1. National Forum on Guidance
Welcome
National Forum on Guidance
Wednesday 5th April 2017
Jennifer McKenzie
Director NCGE
Failte a chairde chun an Roinn Oideachais agus Scilleana
NCGE is delighted to see many of you who have participated in our previous Forum discussions, and those of you who are attending the Forum for the first time.
The Aim of the Forum is to provide the opportunity for communication and co-operation between those involved in the provision of guidance and the development and support of guidance practitioners and services, so while on previous occasions we have had the opportunity for guidance professional across the spectrum to discuss and share information.
It is great to see those of you involved at organisational level in the management of guidance services with us today, as Data gathering is the one area that is of most interest to both guidance professional and management bodies or indeed government

2. National Forum on Guidance
Data gathering in guidance and for guidance
National Forum on Guidance
Wednesday 5th April 2017
Jennifer McKenzie
Director NCGE
Today we are considering the Theme of Data Gathering in guidance and for Guidance

3. Brief Recap
ELGPN
Guidelines for Policies and Systems development for Lifelong Guidance
Strengthening Quality Assurance and Evidence Base in guidance
Quality Assurance & Evidence Framework (QAE)

4. ELGPN Guidelines for Policies and Systems Development for Lifelong Guidance
Transversal policy components (9 Guidelines)
1. Career Management Skills
2. Access to Lifelong Guidance Services
3. Assuring the Quality of Lifelong Guidance Provision
4. Assessing the Effectiveness of Lifelong Guidance Provision
5. Strategic Leadership: Cooperation and Coordination
6. Improving Careers Information
7. Training and Qualifications of Practitioners
8. Funding Lifelong Guidance Services
9. Information and Communications Technology in Lifelong Guidance

5. Guideline 4: Assessing the Effectiveness of Lifelong Guidance Provision
Definition:
Assessing effectiveness refers to the collection and analysis of data through research and other means on the usage and effectiveness of lifelong guidance policies, systems and interventions, and their evaluation.
Such data collection includes information on outcomes, outputs, processes and inputs in the education, training, employment and social fields.

6. Strengthening Quality Assurance
Guideline 3: Assuring the Quality of Lifelong Guidance Provision
Definition
Quality assurance in lifelong guidance refers to policies, standards and procedures that assist in evaluating guidance services, products and activities from a citizen and other stakeholder perspective and that lead to their continuous improvement.
……protects EU citizens’ interests by ensuring that the lifelong guidance services and products are referenced according to pre-established professional quality standards.
……assures comparability of lifelong guidance support to citizens within and across sectors, over the life-span, and regardless of the citizen’s geographical, social and economic circumstances.
……also ensures that taxpayers’ and private funding of lifelong guidance activities is well spent, in particular where governments devolve the responsibility of provision of lifelong guidance activities to a region, municipality and/or institution.

7. Quality Assurance and Evidence Base
5 key elements:
Practitioner competence
Citizen/User Involvement
Service Provision and Improvement
Cost Benefit to Individual
Cost Benefit to Government (management?)

8. Outcomes of Guidance
• Educational Outcomes e.g. decision on education plans, increasing participation in education and training or improving attainment rates; • Economic and Employment Outcomes e.g. increasing salary, improving employee retention or increasing an individual’s likelihood of finding work; • Social Outcomes e.g. personal/social developments, increasing social mobility or increasing involvement in community capacity.

9. Indicators?
In FET – AEGI Services Adult Guidance Management System - Online ‘database’ In Schools/PLC Whole School Guidance Plan based on identification of students’ needs Quantitative Data - Indicators No of clients /target groups accessing the service Outcomes for individuals – personal/social /educational/economic

10. Quantitative – AGMS Data

11. Key Target Groups

12. Clients Tracked - Progression

13. Courses – Industry Sectors

14. Relevant information…NFQ

15. Qualitative – Data and Reports
Service - Self-Evaluation
Service - Strategic/Guidance Planning
Resources required – ICT / Staffing / Funding
Career Management Skills – Outcomes for Clients / Programme Development?
Client Feedback
Case Study – Practice and Provision
CPD needs of staff identified, based on clients needs

16. Links

17. Jennifer McKenzie, Director NCGE
Thank You
Go raibh maith agaibh
Jennifer McKenzie, Director NCGE

18. Thank you all – safe journey home
Slán abhaile!

19. National Forum on Guidance 5 April 2017
Group Discussion
National Forum on Guidance
5 April 2017

20. Individual Reflection Exercise
In your guidance practice/organisation do you/your organisation gather guidance data? Is the data qualitative and/or quantitative? (e.g. no of clients seen / outcomes for clients’ guidance activities / client or user feedback.)
How do you use this data in guidance practice? (e.g. at organisational level?)
How is this data reported? (e.g. to whom? In what format?)

21. Group Discussion
How can what you have heard in the presentations inform data gathering systems in guidance? Please give bullet points.
How can guidance data be used to:
inform public perception?
inform policy for guidance locally / regionally / nationally?

23. Thank you all – safe journey home
Slán abhaile!