The Road Ahead ian.menzies@educationscotland.gov.scot
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Where are we? ➢ Four years into Developing the Young Workforce Programme ➢ 21 DYW Regional Groups established ➢ Record high school leaver destinations – 94.4% ➢ Gap between most and least deprived halved since 2009/10 ➢ Continue to meet target to reduce youth unemployment by 40% ➢ Foundation Apprenticeships in 70% of schools ➢ Learner Journey Review
STEM strategy ➢ Published October 2017 ➢ Four themes: excellence, equity, connection & inspiration ➢ For all sectors – early learning and childcare, primary, secondary and community learning and development ➢ Five year strategy http://bit.ly/STEMstrategy
Transforming lives through learning STEM in Scotland
Only 1 in 3 teachers feels confident giving advice about engineering careers There are 46,880 engineering companies in Scotland For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators Transforming lives through learning Document title Engineering UK
Professional learning ➢ Embed career information and guidance in classroom practice and life of establishments ➢ Entitlements of learners ➢ Employability skills Labour market information ➢ New STEM resource for schools
Professional learning – industry insight Practitioners are one of the biggest influencers of young people’s career choices – are there opportunities to give them an insight into what you do through industry visits and engagements?
Professional learning - partnerships Networking opportunities for teachers to make contact with colleges, universities and employers to develop local partnerships High or very high impact 63% Early learning and childcare 68% Primary 50% Secondary
STEM strategy action - partnerships We will support the establishment of 876 effective school/employer responses partnerships for STEM through the DYW Regional Groups and encourage links between the Groups and STEM 26% had a Ambassadors, so that by 2020 every link with a school cluster is working with a STEM STEM partner partner from the private, public or third sectors.
Moray Highland Fife Glasgow Edinburgh Angus West Dunbartonshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee Falkirk North Ayrshire South Ayrshire http://bit.ly/RAiSEreport
Regional STEM Officers ➢ Support coordination of STEM across six new regions 7 ➢ Professional learning 10 programmes ➢ Partnership working 7 ➢ Building leadership ➢ Leading networks ➢ Linking with regional teams For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators
STEM Professional learning grants £187,000 provided in financial year 2018/19 to support 24 projects. 7 Projects include: 10 ➢ New College Lanarkshire ➢ University of Aberdeen 7 ➢ Institute of Physics ➢ Royal Society of Chemistry ➢ Highland Council For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators
Shaping the curriculum ➢ Skills for learning, life and work ➢ Relevant and challenging ➢ Project-based learning ➢ Real-world learning o Curriculum areas o Interdisciplinary learning o Ethos and life of the school o Opportunities for personal achievement
Equity and equality Significant reductions in the equity gaps in participation and achievement in STEM learning, engagement, study, courses and training across all sectors in relation to gender, deprivation, rurality, BME, disability and for care leavers. For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators
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Scottish STEM Award http://bit.ly/STEMSEIframework For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators
Parents and families http://bit.ly/2sqj12R http://bit.ly/AspiresReport For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators
Work experiences For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators
See all our resources on the STEM summary page on Education Scotland’s National Improvement Hub https://education.gov.scot/improvement Just enter STEM summary into the search box Transforming lives through learning
Speak to us about partnership opportunities stem@educationscotland.gov.scot Transforming lives through learning
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