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ANNEX 3: SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDING
The Scottish Executive has a commitment and continuing priority to develop the work-based vocational learning agenda during 2006/08.
Supplementary funding has been made available in 2006/08 by Determined to Succeed Division to support capacity building of this important area. It will support expansion of the scale and range of work-based and work-related vocational learning opportunities for pupils over 14 years of age. Local authorities were invited, through a competitive process, to bid for funding to support activity that addressed local economic and educational priorities. A panel representing the Scottish Executive and stakeholders from education and business organisations assessed submitted proposals: local authorities were notified of the outcome. Information on successful proposals follows:
Aberdeen City Council
Expansion of the authority's current pilot 13-16 Trades Project, addressing the needs of young people at risk of ending up not in employment, education or training ( NEET) on leaving school. Through an integrated programme of vocational training, S3-4 pupils will develop basic construction skills in workshops, and core skills through residential events. They will participate in community/environmental projects and gain an awareness of different work environments through site visits. Pupils will work towards relevant Scottish Vocational Qualification ( SVQ) units.
Aberdeenshire Council
Developing the authority's work experience programme from its current limited provision to ensure appropriate placements for all eligible pupils. Support resources, demonstrating opportunities and benefits, will stimulate student demand and facilitate placements. Simultaneously the authority will seek to increase business engagement to match demand and share good practice in schools. Pupils will work towards Scottish Qualification Authority ( SQA) Work Experience qualifications.
Angus Council
Development of four vocational learning centres across the authority catering for S3-6 pupils. Also serving as a community learning facility to enable income generation and long term sustainability. Accredited programmes, in areas of economic priority, will use a blend of City and Guilds, Scottish Progression Awards and Skills for Work courses, initially on Construction, Rural Skills, Hairdressing and Care, and will be available to pupils of all abilities.
City of Edinburgh Council
Development of school-college partnership protocols to ensure supply and demand are effectively matched and managed across the authority area; and increase awareness of work-based vocational learning within lower secondary school (via vocational tasters and other Determined to Succeed -related activities) to inform option choices for pupils in S3 and above. The authority will pilot a model of 'progressive' work-based and work-related learning with employers working with students in a longitudinal programme, including CV preparation, mock interview, work placement and debrief. New resources will ensure a coherent approach to work experience and other vocational opportunities, building on existing good links with employers and learning providers and embedding protocols and partnerships within schools.
Clackmannanshire Council
Stemming the flow of young people who end up not in employment, education or training ( NEET) on leaving school but with provision for mainstream pupils. Interventions include extended work experience, delivered in partnership with the authority's corporate training and learning centre and local employers, leading to SQA units in work-based Core Skills, ICT and relevant subject areas; expansion of ACTIVATE - delivered by schools' support service in collaboration with Careers Scotland - for vulnerable S3/4 pupils with behavioural issues. Mainstream pupils will participate in Skills for Work courses in Construction and Hairdressing.
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Embedding work-related learning policy within secondary schools involving a programme of teacher continuing professional development, curriculum flexibility and expansion of the scale and range of vocational courses available to pupils of all ability levels in areas of local economic importance. Courses in Sea Fishing and Rural skills will be delivered by school-college and other provider partnerships. All vocational courses will be enhanced by enterprising activity to develop core and employability skills delivered by local employers, learning/development providers and Careers Scotland.
Dundee City Council
Stemming the flow of young people who end up not in employment, education or training ( NEET) on leaving school by increasing options for young people identified as having disengaged with learning or at risk of doing so. School-college and other training provider partnerships will offer pupils a range of 4-6 week vocational tasters linked to other vocational activity. Delivery led by Careers Scotland, Prince's Trust and other partners. The programme will help pupils develop skills, attitudes and confidence required to support them into sustained employment. Pupils will work towards National Qualifications, ASDAN or XL accreditation.
East Ayrshire Council
Enhancing the menu of vocational options for secondary pupils, delivered through school-college and other training provider partnerships. Courses will include Skills for Work and industry specific courses linked to relevant qualifications, and offered within an integrated framework linking a range of experiences based on Tourism, Hospitality and Healthy Lifestyles, impacting on both local economic need and personal and social development. Pupils from P6 upwards will participate in vocational activity, so fostering better understanding of work from a young age.
East Lothian Council
Developing a sustainable network of providers of work-based and work-related vocational learning for each of its six communities to ensure schools have maximum flexibility in offering work experience and an enhanced vocational curriculum. Key elements involve embedding opportunities in curricular provision in all secondary schools, developing links with learning providers and employers, and training teachers on the place of vocational learning within the curriculum.
East Renfrewshire Council
Focus on pupils with complex additional support needs with a view to developing workplace, employability and independent living skills through a hospitality-related programme; and practical learning in a 'flat' within a secondary school. Pupils will also undertake a range of enterprising and entrepreneurial activity, including running an income-based café. New employer links will support complementary pupil placements in business, and business input in schools. Pupils' overall experience will improve their chances to enter and sustain employment, working towards qualifications at Access 1 level in Work Experience, Sampling Work, Healthy Basic Cooking and Communication in the Workplace.
Glasgow City Council
Focus on young people furthest from the labour market with specific and additional support needs and requiring intensive personal support. Pupils are currently in a range of establishments across the city and have very limited access to mainstream activity. The programme will develop a coherent framework through which pupils benefit from tailored work experience and vocational opportunities linked to learning providers and local employers. Pupils will work towards SQA Awards in Work Experience and either Skills for Work courses at Access level 1 or other modular units.
