GUIDANCE MATTERS Spring 2019 / Issue 2
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ISSN 2009-6941 GUIDANCE MATTERS Spring 2019 / Issue 2 INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUE: • A Personal Account of Lifelong Guidance • 'Step-by-step' CPD - Using the Whole School Guidance Framework • 'A Day in the life' of an ETSS Guidance Counsellor K TO An Exploration of Guidance in FET C LI I N L K • C • The Art of the CV • The Importance of Subject Choice • Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities And lots more inside K TO L IC IN L K CONTENTS C FURTHER EDUCATION & TRAINING An exploration of guidance in FET - Social Inclusion - from policy to practice 24 NEWS CPD for Staff of Adult Education Guidance Services 27 News 3 EUROGUIDANCE FEATURE ARTICLE An update from Euroguidance A Personal Account of Lifelong Ireland 28 Guidance 5 Learning by Leaving Conference 2018 31 GENERAL HIGHER EDUCATION Supports to school guidance programmes - Business in the The importance of subject choice 33 Community Ireland (BITCI) 8 UCC Works Award 35 P>TECH Pathways in Technology 10 UCC Graduate Attributes Project 37 Red C survey shows parents back languages 12 The Art of the CV 14 SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities 39 PRIMARY Career-related Learning in Primary RESEARCH Schools: Make an early start 16 Guidance Counselling Supervision in a School Context 43 POST-PRIMARY Migration: Taking stock and 'A Day in the life' of an ETSS reaching out 46 Guidance Counsellor 19 Writing first person research in 'Step by Step' approach to Whole Guidance Counselling practice 49 School Guidance planning (CPD) 22 EUROPE IN PRACTICE Towards a more SUCCESSful Future 52 Contact Details Avoca House, 189 - 193 Parnell Street, Dublin D01 P6X2. Tel: +353 1 869 0715/6 Email: [email protected] www.ncge.ie © Copyright: National Centre for Guidance in Education 2 GUIDANCE MATTERS • ISSUE 2 • SPRING 2019 NEWS DES publication of the Indecon Review Welcome... of Career Guidance – A Reflection K TO L IC IN In 2018 the Minster for Education and Skills announced the review L K C of Career Guidance Tools and Information and subsequently issued a call for tenders. Indecon were subsequently appointed to carry out the objective independent review as per the Terms of Reference and an independent steering group of stakeholders was appointed, chaired by Professor Tom Collins. Our second edition of Guidance Matters marks a Following a substantial consultation process involving surveys, milestone for Guidance in Ireland. Since our first stakeholder submissions and bi-lateral meetings, (which included publication, the Department of Education and 1818 responses from learners, 440 responses from guidance Skills has published a key independent review professionals and 119 additional submissions) a national report of guidance - carried out in 2018 by Indecon consultation event was hosted in Farmleigh in July 2018. Consultants. This report provides a focused review The Department published the final Indecon Review Report on of the national provision of careers information April 24th 2019. The Report outlined 18 recommendations under and tools , and how people make their careers 4 key themes: decisions. This report also provides some insights into the views of parents, students, the general • Reforms to Governance and delivery arrangements public, national stakeholders and the guidance • Improvement in Career Guidance tools and career information profession across Ireland. It further provides a road • Enhancement of Enterprise Engagement map of recommendations to the Department of • Promotion of Inclusion Education and Skills to inform future planning on guidance provision in Ireland. The report recognises On publication of the Report, in recognition of the the holistic approach to guidance provision in the recommendations, the Minister announced that an internal task education and training sector which includes careers force would be established within the Department of Education information and tools and guidance counselling and Skills, chaired by the Secretary General, to examine the provision. This report additionally provides the basis recommendations and develop a priorities implementation plan. for the development of an Integrated Guidance The Review Report recognises the holistic model of guidance in Strategy in Further Education and Training (FET) the education and training sector in Ireland which encompasses and national access to impartial information and social/personal, vocational/careers and educational guidance guidance on education and careers options. counselling and the need to focus specifically on career guidance One key message of the Indecon report is the as appropriate. Indecon stated in the report that the results of requirement for the co-ordination and co-operation their