Expert help to schools/colleges
Schools and colleges are complex organisations with large budgets. They can benefit from employers sharing their skills and experiences in the form of 'expert help'.
Skills and expertise that schools and colleges look for from employers might include:
- project management skills
- financial skills and assistance with budgeting and modelling
- IT skills around the use of data and systems.
The expert help provided by the employer may take a number of forms depending on the needs of the school or college, and what the employer would like to offer.
It could include:
- coaching or mentoring individual staff members on 1:1 basis
- running seminars and masterclasses for the senior management team to build capability and transfer knowledge
- providing specific assistance on particular projects or challenges that the school or college is engaged in
- playing the role of a 'critical friend' by stress testing new projects or initiatives to improve them.
Read the PwC case study for information about the PwC/Charles Dickens Primary School collaboration, to see an example of how employers are working with schools and colleges in this way.