Careers in Initial Teacher Education (CITE)
Careers information, advice and guidance has traditionally focussed on students in secondary school. However, there is a growing understanding that children are starting to think about ‘what they want to be’ at a much younger age, and that they are ‘ruling out’ possible careers before they leave primary school.
NUSTEM and NELEP have collaborated on CITE – the Careers in Initial Teacher Education project. We’ve created training materials to support trainee teachers in primary to include careers related learning in their teaching from the start of their career.
The training can also be used as CPD for teachers who are already teaching in a school.
The CITE project was funded by the Careers and Enterprise Company.
Outline of the course
The CITE training consists of three training sessions and associated ‘gap’ tasks. Each session lasts about 1.5 hours. The time needed to complete the gap tasks varies depending on the task. After each gap task, teachers complete a self-reflective evaluation exercise.
Session 1: Careers Education and Unconscious Bias
Gap Task 1: Exploring unconscious bias in primary schools
Session 2: Career aspirations in primary school
Gap Task 2: Planning and teaching using the Primary Careers Tool
Session 3: Employability characteristics and role models
Gap Task 3: Planning and teaching using STEM Person of the Week
Availability
The training materials, and a presenters guide, will be made available for ITE providers, and for schools to use once the project is completed.
Alternatively, contact the NUSTEM team about delivery of the training.
