ASDAN Studio · Careers · Week 3 of 7

Skills Employers Want

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Spark: Employers hire proof, not promises.

Success looks like

I can name skills employers ask for
I can show one of those skills in something I already do
I can explain why employers value it

Aspire · rank three skills for ONE specific job — and defend the order.

Teacher Print Tools — Week 3

Retrieval Quiz

Arrival Task – What Do You Already Know?

1. Say it

Name a skill (not a school subject).

Any honest answer counts — say it out loud.

2. Spot it

Is being on time a skill? Yes/no.

Any honest answer counts — say it out loud.

3. Point to it

Point to someone who's shown a skill today.

Any honest answer counts — say it out loud.

1. The big idea

What does 'Employers hire proof, not promises.' mean in your own words?

Own words — one honest sentence.

2. Today's work

Today is 'Skills Employers Want' — skills → examples of mine. What do you think we'll be doing?

A sensible prediction — we check it at the end.

3. Success check

By the end you should be able to say: 'I can name skills employers ask for.' What will that take today?

Name one thing you’ll need to do or try.

1. Rank it

Reliable, teamwork, effort — rank them for a paramedic. Defend your order.

Any defended order — e.g. reliable first: people's lives depend on you turning up.

2. Prove it

Turn 'I did my science work even when it was hard' into employer language.

'I keep going with difficult tasks' — effort/resilience, with the example attached.

3. Spot the fake

Why do employers distrust a CV that claims every skill?

No proof, no gaps, no honesty — real people have a shape, not a full row of ticks.

Starter

Today at a Glance

Key Question: What are we building today — and where does the evidence go?

💡

Big Idea

Employers hire proof, not promises.

SPARK

🎲

Today We Play

Odd one out

GAME

🧱

The Wall Grows

Onto the Strengths Wall

INFLUENCE

🏅

It Banks

ASDAN LI M8 / AQA UAS

EVIDENCE

Talk first, then we play — every voice counts here.

I Do

The Model — Skills Employers Want

Key Idea: Employers hire proof, not promises.

👀 Look: skills mesh like gears — turn up, listen, have a go — and everything moves.

Step 0 of 3

The everyday skills employers ask for (reliable, teamwork, effort).

Reliable, teamwork, effort — they appear in nearly every job advert because they're the skills that make every other skill usable.

Turning a school moment into 'proof' of a skill.

You already generate proof every week: turning up, lending kit, finishing work. The trick is noticing it and saying it in employer language.

Rating myself kindly — no leaderboards.

We rate ourselves kindly and privately — this is a mirror, not a scoreboard. An honest 'growing' beats a fake 'expert'.

We Do

Odd one out

How it works: Three of these belong together and one does not. Talk it out, then tap to see if you called it right.Found: 0/4

Round 1: Reliable · Teamwork · Effort · Blue eyes

Round 2: On time · Kind words · Gives up fast · Listens

Reliable

Effort

I Do

Proving It — The Evidence Loop

Key Idea: Launch extension: one written line — the proof you'd hand over if an employer said “show me”.

Step 0 of 3

Documentarian

photo your skills sheet.

Annotate

'I showed ___ when I ___'.

Witness

staff tick 'evidenced a skill', sign.

For the moderator, not just the folder

A tick says it happened. A witness statement says what you did. Before the photo is filed, the adult writes one sentence naming the thing they actually saw you do — and rings whether you did it Supported, Standard or Stretch.

That ring is the part that counts. It is the difference between “the class did this” and “this candidate did it, at this level, with this much help.” The witness sheet prints with every pack.

We Do

Skill, or Not a Skill?

Step 1: Tap a card, then its partner. Step 2: Watch the WAGOLL write itself. Score: 0/4

Blue eyes

Gives up fast

Reliable

Effort

Employers want people who stick at it.

You can grow the first three — they're skills.

Keeps going when the task gets hard — no early quitting

Turns up, on time, every time — the skill bosses notice first

Skills namedReal proofGrowth namedEvidence filed

Independent Work

Independent Work — Studio Time

Instructions: Work at your level. Evidence goes in your ASDAN portfolio — Documentarian photo + annotation + witness tick — ASDAN LI M8 / AQA UAS.

🤝 With support

Task: Tick the skills you have shown on the picture cards, then prove one: pick the photo from this term's tray that shows it.

Steps: One step at a time — adult support is right there. Photo when you’re proud of it.

👤 On your own

Task: Choose three employer skills, give a real example of each from your week, and rate your next step.

Steps: Work the task through — photo as you go, annotate at the end, witness tick before you pack up.

🚀 Take it further

Task: Choose three employer skills, give a real example of each from your week, and rate your next step. Stretch: rank three skills for ONE specific job — and defend the order.

Steps: Task first, stretch second — and your annotation should explain the why, not just the what.

Lundy Loop

Lundy Loop — Your Voice on the Wall

Why: Article 12 — your view counts here, and it genuinely changes what happens next.

🚪 SPACE

The Strengths Wall is our safe space — nothing goes up without your say-so, and 'pass' is always allowed.

