Iceni Academy Employability Skills Passports

Employability Skills

BBC News -23rd May 2012 Source: The Work Foundation, Paul Sissons. • Too many young people lack the social skills needed to get their first job.” • “Too many youngsters lack soft skills – such as communication and team working – to get a start in jobs.” • “…..people in industrialised countries are isolated from the labour market by a lack of skills.” • “Most new graduates lack even the basic skills needed for the workplace. Graduates were more interested in what a job can do for them, not what they have to offer an employer.” What Iceni Academy is doing NOW to support our pupils & their employability……. • MAKE PUPILS APPRECIATE JUST HOW EMPLOYABLE THEY ALL ARE! • MAKE PUPILS APPRECIATE THEIR SKILLS! • WE WILL ACHIEVE THIS BY; • MAKING SCHOOL & YOUR LEARNING RELEVANT TO EMPLOYMENT. • WE WILL BE; – Working closely with a variety of employers, on projects, in the classroom

AND Launching an initiative which is entirely new, unique & EXCLUSIVE to Iceni Academy……….!

Employability Skills Passport!

How Employability Skills Passports work • On a regular basis, PUPILS will have to; • Record in their passports examples of when they have demonstrated 8 key employability skills either; – In the classroom – In tutor time – In hobbies / part time work • Their recordings must be discussed with tutors in form time • At the end of the month, ytheir Community Leader will discuss the evidence with them. • According to successes, the Community Leader will allocate ‘Air Smiles’ • Air Smiles will enable pupils to travel forwards to success!

The ‘Air Smiles’ Process! • Up to 25 Air Smiles will be awarded to qualifying pupils each month. • Awards will be made based on the quality of the Employability Skills evidence gathered. • The Community Leader will record Air Smiles centrally, on schools Management Information System • At the end of each term, the total Air Smiles per pupil will be calculated. • Student achievement will be calculated & ONE employer related reward given out! • In the event that more than one student achieves the same highest amount of Air Smiles, deciding factors will include levels of attendance, attitude towards learning and effort.

We already have a number of local business’s engaged in this fantastic project who have kindly given their time and sponsorship in various ways.

For more information or to get involved please contact Mrs Jo Dickerson on [email protected]