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Action Research in Secondary Schools
PSPS Network Meeting - 4th June 2008
Louise Goodall and Roz Currie
(East Lothian)
Post School Psychological Services
The Project
Why?To promote better outcomes for young
people who are at risk of becoming in need of more choices, more chances.
How?Identify supports in secondary schools
that have been successful for young people in transition into post-school
What did we do?
Brainstorming and Interviews with Key Staff
Created Questionnaires
Interviews by Careers Scotland
School version of the Questionnaires
Feedback Session to School
What did we find?
SCHOOLS Reluctance to identify where their
young people are now Lack of information about the young
people – guess work/not passing on information when staff leave
Interested in what the young people had to say
What did we find?
IN CLASS SUPPORTS
Schools generally indicating that all pupils received all supports
Young people not remembering this! Mix across authorities but internet resources well remembered
What did we find?
IN SCHOOL SUPPORT Not accessing huge amounts of support. Those who accessed learning support and
support bases rating them highly Guidance – most pupils meeting guidance
teachers after reports to discuss future plans
Less pupils feel they discussed worries and concerns with guidance teachers. Teachers saying they did
What did we find?
COLLEGE
Majority of those interviewed did not access college.
Of those who did, more were now in negative destinations.
Generally rated positively
What did we find?
WORK EXPERIENCE
Mix in numbers going on work experience but those who did not have any were now in negative destinations (11 had no work experience, of which, 10 are now MCMC)
OUTSIDE AGENCIES Most pupils did not access any
outside agencies Those who did tended to be in
negative destinations but very small numbers and accessing very few supports
What did we find?
CAREERS SCOTLAND 6 across the authorities didn’t know how
to access Careers. All in negative destinations
Few remembering class lessons with Careers except in 1 Authority – more remembering having interviews
Mixed ratings across the authorities but generally positive
What did we find?
Links to National Identifiers
Attainment
Attendance
Care Status
Implications
Each authority needs to consider how to take this forward.
Example East Lothian – linking to wider work in
secondary schools and with the MCMC strategy. Working in collaboration with schools.
Discussions around effectiveness of PSD
Where do the young people want to be?
Most young people wanted to be in employment not training.
Advice from the Young People
Stay on and get better grades cos getting a job is getting harder and harder
Stay on unless you’ve got a definite job to go to. Stick in and don’t mess about.
Don’t focus on money – do what you feel is your dream
I would give them some knowledge of what I done and tell them to make sure they have a plan before leaving school
Stay on at school you will regret leaving
Finally…..
ANY QUESTIONS
Louise Goodall (EP, East Lothian)[email protected]
Roz Currie (EPiT, soon to be a North Ayrshire EP) [email protected] Gill (EPiT, soon to be a Fife EP) [email protected]
