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The Road Ahead

ian.menzies@educationscotland.gov.scot

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Where are we?

➢ Four years into Developing the Young Workforce Programme ➢ 21 DYW Regional Groups established ➢ Record high school leaver destinations – 94.4% ➢ Gap between most and least deprived halved since 2009/10 ➢ Continue to meet target to reduce youth unemployment by 40% ➢ Foundation Apprenticeships in 70% of schools ➢ Learner Journey Review

STEM strategy

➢ Published October 2017 ➢ Four themes: excellence, equity, connection & inspiration ➢ For all sectors – early learning and childcare, primary, secondary and community learning and development ➢ Five year strategy http://bit.ly/STEMstrategy

STEM in Scotland Transforming lives through learning

Document title Transforming lives through learning

For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators

Only 1 in 3 teachers feels confident giving advice about engineering careers There are 46,880 engineering companies in Scotland

Engineering UK

Professional learning ➢ Embed career information and guidance in classroom practice and life of establishments ➢ Entitlements of learners ➢ Employability skills Labour market information ➢ New STEM resource for schools

Professional learning – industry insight Practitioners are one of the biggest influencers of young people’s career choices – are there opportunities to give them an insight into what you do through industry visits and engagements?

Professional learning - partnerships Networking opportunities for teachers to make contact with colleges, universities and employers to develop local partnerships High or very high impact 63% Early learning and childcare 68% Primary 50% Secondary

STEM strategy action - partnerships

We will support the establishment of effective school/employer partnerships for STEM through the DYW Regional Groups and encourage links between the Groups and STEM Ambassadors, so that by 2020 every school cluster is working with a STEM partner from the private, public or third sectors.

876 responses 26% had a link with a STEM partner

Moray Highland Fife Glasgow Edinburgh Angus West Dunbartonshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee Falkirk North Ayrshire South Ayrshire

http://bit.ly/RAiSEreport

For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators

7 7 10

Regional STEM Officers

➢ Support coordination of STEM across six new regions ➢ Professional learning programmes ➢ Partnership working ➢ Building leadership ➢ Leading networks ➢ Linking with regional teams

For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators

7 7 10

STEM Professional learning grants

£187,000 provided in financial year 2018/19 to support 24 projects. Projects include: ➢ New College Lanarkshire ➢ University of Aberdeen ➢ Institute of Physics ➢ Royal Society of Chemistry ➢ Highland Council

Shaping the curriculum

➢ Skills for learning, life and work ➢ Relevant and challenging ➢ Project-based learning ➢ Real-world learning

• Curriculum areas
• Interdisciplinary learning
• Ethos and life of the school
• Opportunities for personal

achievement

Equity and equality

Significant reductions in the equity gaps in participation and achievement in STEM learning, engagement, study, courses and training across all sectors in relation to gender, deprivation, rurality, BME, disability and for care leavers.

For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators

bit.ly/NIHIGB

For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators

http://bit.ly/STEMSEIframework

Scottish STEM Award

For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators

http://bit.ly/AspiresReport http://bit.ly/2sqj12R

Parents and families

Work experiences

For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators

See all our resources on the STEM summary page on Education Scotland’s National Improvement Hub

https://education.gov.scot/improvement

Just enter STEM summary into the search box

Transforming lives through learning

Speak to us about partnership opportunities

stem@educationscotland.gov.scot

Transforming lives through learning