📣 VOICE

Say the skill you are growing, not the one you have mastered. Growing is the honest answer and it goes up as one.

👥 AUDIENCE

Only you and staff see your rating — the wall shows the skill, never the score.

⭐ INFLUENCE

The skills the room is growing decide what we practise in tutor time and what we ask visitors about.

Exit Ticket

Instructions: Answer independently. Own words — no wall-peeking.

1.

I can name skills employers ask for — true for you today? Say how.

Point to today’s work as your proof.

2.

I can show one of those skills in something I already do — true for you today? Say how.

Point to today’s work as your proof.

3.

I can explain why employers value it — true for you today? Say how.

Point to today’s work as your proof.

1.

What does 'Employers hire proof, not promises.' mean now the lesson’s done?

Own words + one example from today.

2.

What did you actually make or do today — and which bit are you proudest of?

Choose three employer skills, give a real example of each from your week, and rate your next step.

3.

Where does today’s evidence bank?

ASDAN LI M8 / AQA UAS

1.

Why does 'employers hire proof, not promises' change how you should talk about yourself?

Claims need examples attached — so collect moments, not adjectives.

2.

Pick a skill you rated lowest. Design one small rep you could do this week.

Named skill + a genuinely small, doable action — repetition grows it.

3.

Which employer skill can school evidence BEST? Why there?

Own pick — school shows attendance, teamwork and effort daily, on record.

Knowledge Organiser (BUILD ASDAN W3): Skills Employers Want

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Key Word	Definition
RELIABLE	Turning up on time and doing what you agreed to do.
TEAMWORK	Working alongside others so the whole job gets finished.
EFFORT	Sticking with a task even when it gets hard.
PROOF	A real example that shows you have the skill.

Key Facts

Employers hire proof, not promises.
Banks: ASDAN LI M8 / AQA UAS
Pupil voice: Say the skill you are growing, not the one you have mastered. Growing is the honest answer and it goes up as one.
What it changes: The skills the room is growing decide what we practise in tutor time and what we ask visitors about.
Launch extension: one written line — the proof you'd hand over if an employer said “show me”.

Skills Employers Want

Name: ____________________ Class: __________ Date:

This week's spark

Employers hire proof, not promises.

ASDAN evidence

Documentarian photo + annotation + witness tick — ASDAN LI M8 / AQA UAS.

Arrival Task

1) Name a skill (not a school subject).

2) Is being on time a skill? Yes/no.

3) Point to someone who's shown a skill today.

1) What does 'Employers hire proof, not promises.' mean in your own words?

2) Today is 'Skills Employers Want' — skills → examples of mine. What do you think we'll be doing?

3) By the end you should be able to say: 'I can name skills employers ask for.' What will that take today?

1) Reliable, teamwork, effort — rank them for a paramedic. Defend your order.

2) Turn 'I did my science work even when it was hard' into employer language.

3) Why do employers distrust a CV that claims every skill?

Today at a Glance

Key Question: What are we building today — and where does the evidence go?

We Do 1: Odd one out

Round 1: Reliable · Teamwork · Effort · Blue eyes, Round 2: On time · Kind words · Gives up fast · Listens, Reliable, Effort

We Do 2: Skill, or Not a Skill?

Draw lines to match:

Blue eyes · Gives up fast · Reliable · Effort

Employers want people who stick at it. · You can grow the first three — they're skills. · Keeps going when the task gets hard — no early quitting · Turns up, on time, every time — the skill bosses notice first

Scaffolding – Supported

Access & sensory notes (staff)
· The supported task today is: Tick the skills you have shown on the picture cards, then prove one: pick the photo from this term's tray that shows it.
· Fine motor: offer the chunky-grip pen, and accept a card sort or a spoken answer scribed by an adult — the judgement is the evidence, not the handwriting.
· Sensory: Talking about jobs and futures is loaded for some pupils — a parent out of work, an older sibling who left with nothing. Offer the write-it-first route before any share-aloud, and never ask a pupil to name a family member’s job.
· Cognitive load: a completed small piece beats a half-done large one at moderation. Cut the target, never the thinking.
· Ring the level honestly on the witness sheet. Supported with the work finished is a stronger portfolio entry than Standard with it abandoned.

Sentence starters

A skill employers want is ______.

I showed it when I ______.

My next step with it is ______.

Word bank

reliable · teamwork · effort · proof · example · grow · notice · employer

Scaffolding – Standard

Frame

1) Choose three employer skills. 2) Give a real example of each from this week. 3) Rate your next step honestly — an honest ‘growing’ beats a fake ‘expert’.

Sentence spine: "I started by ___ — then ___ — which shows Employers hire proof, not promises."

Scaffolding – Stretch

Stretch prompts

Why does 'employers hire proof, not promises' change how you should talk about yourself? Pick a skill you rated lowest. Design one small rep you could do this week.

Independent Work – Supported

Task: Tick the skills you have shown on the picture cards, then prove one: pick the photo from this term's tray that shows it.

Draw or stick your cards here:

An adult can scribe your words.

