Management Issues
Implementing 14-19 curriculum and other reforms requires local consortia and their partner organisations to review current leadership and management arrangements for careers education and IAG to ensure that they remain fit for purpose. Characteristics of effective arrangements include:
- well-defined line management structures for careers education which ensure that senior managers and others receive timely advice on policy, priorities and resources for careers education, and that those responsible for careers education receive information that helps them to adjust curriculum content so that it better meets young people’s needs
- IAG management groups that bring together internal and external expertise, guide further developments and advise on policy, priorities and resources for IAG and, where appropriate, careers education
- policies, entitlement statements, job descriptions and other mechanisms that provide clarity about internal and external roles and responsibilities for careers education and IAG
- designated staff with strategic and operational responsibility for careers work who have the authority, status and support to fulfil their responsibilities
- staffing arrangements, working practices and communication systems that facilitate effective line management, distributed leadership, joint working and the rapid exchange of accurate information
- a continuous professional development policy which ensures that all staff have the knowledge and skills they need to fulfil their roles and responsibilities in relation to careers education and IAG
- delivery structures – curriculum organisation and integrated IAG systems – that support individual progression and continuity in learning
- resources and facilities that assist joint working, promote consistent provision and are responsive to young people’s needs
- quality assurance systems that generate evidence from all stakeholders, including young people, to inform further developments and support continuous improvement.
Questions to ask yourself
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of organisational and/or local consortium arrangements for the leadership and management of careers education and IAG?
- How do you know?
- How could current arrangements be improved and who could help?
See also:
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Ideas
DCSF: 14-19 Manual of Good Practice
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