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Parent and carer engagement CPD

The latest learning on engaging parents
and carers in careers education

Parents and carers are the biggest influencers on a child鈥檚 career decision making. CEC resources are designed to support you in effectively engaging them and encouraging meaningful careers conversations with their children.

Together with , we have have created two short CPD sessions, designed to assist the development of a progressive, targeted and integrated approach. The sessions take just one hour each to complete, meaning you can learn on your lunch!

Parent and carer engagement - CPD session 1
Planning for Parent/Carer Engagement

Session 1 is aimed at 麻豆国产 Leaders who are new to role or looking to understand more about how you can engage parents and carers in careers education.

By the end of this session, you will have:

  • Tools, techniques and examples of best practice.
  • Examined any barriers to involvement for your school, special school or college community and how to overcome them.
  • Evaluated current provision and identified opportunities to deepen engagement.
  • Planned a targeted piece of family-friendly careers education that addresses a need in your setting.

Parent and carer engagement CPD sessions

These are held on our Digital Hub. You'll need to sign up if you don't already have an account.听

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There is no 鈥榦ne size fits all鈥� for parental engagement. The 麻豆国产 & Enterprise Company鈥檚 Talking Futures resources can be adapted to suit specific settings and environments. Their short CPD modules are packed full of ideas for events and activities, as well as templates and best-practice examples.

Jennie Cole, Enterprise Coordinator & Operational Lead, East Sussex 麻豆国产 Hub

Parent and carer engagement - CPD session 2
Developing and Embedding a Whole-Institution听Strategic Approach

If you are a more experienced 麻豆国产 Leader, or an education leader with responsibility for careers education in your institution, you may benefit from starting with session 2.

Session 2 explores how creating an institution-wide approach to careers through strategic planning can have a deeper impact on learners and their parents/carers.

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

  • Understand what effective strategic and embedded parent and carer engagement looks like, and the difference it can make to learners.
  • Identify relevant staff and the roles they can play, and support them to integrate objectives for 鈥楶E in careers education鈥� into their own practice/provision.
  • Identify priority groups based on local data/evidence and ensure parent/carer engagement activities are targeted to meet the needs of these groups.
  • Develop a progressive framework of 鈥榩arent/carer engagement in careers education鈥� objectives across all student cohorts.
  • See a full picture view of the power of family-inclusive careers education.

Parent and carer engagement and the Gatsby Benchmarks

The Gatsby Benchmarks have been updated to strengthen the relationship between careers programmes and parents/carers.