Sue Lewis The Western Vocational Progression Consortium

Helping year olds plan their future work and study. v Supporting adults and young people in mapping their existing skills gained from life, learning and work to the skills valued in HE. The WVPC resources:

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Careerpilot Year 12/13 students - let Careerpilot help you: Save all your topics of interest and your Profile in My Careerpilot

A tool to help post 16 students: Map skills and experiences to skills valued in HE See best match skills Identify evidence of skills at level 3/4 See potential for higher level study See that the gap between Level 3 and 4 is achievable Is a web-based tool. What is it? Autonomy Collect Communicate Personal development Evaluate Initiate Knowledge Lead Manage Numerical Plan Problem solve Review Teamwork Helps with personal statements, applications for jobs, etc. Pilot, what works best?

Why are skills important?

I can work autonomously and I have demonstrated this on my work experience placement, through my voluntary and part time work, when I …..

Task: 1.Logon to 2.Register 3.Go to ‘Build your Profile’ 4.Answer the questions 5.Tick box to see profile results 6.View ‘best match’ skills

1.Think of a task you completed where you used this skill. 2.Look at level 4, have you done this? 3.Write your evidence explaining what you did and how you met the standard. Dictionary definition

Let’s do it! Showing evidence Level 3 TaskEvidence to meet standards Use the language of the standards Level 3: Sophie is doing A Levels. Every term has to assess her performance in her subjects against a set of assessment criteria given to her by the teacher. She then has to set targets to show how she will improve. This term she has said she will read more background information for English and see a play which is on locally. Sophie: Improve performance in A Levels Level 3: Explain how you assessed your own capabilities against given criteria and how you engaged in guided development activities which helped you improve. Task should show independent performance

Task: 1.Start with your best match skill. 2.Identify a task you completed where you used the skill. 3.Add your evidence, matching it to the standards for 3 or 4 skills. You can use the same task more than once but… make sure the evidence explains how you used that skill. E.g. if the skill is problem solving write about how in the task you did that, if communication then write about how you used that skill. Don’t forget to save

Let’s do it! How to use your results If you are not sure that HE is for you If you are not sure what course to do When applying for a higher education level course If you decide to apply for an Apprenticeship, college course or job

How to use your results

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