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Year 7 Careers

It is our vision at AGS that students acquire and develop the skills needed in an ever changing global society to manage their careers, sustain employability and achieve personal and economic wellbeing throughout their lives.

AGS strives to meet the eight Gatsby Benchmarks that are recognised to be the core dimensions of good careers and enterprise provision in schools:

• To provide a stable careers programme
• To support learning from career and labour market information
• To address the needs of each pupil
• To link curriculum learning to careers where possible
• To provide encounters with employers and employees
• To provide opportunities for and guidance on workplace experiences
• To provide encounters with further and higher education
• To offer personalised, impartial guidance

Year 7 Objective: Explore interests and develop a broad understanding of the world of work

Presentations covering the following:

• Researching different careers and accessing labour market information.
• STEM careers
• Employer talks.

Planning for Progress Content:

• W1: Confidence in the workplace. What is it and why is it important?

• W2: Adaptability in the workplace. What is it and why is it important?

• W3: Problem solving in the workplace. What is it and why is it important?

• W4: Communicating effectively in the workplace. What is it and why is it important?

• W5: Creativity in the workplace. What is it and why is it important?

• W6: Leadership in the workplace. What is it and why is it important?

• W7: Proactivity in the workplace. What is it and why is it important?
• W8: Resilience in the workplace. What is it and why is it important?

• W9: Negotiation in the workplace. What is it and why is it important?

• W10: Challenge careers stereotypes presentation.

• W11 Katherine Johnson, NASA Space Scientist.

• W12: Joan Clarke, Code Breaker & Cryptanalyst

• W13: Influence of my parents/carers on my career path.

• W14: Influence of my peers on my career path.

• W15: Influence of my locations on my careers path

Extras
• Register all students on “start” careers website to create a profile and research careers through the site (HT3)
• All students attend a “get to know you meeting” with their year team to discuss their aspirational career and future pathway.
• Extra-curricular STEM clubs.
• Employer workshops for selected groups: Barclay’s Lifeskills, National Enterprise Challenge and Into University Programme (workshops are subject to employer provision).

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