Careers in Initial Teacher Education (CITE)
Why Careers in Primary?
Careers information, advice and guidance has traditionally focussed on students in secondary school. NUSTEM research has shown that children starting to think about ‘what they want to be’ at a much younger age, and that they are ‘ruling out’ possible careers even before they leave primary school.
It therefore makes sense to start talking about careers with children in primary schools. To help them realise that there are whole range of different possibilities open to them, and that some of the subjects they study, and characteristics they have, will help them do interesting things when they are older.
To address careers-related learning in Primary schools, 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.
Although originally developed for trainee teachers, the training materials 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.
Availability
The training materials, and a presenters guide, are available for ITE providers, and for schools to use. They can be downloaded from the NELEP North East Ambition website.
NUSTEM are also running the training sessions for primary teachers to help them to embed careers-related learning in their teaching.
Spring series:
Session 1: 4.30 – 6.00, 20th January 2021
Session 2: 4.30 – 6.00, 10th March 2021
Session 3: 4.30 – 6.00, 21st April 2021
Please sign up to the first session using eventbrite. Links to the second and third session will be shared after the first session.
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 (using the Classroom Interaction Tool, Literature Content Tool, or Display Analysis Tool)
Session 2: Career aspirations in primary school
Gap Task 2: Planning and teaching using the Primary Careers Tool (using the NUSTEM Primary Careers Tool)
Session 3: Employability characteristics and role models
Gap Task 3: Planning and teaching using STEM Person of the Week (using a set of STEM Person of the Week cards)
