1. A stable careers programme
Meeting Gatsby Benchmark #1
Tristram Hooley

2. About the webinar
These webinars build on The Careers Leader Handbook They will be led by Tristram Hooley and David Andrews

3. Sharing your programme Building your programme Benchmark #1 Gatsby
More help
Involving others
Sharing your programme
Building your programme
Benchmark #1
Gatsby

4. Sharing your programme Building your programme Benchmark #1 Gatsby
More help
Involving others
Sharing your programme
Building your programme
Benchmark #1
Gatsby

5. Good career guidance
Summarises existing evidence and frames them as eight benchmarks.
Presents it in a way that can be understood by policy makers and acted on by school leaders.
Has achieved wide support amongst policy actors and practitioners alike.
The influential 2014 report

6. The Benchmarks 1. A stable careers programme
2. Learning from career and labour market information
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
4. Linking curriculum learning and careers
5. Encounters with employers and employees
6. Experiences of workplaces
7. Encounters with further and higher education
8. Personal guidance
The Benchmarks

7. Showing your programme Building your programme Benchmark #1 Gatsby
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Showing your programme
Building your programme
Benchmark #1
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8. Benchmark #1
Every school should have a stable, structured careers programme that has the explicit backing of the senior management team, and has an identified and appropriately trained person responsible for it.
The careers programme should be published on the school’s website in a way that enables pupils, parents, teachers and employers to access and understand it.
The programme should be regularly evaluated with feedback from pupils, parents, teachers and employers as part of the evaluation process.

9. Not just stuff! Your programme will be made up of lots of pieces.
They all need to work together to deliver your vision.
It should be coherent, progressive and programmatic.

10. Sharing your programme Building your programme Benchmark #1 Gatsby
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Sharing your programme
Building your programme
Benchmark #1
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11. Key principles Universal Progressive Student centred Outcome focused
Delivering ALL 8 Gatsby Benchmarks

12. The Careers Leader’s role
You are both composer and conductor.
The programmes needs to be carefully arranged with all of the pieces in the right place.
The whole should be more than the sum of the parts.
Only you (and possibly your SLT) will be focused on the whole.
The Careers Leader’s role

13. A programme plan

14. Tracker A tool provided by The Careers & Enterprise Company
Allows you to design and keep track of your careers programme.

15. Sharing your programme Building your programme Benchmark #1 Gatsby
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16. Sharing your programme
Don’t keep what you have done to yourself.
Make it available though your website.
This should provide information in an accessible way for parents, students, teachers and employers.
Everyone should be able to get an overview of what you offer.

17. Sharing your programme Building your programme Benchmark #1 Gatsby
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Sharing your programme
Building your programme
Benchmark #1
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18. Involving others In your school/college The world beyond
Head/Principal
SLT
Govenors
Teachers/lecturers
Careers advisers
Other staff
Students
Parents
Employers and working people
Education providers
Careers providers
Local authority
LEP
And many more…

19. The jobs of careers leadership
Management
Co-ordination
Networking

20. People and Benchmark #1

21. Sharing your programme Building your programme Benchmark #1 Gatsby
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Involving others
Sharing your programme
Building your programme
Benchmark #1
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22. The Careers Leader Handbook
Available from books/careers-leader- handbook/

23. Free careers leader starter pack
Available from
A key part of this is signing up to the regular Careers Leaders update e-newsletter

24. Next webinar
Making use of labour market information: Meeting Gatsby Benchmark #2
Wednesday 10th October, 4pm.
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25. Masterclass
A full day masterclass in careers leadership run by Tristram Hooley and David Andrews.
London - 15th November 2018
York - 20th November 2018
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26. References
Andrews, D. & Hooley, T. (2018). The Careers Leader Handbook. Bath: Trotman.
Gatsby Charitable Foundation. (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby Charitable Foundation.
The Careers & Enterprise Company. (2018). Understanding the Role of the Careers Leader. London: The Careers & Enterprise Company.

27. In summary
Benchmark #1 is the ‘master’ Benchmark. It draws all of the other Benchmarks together.
You need to
Design a programme
Tell people about it and involve others
Evaluate it
Benchmark #1 is a key part of your role as the careers leader.

28. Contact details Tristram Hooley t.hooley@derby.ac.uk
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