’s Skills and Talents. London: Department for Education. (2018). Careers Guidance and Access for Education and Training Providers. London: Department for Education. (2018). Careers Guidance for Further Education Colleges and Sixth Form Colleges. London: Department for Education. Gatsby Charitable Foundation. (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Talentino (http: //www. talentinocareers. co. uk/). The Careers & Enterprise Company. (2018). Understanding the Role of the Careers Leader. London: The Careers & Enterprise Company. The Careers Leader Handbook Companion site https: //www. trotman. co. uk/CLH/. The SEND Gatsby Toolkit (http: //www. talentinocareers. co. uk/send-gatsby-benchmark-toolkit. pdf). Transition programmes for young adults with SEND. What works? (https: //www. careersandenterprise. co. uk/research/transition-programmes-young-adults-send-whatworks).

The Careers Leader Handbook Available from https: //trotman. co. uk/ourbooks/careers-leaderhandbook/

About me Tristram Hooley Professor of Career Education, University of Derby/ Professor II, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences/ Chief Research Officer, Institute of Student Employers Email: t. hooley@derby. ac. uk Twitter: @pigironjoe Blog: https: //adventuresincareerdevelopment. wordpress. com/