Scottish Skills Academies comprehensives for the 21st century Ian Sommerville, Clyde Valley High Sch

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Scottish Skills Academiescomprehensives for the
21st centuryIan Sommerville, Clyde Valley High
School Alison Allan, Motherwell College
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Introduction

• ASC and school sector representatives
• Scottish Executive Steering group
• Skills For Work

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Leitch Review

• We recommend radical change right across the
  skills spectrum. We have defined clear ambitions
  at basic, intermediate and higher skills. Our
  study focuses on adult skills but we express
  concern and suggest action for 14-19s.
• Lord Sandy Leitch, December 2006

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Social EconomicContext
32 North Lanarkshire students
Deprived postcodes
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Session 2006 / 2007

• Skills For Work courses delivered by
• Motherwell College
• S3 660 pupils
• S4 510 pupils
• S5/6 200 pupils

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North Lanarkshire City Vision Programme

• College staff (65)
• Teachers (25)
• Sports Leisure staff (2)
• Community Service / Grounds Maintenance staff
  (3)
• Private provider (in-school) (5)

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• Within North Lanarkshire the three local colleges
• Coatbridge College
• Cumbernauld College
• Motherwell College
• play a major role in course delivery - 65 of
  the total Skills for work programmes.
• The delivery model in North Lanarkshire differs
  from the situation in most of the rest of the
  country. In most other council areas delivery by
  college staff takes place in the colleges.
  However, in NLC almost 90 of the delivery by
  college staff takes place in schools.

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Beauty Therapy in Clyde Valley H S
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Hairdressing salon in Clyde Valley H S
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Construction in Clyde Valley High School
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Construction workshop in Clyde Valley High School
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Auto mechanics in Clyde Valley H S
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Auto workshop in Clyde Valley H S
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Hospitality in Cardinal Newman H S
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Challenges

• Meeting the increasing demand for courses and
• extending the range of courses on offer using
  scarce resources
• Equalisation of opportunity / increase number of
  participating schools
• Sustainability / alternative funding sources
• Infrastructure development of more specialist
  areas in schools and Colleges
• Labels (vocational skills on offer to high
  performing pupils)
• Staff development
• Timetables

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The Way Forward

• Develop high quality skills academies with
  Colleges at the Centre
• Skills academies are further developed across
  Scotland with a best fit model ensuring the
  partnership includes Colleges, Local Councils,
  School head teacher representatives and employers
  
• Strategic mapping is undertaken within Local and
  National steering groups (Subject areas and
  geographical locations are identified as Skills
  academies)
• Sustainability of the academies is incorporated
  within local area steering group business plans
• Curriculum For Excellence agenda and Skills For
  Work courses are extended to include alternative
  subject areas out with Skills For Work
• Infrastructure development of more specialist
  areas in schools
• Resources are allocated for Skills academy
  development i.e travel, staff development,
  infrastructure

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Q and A
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Discussion

• Is the North Lanarkshire model sustainable?
• Will Skills academies lead to over supply of
  provision in schools?
• EIS and COSLA position on GTC?
• Progression routes?
• Student experience in College or in School?
• How do non Skills For Work e.g Intermediate,
  higher level and VQ programmes fit within a
  Skills Academy for school pupils?
• How do we intend to engage industry and source
  sponsorship for the skills academies?