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Talking Futures: Prompts - Adapting student careers opportunities
Parents can add value to the careers conversations we have in school, special school or college, by continuing these conversations at home. But in order to do this effectively, they need to be:
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Aware
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Informed
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Enthused
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Empowered
Talking Futures: Parental engagement in National Apprenticeship Week
During National Apprenticeship Week this year, consider including parents in the activities taking place. Here are some resources to support with this.
Talking Futures: Career Adviser Parents' Meeting
An activity which builds on students’ first one-to-one meeting with the Careers Adviser, with a second meeting between the Careers Adviser, the student and their parents.
Talking Futures: Employer Panel
A Q&A session with a panel of employers to encourage parents to explore careers relating to a particular subject, skill or industry area with their child.
Talking Futures: Action Planning
A low-pressure session where families complete the Family action plan or Pathway planner with support from school or college staff.
Talking Futures: Parents Evening Appointments
Re-orienting the usual parents’ evening to offer an opportunity to discuss education and careers choices as well as progression. Includes preparation activity for parents who need more support.
Talking Futures: Options at 16 and 18 animations
Simple animated films, to help parents understand the range of options open to their children at 16 and 18.
Talking Futures: Family Conversations Film
Follow four families talking to their children about next steps, helping your parents think about the role they can play in their own child’s decision-making.
Talking Futures: Parental Journey/roadmap
Help parents understand their child’s careers education journey, the key decision points and how and when you will be offering them support using these visual journey’s.
Talking Futures: External Sources of Information for Parents
Some of these resources may be useful to signpost parents to as part of your engagement activities.
These sites are recommended by practitioners and are not endorsed by The Careers & Enterprise Company.
Talking Futures: Celebrity parent films
As part of The Gatsby Foundation’s work supporting parents to have careers conversations, ‘The Making of…’ films were produced, showing that as a parent, you don’t have to understand the detail of every careers in order to give your child the support they need.
Talking Futures: Toolkit
Developed from the original Toolkit from the Gatsby Foundation, this toolkit is based on research exploring how institutions can best support parents to help young people make informed careers and education decisions. It includes colour coded identifiers to help you find the right support, wherever you are on your parental engagement journey.