Highland Council
Developing capacity and capability of teachers and employers to deliver employer-focused provision in rural skills across a range of pupils' abilities. A Schools Liaison Officer for land-based Industries will be recruited to develop a network of communities across the Highlands, involving schools, colleges and the land-based industries, and to ensure provision links closely to local employment opportunities. Pupils will work towards Skills for Work courses and Scottish Progression Awards delivered through partnerships between schools, colleges and other providers and the land-based industries.
Inverclyde Council
An extra-curricular programme (evenings and weekends) for S5/6 pupils of all abilities. Pupils will progress through a programme of work-based and work-related options linking vocational learning with the broader enterprise education and employability agendas. Activity focuses on a competitive process through which young people develop skills for employment with the aim of winning a job. A partnership approach involving the further education sector and local businesses with significant potential appeal to young people and business partners. The authority has still to agree appropriate qualifications.
Midlothian Council
The council will continue to develop its vocational model that combines courses with practical work experience and enterprise activities to support young people at risk of not being in employment, education or training ( NEET) upon leaving school. This will include a tracking and transition model to be developed in partnership with the authority's Training and Regeneration service, as a permanent transition service for all secondary schools. A programme of activity-based awareness raising will be introduced for P5-S2 pupils to increase information about vocational options and aid S3 careers choices.
Moray Council
A new "Vocational Skills Academy" ( VSA) in Forres that is central to the authority's aim for tackling local economic and social issues. Building on the successful establishment of a similar centre in Keith, the VSA will offer vocational opportunities for 200 school pupils per week in the Construction, Horticulture, Automotive Engineering, Hospitality and Hair and Beauty. Courses will be delivered by Moray College and will link to local employment needs. Pupils will work towards Skills for Work Courses and other SQA modular units.
North Ayrshire Council
A range of options linked to local labour market needs, through which pupils will develop vocational, enterprising and employability skills. Delivery partners include local colleges, private providers, employers and their representative organisations. Specific areas of focus are sport and leisure, hospitality, and hairdressing. Pupils will work towards Skills for Work courses and industry specific awards. The Strathclyde Fire Service will offer an intervention aimed at developing skills, confidence and attitudes of young people who are deemed at risk of ending up not in employment, education or training ( NEET) after leaving school, through activity-based learning.
North Lanarkshire Council
Provision of skills training and development of employability skills for young people attending Kilsyth Academy, who are deemed at risk of ending up not in employment, education or training ( NEET) after leaving school. The local further education college will deliver in-school. Pupils will undertake Skills for Work courses at Access level, supplemented with additional support.
Perth and Kinross Council
Expansion of range and scale of Skills for Work courses through school-college partnerships for S3/4 pupils of all abilities, delivered by local colleges and private providers, and including employer input. Enhancement of Perth and Kinross Council's work experience programme by linking work placements to vocational courses. Activity focuses on local employment needs, including Rural Skills and Construction and occupational areas in demand from pupils, e.g. Hairdressing and Childcare.
Renfrewshire Council
Increase and improvement of provision for pupils with additional support needs, with a view to developing personal and employability skills. S3 pupils (initially) will undertake work placements and participate in other work-related learning through a co-ordinated approach by partners and Support Services. Development of support structures which lead to real (supported) employment outcomes for pupils on leaving school is a key aim. Pupils will work towards National Qualifications at Access level and ASDAN Awards.
Scottish Borders Council
A range of activity for pupils of all abilities within each secondary school, addressing local economic needs through skills development in both developing and traditional areas. Establishment of a Virtual Technology Academy (for S1-S6) within a local business and courses in Rural Skills; pupils' work experience programme will also be enhanced. Pupils will work towards relevant qualifications, including Skills for Work courses, ASDAN and industry recognised awards.
Shetland Council
Increased delivery of Skills for Work courses, the Scottish Progression Award in Construction and SQA modular units in Nautical and Sound Engineering studies - areas of local economic relevance. The courses will be delivered through school-college partnerships, linking learning and development opportunities with local employers where possible.
Stirling Council
Increased provision of Skills for Work courses in Rural Skills and continuation of the Scottish Progression Award in Rural Skills as a progression route, delivered through school-college partnerships. This and other Skills for Work courses already underway will be enhanced by a differentiated model of work experience placements, appropriate career education and with relevant input from employers and other partners. Pupils involved in the Rural Skills pilot will develop an outdoor classroom designed to support practical aspects of learning. A primary school-college partnership will be developed to raise awareness amongst younger pupils of vocational opportunities and a Transitions to Training programme (delivered by Careers Scotland) will be expanded for those young people who are deemed at risk of ending up not in employment, education or training ( NEET) after leaving school.
South Lanarkshire Council
Increased vocational learning through funding secondary schools to expand curricular areas to include vocational content, an approach aimed at meeting pupil and local employment needs and embedding those within the curriculum. A range of sectoral areas are proposed and schools will be encouraged to continue building on the authority's existing good links with employers, colleges, other providers and support services.
Western Isles
Partnership approach involving schools, business and local colleges in delivering vocational opportunities in Boatbuilding, Roof Slating and Customer Care, all address local employment needs. Proposed activity builds on existing provision of relevant, high quality opportunities for pupils of all abilities, including those with additional support needs. Local planning and delivery involves the authority, the local enterprise company, employers and providers; and addresses logistical issues associated with remote areas. Pupils will work towards both SQA modular and industry bespoke courses.
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