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Determined to Succeed in West Dunbartonshire

What is Enterprise in Education?

Determined to Succeed (DtS) remains a strategy to develop the enterprise and employability skills of our young people, better preparing them for work and life in a globalised society through embedding enterprise in education across and within the curriculum and ethos in every school in Scotland.  

 

Through engaging employers we set learning in context, making it more relevant to the world beyond school is not simply another initiative.  

 

Joined up working between the Scottish Government, local authorities and the business community will give every young person in West Dunbartonshire the chance to experience enterprise in education.  

 

The second phase of DtS is built around six interrelated themes: 

 

  1. Supporting the development of skills for life, skills for work

  2. Engaging employers

  3. Broadening the reach of Determined to Succeed

  4. Embedding enterprise in the curriculum

  5. Building capacity

  6. Enhancing the international profile of enterprise in education

PDF of Determined to Succeed: Policy Expectations Document 2008 - 2011
PDF of West Dunbartonshire Council's: Skills for Work Booklet
To become determined to succeed we:-

 

  • have recruited staff with special responsibility for delivering DtS and Vocational Education and Employability

  • are working in partnership with a variety of outside agencies

  • are changing the way that we train teachers

  • are changing the way we deliver education, through enterprising learning and teaching approaches

  • are demonstrating that enterprise in education can make a real difference

  • are developing new and  exciting vocational training opportunities for our young people


Enterprise in Education is geared towards our young people becoming:

  • successful learners 

  • responsible leaders

  • confident individuals

  • effective contributors

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