{"id":17260,"date":"2018-03-02T18:39:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T18:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/eslb\/?p=17260"},"modified":"2018-03-02T18:39:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T18:39:41","slug":"kingussie-high-school-profiling-employability-skills-and-wider-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/2018\/03\/02\/kingussie-high-school-profiling-employability-skills-and-wider-achievement\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingussie High School:  Profiling employability skills and wider achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/eslb\/files\/2018\/03\/KHS-visual-CV.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/eslb\/files\/2018\/03\/KHS-visual-CV-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>This DYW &#8216;interesting practice&#8217; exemplar provides a synoptic overview of the profiling format adopted by Kingussie High School. It also outlines its systematic approach of capturing and reporting learners&#8217; wider achievement both within and out with the school in recognition of its significant contribution to the development of employability skills. \u00a0This is part of the school\u2019s wider DYW implementation plan\u00a0with the aim of supporting learners\u2019 progression towards sustained and positive destination.<\/p>\n<p>This case study has been developed to contribute to professional learning for practitioners at all levels working with children and young people from 3 \u2013 18. It is structured to both inform and to support reflection on existing strengths and areas of development around profiling within the context of DYW.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0exemplar focuses on three specific elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E-Portfolios<\/li>\n<li>Wider Achievement Reporting<\/li>\n<li>Visual CV\u2019s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What was done and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Profiling is a key component of a student\u2019s development at Kingussie High School. It built E-Portfolio through Google Sites which allows student to store a variety of pieces of information about themselves, their learning and their skill development, digitally. In recognition of significant impact of wider achievement on the development of skills the school records and reports on this regularly.\u00a0 The information contributes to the wider profiling and reflection process of learners.<\/p>\n<p>In order to support learners in articulating their skills and career aspirations the teachers and practitioners across all areas of\u00a0the curriculum \u00a0have <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/improvement\/practice-exemplars\/dyw46-profiling-exemplification-learner-conversations\">regular conversations<\/a><\/span><\/strong> with learners and, when appropriate, with their parents.\u00a0 The school has also\u00a0developed visual CVs linked to their skills framework to help learners reflect upon and share their skills and wider achievements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is its impact?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The above components are part of the school\u2019s wider DYW ambition to foster career aspirations and increase the employability of learners. It also contributes to the wider attainment of learners, which has significantly increased over the last 3 years. This has been documented in the school&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1h27xeUel1eRI6StY4oJuaKlHfqMr5QmQ1nBP_UjidXU\/edit\">&#8216;Developing your Senior Phase Curriculum&#8217;<\/a> documentation.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2018<strong>DYW Interesting Practice\u2019 exemplar<\/strong> has been summarised in the following document: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/eslb\/files\/2018\/03\/Interesting-Practice-in-Skills-DYW-KHS-Version-1.docx\">Interesting Practice in Skills DYW &#8211; KHS &#8211; Version 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This <strong>PowerPoint<\/strong> presentation offers an overview of the development work in this area: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/eslb\/files\/2018\/03\/ESProfilingDYW_AB_KingussieHS-2.pptx\">ESProfilingDYW_AB_KingussieHS (2)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reflection:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You are invited to use this exemplar to reflect on the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To what extent do I engage children and young people in meaningful discussions about their skills development and assist them in profiling to support their career journeys?<\/li>\n<li>How does my\/our current practice relate to the profiling guidelines expressed within the CfE Briefing notes \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/Documents\/cfe-briefing-3.pdf\">Profiling and S3 Profiles\u2019<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>To what extent do I make use of relevant digital and online resources, in particular My World of Work?<\/li>\n<li>How well do I use profiling with children and young people to discuss their progress particularly at transition stages?<\/li>\n<li>To what extend do I support children and young people in the planning of future learning and envisaging career pathways?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This DYW &#8216;interesting practice&#8217; exemplar provides a synoptic overview of the profiling format adopted by Kingussie High School. It also outlines its systematic approach of capturing and reporting learners&#8217; wider achievement both within and out with the school in recognition of its significant contribution to the development of employability skills. \u00a0This is part of the school\u2019s wider DYW implementation plan\u00a0with the aim of supporting learners\u2019 progression towards sustained and positive<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/2018\/03\/02\/kingussie-high-school-profiling-employability-skills-and-wider-achievement\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72655,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5,54,94,159,8,256,52],"class_list":["post-17260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-skills","tag-cpd","tag-dyw","tag-employability-skills","tag-interesting-practice-exemplar","tag-partnership-working","tag-profiling","tag-skills-for-learning-life-and-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}