Subject Teachers' Careers Resources

Careers Education Linked to School Subjects

Teaching about careers, jobs and work within school subjects shows students the link between learning and earning.

Why integrate careers education into my subject?
What do you already do?
Easy wins to deliver careers education
Keeping up to date
Further support
Download a careers resource sheet

Why integrate careers into my subject?

  • Helps young people to see the how your subject is relevant to their future.

  • Can make the subject more relevant to the young person, and lead to greater interest and motivation, thereby raising achievement.

  • Shows the progression routes available in subjects and future career opportunities.

  • Ensures a whole school approach to careers education and guidance.

  • Creates a context for work related learning within subjects.

  • Allows for flexibility in timetabling for careers education.

  • Supports the Ofsted SEF - ‘the extent to which pupils develop workplace and other skills that contribute to their future economic wellbeing.’

     

What do you already do?

Carry out an audit of your subject or curriculum area to find out what you already do to integrate careers into your subject. You can use the following audit tools:

 You will need to work with your careers co-ordinator to ensure a coherent approach to careers education.

Easy wins to deliver careers education

 As a subject teacher, there are several ways you could deliver careers education via your subject:

  • Careers lessons: spend one lesson looking at what careers relating to your subject young people could go into, or amend a current lesson or project to facilitate this.
  • Work related learning activities: talk to your work related learning co-ordinator about opportunities to introduce work related learning contexts into your subject.   This may include industry speakers, company visits or work related projects.
  • Options evenings: at Year 9 or Year 11 options evenings, promote future pathways in your subject.

  • Themed notice boards or displays: create an eye catching area in your subject department to display posters, leaflets and printouts which provide information about careers in your subject.  Print off our ready to display careers facts (below).

Download a careers resource sheet for your curriculum subject:

Remember!  Skills gained in National Curriculum subjects can be applied to many careers not just those in closely related job families as indicated in the above resources — these career ideas are for students who enjoy and excel at the subject and wish to pursue it further.

Keeping up to date

It can often be difficult to keep up to date with what’s happening in industries that are closely related to your subject. Go to www.connexions-leics.org  and click on Learning Providers then resources to find current labour market information (LMI)

Further support

Speak to your careers co-ordinator to ensure a coherent approach to careers education is provided for students.

  • The TDA website has information and advice for teachers about supporting CEIAG.
  • CEGNET have a download on cross-curricular themes in Key Stage 3. Click on Teaching and Learning and scroll down to Briefings
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