School College Collaboration (SCC)

The School College Collaboration (SCC) project aims to support the careers guidance needs of all pupils aged S2-S5 who are involved in school/college activities while still on the school roll. The project has a particular focus on those at risk of not entering employment, training or post school educational opportunities. This includes:

Pupils thinking about going onto Skills for Work (or other vocational education) courses from S3 upwards
Pupils participating in Skills for Work (or other vocational education) courses
Pupils thinking of going to college once they leave school
Pupils thinking of taking up other learning opportunities once they leave school (such as Modern Apprenticeships, jobs with training)

The aim is to encourage pupils to stay in learning and understand the value of that learning to their career planning journey.

SCC Theatre Tour at Ayr College Funded by the Scottish Government since 1st Aug 2006, the project covers the whole of Scotland. The type of activities covered by the project include:

For pupils

College 4 U / Get Ready 4 College events
Employability Workshops
Job / careers fair
S2 Careerbox session
Taster sessions / days
College visits
Theatre tour

SDS Careers' Danny Logue Parents events

S2 Skills for Work (SfW) recruitment workshops
Support for unsuccessful Skills for Work candidates
S4+ college applications workshops
Support for winter leaver exceptional entrants (pre, during & post entry)

For partners/Careers Scotland (Skills Development Scotland) staff:

Involvement in Skills for Work recruitment & selection
Involvement in planning of provision for vocational courses
Involvement in process of S5 exceptional entrants going to college
Involvement in partnership events
Continuing Professional Development Careerbox for Colleges training session
Continuing Professional Development Front Line Guidance training
Skills for Work/vocational awareness raising session

Research

The project has commissioned research into the experiences of winter leavers who attend college in their final term of compulsory schooling. It examines the process, the barriers and the outcomes of opting to attend college for the winter term of S5.

School-College Collaboration: Meeting the needs of exceptional entry winter leavers (PDF format 300KB)

Newsletters

To find out more about the type of activities undertaken since August 2006, read the quarterly newsletters and see what has been going on in your area and around the country.

Videobites

You might also wish to view the short videos on aspects of project activity on Channel CS.

Learning Partnerships across Ayrshire

As the result of research carried out with Ayrshire schools, colleges and local education authorities to examine current methods of practice in relation to School College Collaboration, a document highlighting case studies of good practice has been produced.

Find out more from Learning Partnerships across Ayrshire

Get involved

If you wish to get involved in the project, you should contact your local school or college careers adviser in the first instance or call us on 0845 502 502.

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