Independent Work – Standard

Task: Choose three employer skills, give a real example of each from your week, and rate your next step.

Evidence check: photo ☐ annotation ☐ witness tick ☐

Independent Work – Stretch

Task: Choose three employer skills, give a real example of each from your week, and rate your next step.

Stretch: rank three skills for ONE specific job — and defend the order.

Exit Ticket – Supported

1) I can name skills employers ask for — true for you today? Say how.

2) I can show one of those skills in something I already do — true for you today? Say how.

3) I can explain why employers value it — true for you today? Say how.

Exit Ticket – Standard

1) What does 'Employers hire proof, not promises.' mean now the lesson’s done?

2) What did you actually make or do today — and which bit are you proudest of?

3) Where does today’s evidence bank?

Exit Ticket – Stretch

1) Why does 'employers hire proof, not promises' change how you should talk about yourself?

2) Pick a skill you rated lowest. Design one small rep you could do this week.

3) Which employer skill can school evidence BEST? Why there?

Assessor Witness Statement

BUILD ASDAN W3 · Skills Employers Want
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Candidate name
Date of activity
Activity witnessed	Skills Employers Want

1 · What I actually saw this candidate do

Name the observable action, not the worksheet. Write what a stranger would have seen from the doorway.

2 · Level the candidate worked at — ring ONE

SUPPORTED
Tick the skills you have shown on the picture cards, then prove one: pick the photo from this term's tray that shows it.

STANDARD
Choose three employer skills, give a real example of each from your week, and rate your next step.

STRETCH
Why does 'employers hire proof, not promises' change how you should talk about yourself? Pick a skill you rated lowest. Design one small rep you could do this week.

Prompts given (if any):

3 · Evidence attached

☐ Dated photograph ☐ Candidate’s written annotation ☐ Completed sheet ☐ Other:

4 · Assessor declaration

I confirm the work described above was produced by the named candidate, and that the level ringed reflects the support actually given on the day.

Assessor name (print)	Role
Signature	Date

One statement per candidate per session. File it with the photo, not instead of it.

Lundy Loop — this lesson

Space → Voice → Audience → Influence. The adult’s first job is Space: regulate before you educate.

Space	The Strengths Wall is our safe space — nothing goes up without your say-so, and 'pass' is always allowed.
Voice	Say the skill you are growing, not the one you have mastered. Growing is the honest answer and it goes up as one.
Audience	Only you and staff see your rating — the wall shows the skill, never the score.
Influence	The skills the room is growing decide what we practise in tutor time and what we ask visitors about.

Closing the loop: out loud, as a class, is enough here. Any inclusion counts — a nod, a word, a pointed finger. If a pupil wants theirs written down, an adult scribes it in their words. Pass is always allowed.

Skills Employers Want — Feedback Sheet

Keep with your ASDAN portfolio.

Pupil name:	Date:
WWW (What Went Well):
EBI (Even Better If):
Level worked at: Supported / Standard / Stretch	ASDAN evidence filed: Yes / Not yet
Pupil response — my next step: Ring this yourself — an adult may write your words if you ask.
How I answered it — ring one:👉pointed🗣said it✋showed🖼picture🔁tried again🎬filmedNothing yet is a real answer — leave it blank. Pass is always allowed.Filmed or photographed: work, not faces, unless consent is filed.R — adult initials that they received it: ____________

Skills Employers Want

Success looks like

Teacher Print Tools — Week 3

Arrival Task – What Do You Already Know?

1. Say it

2. Spot it

3. Point to it

1. The big idea

2. Today's work

3. Success check

1. Rank it

2. Prove it

3. Spot the fake

Today at a Glance

Big Idea

Today We Play

The Wall Grows

It Banks

The Model — Skills Employers Want

The everyday skills employers ask for (reliable, teamwork, effort).

Turning a school moment into 'proof' of a skill.

Rating myself kindly — no leaderboards.

Odd one out

Proving It — The Evidence Loop

Documentarian

Annotate

Witness

Skill, or Not a Skill?

Independent Work — Studio Time

🤝 With support

👤 On your own

🚀 Take it further

Lundy Loop — Your Voice on the Wall

🚪 SPACE

📣 VOICE

👥 AUDIENCE

⭐ INFLUENCE

Exit Ticket

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2.

3.

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2.

3.

1.

2.

3.

Skills Employers Want — banked!

Pens down — quick partner check!

Knowledge Organiser (BUILD ASDAN W3): Skills Employers Want

Key Facts

Skills Employers Want

This week's spark

ASDAN evidence

Arrival Task

Today at a Glance

We Do 1: Odd one out

We Do 2: Skill, or Not a Skill?

Scaffolding – Supported

Sentence starters

Word bank

Scaffolding – Standard

Frame

Scaffolding – Stretch

Stretch prompts

Independent Work – Supported

Independent Work – Standard

Independent Work – Stretch

Exit Ticket – Supported

Exit Ticket – Standard

Exit Ticket – Stretch

Assessor Witness Statement

Lundy Loop — this lesson

Skills Employers Want — Feedback Sheet