20 May 2024 14:00 – 15:30
Join Cherakee Bradley from the Edge Foundation and Kerry Senatore from the Careers and Enterprise Company for an insight into developing teachers careers knowledge and confidence through Teacher Externships & Teacher Encounters
The Edge Foundation first saw the Teacher Externship programme in action on a study visit to Nashville. It was seen as an instrumental element to the development of creating curriculum content with real world context, using the employers that teachers made connections with to bring real world relevance to the classroom. Edge took this idea and developed a similar programme to deliver throughout the North East of England engaging schools and colleges with employers to help support Gatsby Benchmark 4 - Linking curriculum learning to careers, and to improve teachers/lecturers careers knowledge and confidence.
The Careers and Enterprise Company have now developed a national programme of Teacher Encounters, building on the government recommendations to provide teachers with opportunities to spend time in the business world, by providing an opportunity for teachers to see and learn about the different career pathways, to observe how their subject can be applied practically in business and how employers can add relevance within the curriculum and to increase confidence in holding careers conversations with students and parents, bringing careers into the mainstream of education.
Join us to hear about the Teacher externships/encounters journey in England – from a pilot to a national programme.
- Cherakee Bradley will share the Edge Foundations journey.
- Kerry Senatore will share the CEC’s programme experiences, insights, and learning points as they move into year 2 of the national programme.
- Hear from a school who have participated in the teacher encounters programme as well as an employer who has hosted teachers, they will both share their experience and insights.
Speaker biogs
Cherakee Bradley
As an extended member of the Edge Practice Team, Cherakee works as Real-World Learning Consultant leading Edge's work in this space, bringing networks of like-minded educators together to support and share the development of innovative practice. Prior to this Cherakee worked as a Careers and Business Engagement Lead in a UTC bridging the gap between employers and education providing meaningful encounters for learners to enable them to make informed careers and education decisions as well as bringing authenticity to the curriculum. After working predominantly in the North East Cherakee wanted to have a wider impact on student experience and education nationally and found herself working on the Edge Team leading on Real World Learning. After a short break from the education world she has found herself back ‘’home’’ working on projects which ignite her passion for a more holistic accessible education for all that values the whole learner.
Olly Newton
Olly is Executive Director of the Edge Foundation, working to make education relevant. He oversees Edge’s work on research, policy and practice and is passionate about connecting researchers, policymakers and practitioners to learn from each other.
Before Edge, he spent twelve years at the Department for Education, most recently as Head of Apprenticeship Strategy. Olly was Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Committee on Youth Unemployment and a Commissioner on the Independent Assessment Commission. Olly is based in Sheffield where he volunteers with schools and in scouting.
Kerry Senatore
Kerry has over 30 years’ experience in managing and delivering support services for young people working with senior leaders in the education industry. Passionate about the development of young people, Kerry has managed successful Careers Services and Education, Business Partnerships and has developed a wide knowledge of the needs of young people and the interventions that provide maximum impact to develop their aspirations and decision-making skills for their futures. Having developed the Enterprise Adviser model as a government pilot at Northamptonshire LEP eight years ago, Kerry is now a Programme Manager for The Careers and Enterprise Company, supporting the Careers Hubs and network of schools and colleges across the country and heavily involved in developing new programmes and tools to help embed quality and impactful outcomes, one of which is the Teacher Encounters programme.
Nyle Chapman
Nyle Chapman is the Learning and Development Officer at Micronclean. A company based in East Lindsey, in Lincolnshire, who specialise in being experts in the fields of cleanrooms. Nyle’s role predominately focusses on supporting staff with training needs and the wider business with a learning and development strategy. Nyle is a passionate supporter of getting young people into local apprenticeships and jobs. He is a Careers Champion for his work and a major advocate of the Greater Lincolnshire Enterprise Adviser Network and Careers Hub.