Progress File e-Widening Horizons Information Seminar

1. Progress File e-Widening Horizons Information Seminar Anne Cromie and Paul Wright June 2011

2. Learning Intentions Participants will be aware of: • Current information from the Department of Education regarding Progress File; • Northern Ireland e-Progress File developments; • The rationale and content of the e-Widening Horizons (e-WH) modules; • Pilot schools’ experiences; • The advantages of an electronic Progress File; • CCEA contacts, help and support; and • Have a ‘hands on’ opportunity to use the pilot e-WH material;

3. Overview of the Day

4. Session 1 The Progress File

5. Reporting Summative Information Circular Number: 2009/15 Subject: Pupil Reporting Regulations 2009 11th November 2009 www.deni.gov.uk

6. Progress File Reporting summative information in the final years of key stage 4 and sixth form: “Schools are required to ensure that the following information is included in addition to the annual report : • any qualification, award or certificate gained by a pupil, including any credit towards a qualification that a pupil has received from the school, or on behalf of the school via another provider….. • This information should also set out the name of the qualification, award or certificate, the highest result and the year achieved; • brief particulars of any school societies, clubs or activities in which the pupil was involved, including at another school; and • any positions of responsibility held by the pupil in the school or any of the above school clubs or activities.”

7. ETI Report 2010

8. The Progress File Process “ The progress file process complements the careers education, information, advice and guidance curriculum; pupils continually update their career plan, and at each transition stage complete a standard career plan for inclusion in the progress file. The progress file is then used to inform careers advice and guidance, the selection of work-related learning opportunities, mock interviews and the development of personal statements.”

9. Components of Learning Guidance

10. Effective use of the Progress File PUPILS: • Reflect on their achievements; • Set targets for progression and achievement in their learning and to inform their career decision making; • Review their target setting process at the twice- yearly pupil appraisal interviews; and • Report a strong sense of ownership of the process.

11. Effective use of the Progress File TEACHERS: • Facilitate year 8 pupils to complete a review of their KS2 achievements and using this information as a baseline from which to set targets for their new post primary school; • Focus sharply on developing the pupils’ target setting skills; • Embed the development of the skills within a series of lessons within the pastoral programme; and • Review the target setting process at the twice-yearly pupil appraisal interviews.

12. Possible Progress File Content • Annual Report • Personal Statement/UCAS Statement • Career Plan • Curriculum Vitae/List of Achievements

13. Objective of CEIAG…. “ The overall objective of effective CEIAG provision is to enable learners to become effective career decision makers, empowered to manage their own career development successfully, confidently and with due respect and care for their own needs, those of others and of their communities.” ‘Preparing for Success a Guide to Developing Effective Career Decision Makers.’ DENI 2010

14. The Entitlement Framework

15. Curriculum Integration

16. Underpinning Principle Progress File is a process: to support learning; personal development; and career planning.

17. How? Reviewing Reflecting Identifying Actions and Target Setting Recognising Recording

18. Session 2 The e-Progress File Project: Development and user-testing ofe-Progress File for pupils in Northern Ireland.

19. E-Progress File Pilot Project • Career Wales • 2009-10:To develop and user-test a customised version of e-WH in selected post-primary schools. • 2010-11:To user-test and pilot the customised version of e-WH and to develop the content of e-MO and e-GS with selected post-primary schools.

20. E-Progress File – Versions Log On SEN Getting Started Home Page Moving On Home Page Post-16 - School Home Page Starting Out Starting Out Induction All About Me Reflecting on Me Reflecting on Me My Learning My Programme of Learning My Learning Learning for LW Learning for LW Learning for LW Transition Planning Transition Planning Transition Planning

21. Final Version Getting Started Content Map • Introduction to • Section • The World of Work • Investigate the World • of Work • How can I tell people • about me? • What have I learned? • Introduction to • Section • Planning for • Learning • - Time • Management • - Create a study • Timetable • - Using time • effectively • - A place to study • My Assessment • Results • Review my Results • My Revision Plan • My Learning Blog • My Awards • and Qualifications • Introduction to • Section • My Careers Ideas • Skills and Qualities • for Work • Year 11 Options • Subjects – what I Like • What I am Good at • Linking Subjects to • Courses and Jobs • Dos and Don’ts of • Selecting Subjects • - Options Checklist • - My Choices and • Reasons • Taking Action • Introduction to • Section • Starting Out • Create profile • identify and locate • support team • What Next • -Year 8 • - Year 9 • - Year 10 • My Best Subjects • How I learn best • What I want to • Achieve in Year • 8 (9) (10) • Setting Goals, • Targets and Making • an Action Plan • Introduction to • Section • My Likes and • Dislikes • My Hobbies and • Interests • My Personal • Qualities • My Skills and • Personal Capabilities • Skills Log Starting Out All About Me My Learning Preparing For Life & Work Transition Planning