analysis suggest that “guidance counselling is an effective of guidance provision and services. Within this mechanism to provide career information and impartial advice” edition of Guidance Matters, NCGE is highlighting (pg. 26). Employing an econometric modelling methodology for the breadth and quality of some of these services; analysis of their findings, Indecon noted on page 25, that those from the supervision of the counselling element students from lower income families have access to less career of guidance provision, to engaging positively with advice from within their families and “may therefore be in greatest business and enterprise within the wider community need of access to professional guidance counsellors drawing to support career planning along with reflecting on attention to the potential significance of guidance in breaking the the importance of research and engaging with our cycle of intergenerational disadvantage”. European international partners to inform our work. The 18 recommendations include issues of policy and This is an exciting time for the guidance community practice, ranging from the development of national policy and in Ireland. It is our opportunity now to plan to strategy on lifelong career guidance, to the involvement of further develop our model of guidance, recognising parents and students at regional careers fairs and enhancing that at the heart of our work is the individual, of employer engagement. Furthermore, Indecon have based the any age, who needs support with personal or social K TO L IC IN L recommendations of national policy developments on the ELGPN K concerns, educational, careers and life aspirations C Guidelines for Policies and Systems Development for Lifelong and expectations. Guidance including reference on P66 to the need for operational principles or a code of practice for the development of integrated We in NCGE look forward to working with our guidance services in FET national and European colleagues to inform this work. Jennifer McKenzie, Director As always we welcome your feedback! Is mise le meas, Jennifer McKenzie Director 3 BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE GUIDANCE MATTERS • ISSUE 2 • SPRING 2019 NEWS National Forum on Guidance On the 1st of May NCGE hosted the first National Forum on Guidance meeting of 2019 in the Department of Education and Skills. This provided the opportunity for the DES to present an outline of the Indecon report of the Review of Careers Information and Tools recommendations (as outlined in the previous news item) and to invite feedback from the Forum. Furthermore, the next FET Strategy would include the In addition, as SOLAS are currently engaged in a public development of the FET Integrated Guidance Strategy, as consultation process on the next SOLAS Further Education and highlighted in the DES Indecon Report, recommendation Training Strategy 2020 – 2024, Andrew Brownlee (Executive 5, the need to 'Integrate a consistent Learner Guidance Director, Strategy and Knowledge) outlined the key elements / and Support Service across FET'. At this point, SOLAS is challenges of the proposed strategy which included: welcoming consultation on proposed key principals for the development of this Guidance Strategy which could include: • The need for clarity on impact and the potential for consolidation • Autonomy of ETBs to plan and structure provision & • Having a strategy underpinned by data and a multi- services annual planning framework (delivery focussed) • Impartial advice on potential learning pathways • Clearly articulating the value and role in active inclusion • Consistent service across all FET provision and settings • Integrating the system - A reformed FET landscape with • Centralised resources to improve access to advice and reduced programme silos information • Being cognoscente of the 'Future of Work' including • Informed by labour market insight and pathway/outcome the impact of technological change (AI, IoT) and the data associated key challenges SOLAS welcomed the opportunity provided within the Forum • The importance of clearer learner pathways within the for participants to discuss these key aspects of the overall K TO L IC IN L K whole of education and training system FET Strategy and to consider which elements of the current C • Ensuring FET plays a key role in lifelong learning & FET Strategy 2014-2019, Section 10 Guidance, should workforce upskilling continue to inform the next Strategy. K TO L IC IN • Having a more empowered SOLAS overall (in L The full report, presentations and photos of the Forum are K C implementing any FET strategy) available on https://www.ncge.ie/national-forum-guidance Keeping you up to date Online Euroguidance publications Euroguidance 'Highlights' is the annual publication from the Euroguidance Network, detailing the activities of the