enterprising resources

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enterprising resources

• Sandra Gates
• Enterprise Development Officer
• Aberdeen City Council

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Determined to Succeed

• The 4 strands of Enterprise should increase the
  opportunities for young people to enjoy
• Enterprising Teaching and Learning - developing
  skills and attitudes across the curriculum
• Work-based Vocational Learning - developing an
  understanding of the world of work
• Entrepreneurial Learning - e.g. participate in
  enterprise activities
• Appropriately focussed career education

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Curriculum for Excellence
Successful learners
Confident individuals
To enable all young people to become
Effective contributors

• Responsible citizens

Using an enterprising approach we can deliver on
CfE
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Enterprising learning

• Will address all 5 of the National priorities in
  Education
• achievement and attainment
• framework for learning - teachers and discipline
• inclusion and equality - benefit from education
• values and citizenship - respect and
  interdependence
• learning for life - changing society, creativity
  ambition

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Benefits of enterprising learning

• Young people develop self esteem, ability to work
  together, achieve success and become independent
• Teachers share responsibility for learning that
  makes learning more effective, engaging and
  enjoyable
• Partners will enhance the curriculum, add
  diversity and interest and provide good role
  models

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Aims of Enterprising Ideas resources

• To introduce an enterprising approach
• To add value to what we do
• To link to the bigger picture i.e. national
  developments
• To measure success and quantify impact

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Enterprising Ideas for Secondary Schools

• 5 Sections
• 1 - Planners
• 2 - Integrated projects
• 3 - Curricular Areas
• 4 - Toolkits
• 5 - Resources

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Section 1 - Planners

• Whole school approaches
• Community links - Campaigns
• ASG links - Induction events
• Business links - Health event
• Transitions - Exhibition on
  subject choices
• Social Enterprise - Fund-raising events
• Working together - Business events
• Sharing Skills Burns event Valentines Day
• St Andrews Day Christmas event

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Section 2 Integrated Projects

• Introducing Cross-cutting Themes categorised
  into
• Presentation of Knowledge
• Citizenship
• Events
• Business
• eg Presentation of Knowledge section includes
• Business Links in Action Calendar Production
• Primary - Secondary Liaison
• Work Experience Newsletter
• Creating a Media Network

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Section 3 Curricular areas

• How to enterprise a lesson?
• 1. How can I make learning RELEVANT by putting it
  into a REAL context?
• 2. How can I share RESPONSIBILITY for learning by
  allowing pupils to make more decisions, to
  participate in their learning, and to encourage
  independent learning?
• 3. How can I build ROLES and RELATIONSHIPS by
  involving partnerships with pupil peers, adults
  in the school and external contacts allowing
  pupils to learn with and from others?
• 4. How can I encourage pupils to REFLECT on their
  personal learning?

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Section 4 - Toolkits

• Eg About Me
• I can
• Take responsibility for a task
• Come up with new ideas
• Make decisions
• Show Confidence
• Communicate well
• Think positively
• Solve problems
• Make plans and carry them out etc

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Section 5 Resources

• Strathclyde
• The Enterprising School
• Enterprising ideas for Secondary Schools
• Up for Enterprise (S1 / 2)
• Go for Enterprise (upper primary can be used S1
  /2)
• Young Enterprise Scotland
• Get into Enterprise
• Tree of Knowledge e.g. APODO, Apodium
• Spotlight Industry Series eg Energy, Construction
• Careers Scotland eg Career Box
• Human resources

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More or less enterprising?

• More.Less
• teacher as facilitator
  teacher as expert
• process driven
  content driven
• pupil directed
  teacher led
• pupil participation
  teacher talking
• assessment for learning assessment is for
  learning
• other adults involved only the teacher
  involved