22. Final Version Moving On Content Map • Introduction to • Section • Check yourself Out! • edit/update profile • identify and locate support • team • My Best Subjects • My subject choices • in Years 11 and 12 • How I learn best • What I want to • Achieve in Year • 11 (12) • Setting Goals, • Targets and Making • an Action Plan • Introduction to • Section • What kind of person • am I? • My Interests • My Personal Qualities • Skills and Personal • Capabilities • My Skills Log • Introduction to • Section • Planning for • Learning • - Time • Management • - Create a study • Timetable • - Using time • effectively • - A place to study • My Assessment • Results • Record my results • Review my Results • My Revision Plan • My Learning Blog • My Awards and • Qualifications • Introduction to • Section • What is the world of • work all about? • What will people • expect of me in the • world of work? • Preparing for the • world of work • Researching work • experience • opportunities • Preparing for work • placements • What have I learnt • about the world of • work and me? • Introduction to • Section • My career ideas • Skills and qualities • for work • Year 13 options • Taking action Starting Out Reflecting On Me My Learning Preparing For Life & Work Transition Planning

23. Final Version Post-16 in School Home Page • Introduction to • Section • Check yourself • Out! • - Add personal • details, profile, find • create friends/ • groups, identify • support team • What Next • - My reasons for • remaining at • school • - My hopes and • worries • - What can I expect • in Years 13/14 • How I learn best • What I want to • Achieve in Year 13 • (14) • Setting Goals, • Targets and Making • an Action Plan • Introduction to • Section • Strengths and • Weaknesses • - Strategies to • enhance strengths • and weaknesses • My Interests • My Personal • Qualities • My Skills • - What are skills? • - Skills used in different • settings • - Opportunities to • develop your skills • Review and Action • Planning Reflecting on Me Induction Planning My Learning Preparing For Life & Work Transition Options • Introduction to • Section • Planning for • Learning • - Time • Management • - Create a study • Timetable • - Using time • effectively • - A place to study • My Assessment • Results • - Record my results • - Review my Results • My Revision Plan • My Learning Blog • My Awards and • Qualifications • Introduction to • Section • How many lives do I • have anyway? • Where is my life • going? • Laying down the life • plans • Making the move • Working life begins • Opportunities to develop my skills • Collecting my evidence • Introduction to • Section • My Careers Ideas • Skills and Qualities • for Work • Linking Subjects to • Courses and Jobs • My Career Plan • Transition Options • - More education • - Gap year • - Work • Transition Planning • Making • Applications • UCAS, FE, Training, • Employment • Gap year opportunities • Interviews • Presenting Myself

24. Session 3 e-Widening Horizons: Learning from the Experience of the Pilot Schools.

25. The e-progress file Pilot in Hunterhouse College

26. Introduction • Hunterhouse College is a Cross Community Grammar School for girls. • Prior to e-progress file the paper version was and is still in use with all Key Stages. • In Sixth Form it has been used for the following purposes • Personal Development • Career Planning and Application to HE • As a hook to hold together the various challenges in the Certificate of Personal Effectiveness. • When provided with the opportunity to pilot e-progress file NI it seemed appropriate in light of our Personal Development ethos in Sixth Form

27. Hunterhouse College Pilot • Our pilot of e-progress file involved • 8 members of staff – 4 Personal Development Tutors and 4 Careers Tutors • 100 Year 13 pupils • All available ICT facilities in the school • The lesson was conducted at lunchtime in order to free up ICT facilities • Training for Staff happened in August

28. Advantages and Challenges • A big advantage for the pupils was a place to put everything that related to personal development • A big advantage for staff was being able to monitor progress • A big challenge for staff was teaching at lunchtime in order to have the required ICT facilities

