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How young people and schools benefit from effective partnerships between education and employers
www.inspiringthefuture.orgSlide2
Our
vision: to ensure that every school and college has an effective partnership with employers to provide its young people with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential and so to secure the UK's future prosperity.
An independent charity:
Established in 2009Our Partnerships BoardSenior representatives of the national organisations representing schools and colleges;
...and employers;Slide3
What we do:
Free services like ‘Inspiring the Future’ – working in partnership with schools
Research
Practical SolutionsSlide4
Taskforce/YouGov 2011 survey, 986 young adults (19-24):
Q1: How many different occasions do you remember employer involvement (work experience, mentoring, enterprise competitions, career advice, CV or interview practice) when you were at school?
Source: It’s who you meet, 2012Number of Occasions0
1234 or moreNEET26%
23%17%16%4%Slide5
...against teenage aspirationsSlide6
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What is Inspiring the Future?
Inspiring the Future is a FREE service whereby employees from all sectors and professions from A
pprentices to CEOs pledge one hour a year to volunteer to go into state schools and colleges to talk about their jobs, careers, and the education routes they took
It is a FREE service endorsed by Government (with cross-party support), the UK’s main teacher and employer representative organisations and many leading employersIt makes a difference to young people. Good quality research shows that who you meet as a teenager shapes the success with which young people go into adult life
Teachers overwhelmingly want young people to hear more from people in the workplace
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"The
applicants really enjoyed the session and it was great to have
help
from such an enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer. In fact, 2 out of the 6 applicants who attended
the session
on 17
th January, have since secured an Apprenticeship position which is brilliant". Northampton CollegeBenefits for Schools and CollegesOver 14,500 diverse volunteers waiting for teachers to invite them to talk to their pupils about their jobs, and the routes they took to get there, or even CV and interview insights at the click of a buttonHow does it workWhen teaching staff log on to the system, they get a list of all those people registered in their area who can speak to young people about different specialisms and activities, and it’s a simple process to send a message through the system to get in touchSpecialismsActivitiesApprenticeshipsCareer InsightsDesign and ManufacturingHelp with CVsEnterprise/EntrepreneursMock InterviewsMaths – Using it at work
Numeracy relating to careers (Primary)Science and TechnologyReading relating to careers (Primary)Languages – French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, Urdu, ArabicBeing contacted about becoming a school governorSlide9
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Types of Events – Schools/Colleges use ITF for
Careers Networking
Careers Fair
Talk
Types of Events you could run
Careers FairsCareers NetworkingOptions Evenings‘Career Insight’ TalksCV & Interview Technique WorkshopsWhat’s my line? ‘Enterprise Insight Talks’School AssembliesCurriculum EnrichmentLunchtime EventsSlide10Slide11
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Signing up is
quick and easy
Go to
www.inspiringthefuture.org
and click
i
n the top right corner, then clickSlide12
Getting started - Finding volunteers
Log in and choose the
‘
Find Volunteers
’
tab to find potential volunteers.Slide13
Setting up your search
Step 1 - The local authority will automatically be selected for your school or collegeStep 2 – Use the drop down menu on the right to select
activities and subject specialism/ sectors. Step 3 - You can also choose whether to sort the volunteer list alphabetically or by newest volunteer firstSlide14
Viewing potential matches Slide15
Finding out more about a volunteer Under the ‘
Info’ heading click on ‘View’ on any volunteer to see more information about them (as seen in the pop-up box on the right). This will help you make a decision about which volunteer to approach for your activity.Slide16
Example of volunteer profileSlide17
Messaging your chosen volunteer Once you have decided which volunteer to approach, click on the
‘Message’ button next to their name
Under ‘Actions’. Write a brief message to the volunteer in the Message box introducing yourself, and let them know about the activity you have in mind.
Once you have finished drafting the message, click ‘Send’.
Mass Message
To message more than one volunteer at a time. Simply click in the box under the heading
‘Mass Message’
by all the volunteers you would like to select, and then click ‘Message All’.You will then create a message in the usual way,but when you click ‘Send’ it will go to all the volunteers you have selected without the needto send individual messages.Slide18
Sending a message Slide19
Receiving a message
Once your message has been sent, your chosen volunteer will be notified.
When they reply, you will be notified by email and asked to log in to your profile. You’ll see the new message on your home page, in the ‘
My Messages’ section. To view the reply simply click on the message subject. Slide20
Viewing your message If you wish to send another message to the volunteer you can do so by typing in the reply box and then clicking ‘
Reply’. If you want to come back to the message another time you can mark it as unread, by clicking the ‘Mark as Unread’
button.
If you have to send a message prior to knowing the event date, you can add the date later but you need to click ‘Update’Slide21
Viewing an activity
The message thread will appear on your home page under ‘My Messages’.
Click on the message name on your home to view the details. Slide22
Completing your feedback 24 hours after the event takes place, y
ou will get an email notifications asking you to log in and complete the ‘My Feedback’
section of the home page. Simply click on the ’Click to complete’
link. Slide23
Completing your feedback
Once you have completed the relevant sections, click on the ‘Submit Feedback’ button, and you’ll be taken back to the home page to find your next volunteer!Slide24
Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Women Campaign
The
Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Women
campaigns aims to get 15,000 inspirational women by the end of 2014 into schools, talking to girls to broaden their horizons and raise aspirations
Follow the Inspiring Women
blog:
www.itfinspiringwomen.wordpress.com
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Inspiring the Future: Designed & Made Week (30th June – 4
th July)
Designed & Made week focuses on careers in design and
manufacturing and we hope that this will encourage far more young people to embrace careers in this sector. Throughout the week people who design and make: from airplanes and ceramics, to mobile apps and websites or whatever requires good design and craftsmanship will be visiting schools and colleges across the country talking to young people.The campaign links to Miriam González Durántez’s Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Women campaign We want to put the spotlight on women working in design and manufacturing and a number of highly successful women will be visiting schools across the country that week.
Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Languages
Already there are hundreds of
volunteers who use languages in their jobs
who've offered to go into schools to talk to pupils from lawyers to engineers and psychologists, from a range of organisations.Languages include French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, Urdu, and many more.Inspiring Languages Week is promoted jointly by charity the Education and Employers Taskforce, the British Council, the British Academy, Speak to the Future, Routes into Languages and many other organisationsSlide26
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Example of some of the Employers and Professional bodies signed up Slide27
Key Contacts
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Department
NameJob TitleEmail AddressTelephone NumberInspiring the Future DirectorPhil
PyattDirector – Inspiring the Future
phil.pyatt@educationandemployers.org
0203 206 0454
Schools TeamCharlotte LightmanSchools Liaison Managercharlotte.lightman@educationandemployers.org0203 206 0510Schools TeamTamanna AliSchools Liaison Assistanttamanna.ali@educationandemployers.org020 3206 0510Schools TeamAlasdair SmithSchools and Business Development Coordinator (Scotland)Alasdair.smith@educationandemployers.org 020 3206 0510General Enquiriesenquiries@inspiringthefuture.org0203 206 0510