Visit our Schools and Colleges – bosses back to school
Register today to take part
Charity, the Education and Employers Taskforce, is planning a national campaign to persuade business leaders from all sectors to visit state schools and colleges during the week of the 18 – 22 October 2010 to have a practical and open conversation with head teachers and young people.
It will be chance for bosses from private and public sector organisations to hear from school leaders, teachers and pupils first-hand about they can help shape the motivation, skills and employability of young people.
Taking part is completely free and only requires 1 or 2 hours of your time in the week of 18-22 October to visit a school/college in your locality. For further details and to register to take part visit: www.visitourschools.org
The campaign will address the difficulties that schools/colleges and employers have in initiating and expanding partnerships and lead to new engagement. The campaign aims to remove the barriers and inspire thousands more employers of all sizes and from all sectors to get involved and make a difference in their communities.
To coincide with the campaign, Education and Employers Taskforce will lead a national and regional media drive to highlight the activities that most benefit schools and young people. These activities include:
• Enterprise education and employability skills including work experience, mentoring individuals or groups of students, workplace visits, supporting projects, classroom talks to young people, enterprise activities, careers advice and Young Apprenticeships
• Supporting the curriculum including literacy and numeracy initiatives, Diplomas, support for STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) and Language teaching and the development of learning materials
• Leadership and governance including becoming governors, providing expert help and professional development for teaching staff
Hear what leaders from the worlds of education and business say.....
"Engaging directly with schools and colleges is one of the most effective ways in which employers can help shape education today to meet the skills needs of tomorrow. The IoD is fully behind this campaign." Miles Templeman, Director General of the Institute of Directors
"We’re delighted to be supporting this campaign. There is huge scope for fruitful education partnerships with employers that can help pupils achieve their full potential and that’s why we are encouraging school leaders to get involved." Steve Munby, Chief Executive of the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services
To register to take part visit: www.visitourschools.org
For more about the Taskforce visit: www.educationandemployers.org