29. Sixth Form Personal Development • August Induction • Initial review and target setting • Tutor Period - PD, COPE and Careers • Enrichment Time – Skills development • Lecture Time – HSE • February and November Review Meetings

30. Hunterhouse College teaching/facilitation time

31. How does Progress File fit in? • It is a hook to hang personnel development, skills development and the independent learner mindset on. • It encourages a new way of thinking. • It encourages planning and espouses the plan-do-review road to success. • It engages pupils in a continuous progress monitoring, checking and reviewing process. • It engages pupils in assessing their skills, looking to their strengths and weaknesses, identifying areas for improvement and developing the skills they lack. • It supports life long learning and the collection of evidence.

32. Progress File links all the strands of Personal Development together We use Progress File for Self management Skills development Careers and employability Sixth Form Induction Tutor time CEIAG Where does Progress File fit in?

33. What does Progress File do? Induction provides pupils with the tools they need for approaching their learning from a plan-do-review mindset looking at how you learn best and how you can improve your own learning and performance Checking and Reviewing Progress and Preparing for a Review leaves them in the correct mindset for review driven employment and EMA Goal, Target setting and Action Planning provides the tools for all manner of planning and preparation from educational to personal, social and career plans Thinking about opportunities to explore employment, Volunteer and develop skills encouraged pupils to think about how they can prepare themselves for work Gathering and collecting evidence engenders a preparedness culture

34. Active Learning • Induction – Video Clip How do I learn best? • Reflecting on Me – Evaluate my skills • Planning my learning –Try a Web link My Revision Plan • Preparing for life and work – Animation • Class Forum

35. Mapping • Used in August for Induction and continuous pupil monitoring • Induction (check yourself out, what’s next, My subject choice, what I want to achieve in Year 13 and 14, Goals, targets and action planning) • Used in early September for preparation for the year ahead • Planning my learning ( planning for learning, my assessment results, my revision plan)

36. Used in preparation for Career problem solving and planning Activities in Sixth Form • Planning for life and work (how many lives do I have, where is my life going, making the move) • Used in Career problem solving activities • Reflecting on me (Strengths and weaknesses, my interests, personal qualities, my skills) and Planning my learning (my qualifications, my learning log)

37. Used in Career research activities • Transition Planning (my careers ideas, job skills, Gap year, work, more education, applications to higher education)

38. Preparing for life and work • How many lives do I have? • The purpose is to establish need for balance and life priorities • Where is my life going? • The purpose is to focus on the problem facing the student and explore ways of solving it • Making the Move • The purpose is to prepare the student for whatever the move or transition might be • Opportunities to develop your life and work skills • The purpose is to allow the pupil to explore ways to improve their profile in general but in particular their skills profile

39. Widening Horizons my experience……….

40. Context…. • Girls Voluntary Grammar School • YR 13 • 3 staff • Induction Day • CEIAG lessons • 40 minute class • Learning centre 80+ computers • Independent use at home encouraged

41. The Northern Ireland Curriculum aims to empower young people to achieve their potential and to make informed and responsible choices and decisions throughout their lives. Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance CEIAG

42. CEIAG context…. • e-Progressfile fits neatly into the CEIAG aims • Use of e-Progressfile encouraged by ETI

43. Objective of CEIAG…. “ The overall objective of effective CEIAG provision is to enable learners to become effective career decision makers, empowered to manage their own career development successfully, confidently and with due respect and care for their own needs, those of others and of their communities.” ‘Preparing for Success a Guide to Developing Effective Career Decision Makers.’ DENI 2010

44. There are 3 main aims needed to realize this objective and e-Progressfile provides a way to evidence each of these aims. Essential for ETI inspection

45. Self-Awareness and Development Aim 1: Self-Awareness and Development Identifying, assessing and developing the skills and qualities necessary to choose and implement an appropriate career plan.

47. Aim 2: Career Exploration Career Exploration Acquiring and evaluating information, and reviewing experiences to identify and investigate appropriate career pathways and learning opportunities in education, training and employment, locally, nationally and internationally.

48. Feedback on evaluating strengths and weaknesses

49. Career management Developing skills in career planning, and employing effective career decision-making strategies to manage transition and make suitable career development choices, with the appropriate support, advice and guidance.

50. Information on jobs and courses and links to find out more