Embedding Careers in the Curriculum
Embedding Careers in the Curriculum
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Empower students. Simplify your workload. Transform your school's career outcomes - one lesson at a time.
With employers increasingly seeking transferable skills over exam results, how can teachers prepare students for an unpredictable future without increasing their workload and leading to burnout?
The answer can be found in the classroom - one lesson at a time. This practical toolkit makes embedding careers education into the curriculum achievable - from the beginning of a student's learning journey at primary school, right through to secondary school.
Written by Tom Corry, a careers expert and teacher who is passionate about unlocking every student's potential, this inspirational guide shows you how to deliver a fully integrated, student-centred careers programme that:
- Makes every lesson count by seamlessly linking classroom learning to real-world careers.
- Helps students future-proof their careers by building essential, transferable skills.
- Saves time with ready-made resources, frameworks, and CPD tools that fit into your existing curriculum.
- Improves student outcomes with a whole-school approach to careers education.
Focusing on the ever-important Gatsby benchmark 4, if you're looking to reduce stress, boost student engagement, and meet key benchmarks with ease, this book is your new go-to.
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Format
Paperback
Dimensions and Measurements
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Pages: 160
Key Reviews
'This guide enables Careers Leaders and subject teachers to embed Gatsby 4 with some inspirational and easy to adapt ideas.'
Tracy Harris, RCDP, Education and Careers Consultant
'Moving careers education into the mainstream of school life is essential if it is going to make a difference for all young people. This means that it is critical that careers educators engage closely with the curriculum. In this book Tom Corry examines how we can successfully embed careers education into the curriculum. Offering practical tips and strategies that can be used in all classrooms, from primary to sixth form, this book is essential reading for teachers, careers advisers, careers leaders and everyone else involved in careers education.'
Professor Tristram Hooley, University of Derby
'Tom is visionary, relentlessly innovating to provide the best career learning for his students. The book addresses a most challenging benchmark, providing support to transform a dated knowledge based education system to champion skills and inspiration into every lesson. Tom's passion and character radiates through every chapter.'
John Ambrose, Strategic Director, Complete-Careers LLP
'In this compelling book, Tom reframes careers education as a vital, integrated, and embedded element of primary and secondary schooling, challenging outdated norms and empowering both students and teachers to find deeper meaning in learning about subjects in the classroom. With practical strategies and reflective insights, it inspires a whole-school shift from passive instruction to purposeful and progressive engagement, preparing learners with careers curiosity and real-world skills for life beyond the classroom.'
Georgina Angele, Strategic Careers Hub Lead, Surrey Careers Hub
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Tom Corry
Passionate about empowering students for success in both life and work, Tom Corry serves as the Director of Careers within the Bourne Education Trust.