DYW Interesting Practice – Sanderson High School: Tailored learning pathways to meet the needs of all
Winners of the Scottish Education Awards 2017 – category: Employability across Learning!
A whole school approach to DYW offers learners at Sanderson High School in South Lanarkshire a wide variety of career related and work-based learning opportunities that aim to inspire the exploration of future pathways. The learning experiences within and beyond the curriculum not only provide learners with a significantly enhanced skills portfolio, tracked and referenced through profiling, but also ensure meaningful connections with the world of work and accreditation in the senior phase. As part of this approach the school created the subject ‘Education for Work’ which now forms part of the core curriculum at all levels.
The school has also developed a Position Statement which states that “all young people will learn about the world of work; and where appropriate all young people will participate in suitable work experience; and all young people will have a clearly defined and individualised pathway from S1-S6, resulting in sustainable, meaningful post-school destinations.”
Staff use the entitlements from Career Education Standard 3-18 (CES) to ensure these aims are put into practice and audit the skills the young people are developing. For example, staff in each subject area match their curriculum and teaching and learning approaches to the relevant entitlements from the CES and the appropriate skills . The school has a good range of work placements for young people in the senior phase, which provides them with an excellent experience of the world of work and which links well to the curriculum.
There is also a close partnership with Calderglen High School on the implementation of DYW with learners taking up volunteering opportunities at Sanderson HS. Video clip: Volunteering at Sanderson HS
Find out more about the schools DYW approach by accessing the Interesting Practice in Skills DYW – Sanderson High School summary information.
