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Appendix 1
Briefing note for SCEIN representatives taking part in telephone interviews as part of the research into young people's part-time employment, commissioned by the Scottish Executive
Purpose of interviews
The prime purpose of these interviews is to identify if, and how, learning from part-time employment is being used currently and to explore the potential for its use to be increased. This was Recommendation 12 of Determined to Succeed:
'The Scottish Executive must commission research into part-time work undertaken by young people while still at school.'
These interviews will ask some key questions. Are there relevant initiatives in Scotland, for example in vocational education, or as a result of Agreements for Excellence and increased curriculum flexibility, that might link to the part-time employment experiences of school pupils? Are there existing models that might be applied to the recognition of the part-time employment experiences of schools pupils? These might be seen in ways in which other 'out of school' experiences are drawn into the pupil's formal learning in school, for example through formal work experience, extra-curricular activities such as Young Enterprise or voluntary work linked to citizenship.
A second purpose of these interviews is to provide evidence about the nature and extent of relevant vocational initiatives across local authorities in order that this might be considered as one of the factors when choosing the localities for planned focused studies.
A definition
Part-time employment, for the purposes of this research, is 'any paid employment including family-based work'.
Other elements of the research
The following is not comprehensive, but will show where these SCEIN interviews fit into the overall research
- 10% questionnaire sample of S3-S6 young people across all authorities in Scotland to determine the extent and nature of school pupils' part-time employment
- Questionnaire and telephone interview with local authority representatives responsible for the operation of the permit system
- Telephone interview of SCEIN members to ascertain good practice and issues in the use of young people's employment experiences
- Focussed study of young people, parents, teachers, employers in 4 areas of Scotland
- Survey of employers
Key elements of interview with SCEIN members
- Current remit of SCEIN respondent
- General attitudes and issues about school pupils' part-time employment from
- an authority perspective
- a school perspective
- Discussion of 5 possible models of recognition (see last page of this briefing note) - considered with respect to
- Part-time employment
- Work experience
- Other 'out of school' experiences, for example voluntary work
- Other ways (in the authority) of linking workplace experiences with recognition/accreditation for school pupils, for example vocational education
- Any other comments
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