St Brigid's High School Armagh

Employability

The new subject area ‘Employability’ has been introduced into primary and post primary schools from September 2007.

Its aim is to ensure that all young people develop the:

Personal qualities
Skills
Knowledge
Understanding and attitudes

That will give them a strong foundation for lifelong learning and work and will be taught in Keystage 3.

 

Education for Employability KS3

Career Management

Develop skills/qualities

Engage in career planning

Investigate skills and training required in a range of jobs

Work in the Local and Global Economy

The changing global economy

The effects of technology on life and work

The work environment

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Investigate the characteristics and achievements of an Entrepreneur

Explore how businesses are constantly looking for innovative, enterprising and creative ways to attract customers

Demonstrate initiative and creativity in organising a task or resolving a problem

Each year St Brigid's run an Employability Fest where guest speakers are invited in to speak to pupils about their career paths. This year our Year 8 pupils will be featured in a book published by CCEA entitled "The Best of Fest".

Pictured are guest speakers - Mr P Dynes(Nugent & Gibney), Mr G McKenna (Fire Service Northern Ireland), Melanie Mulligan (CCEA), Mrs D Grant (Head of Department) and Mr E O'Hagan (Principal).

 

 

 

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