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What's next? Improving methods of Introducing Young People to Possible Careers

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2018-1-DK01-KA201-047081
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for school education Funder Contribution: 122,290 EUR

What's next? Improving methods of Introducing Young People to Possible Careers

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"We already wrote in English: The project addresses the problem of a lack of job-related qualifications for post-secondary school leavers, whether they choose vocational training or are seeking academic training first. The problem is described throughout Europe with the term 'skills gap'. Inadequate knowledge of the structure of the labour market and its opportunities and opportunities on the one hand, but also the inadequate development of preparatory occupational-practical skills through the students become a problem for the young people themselves (making a correct career choice or career planning), but also for employers ( 39% of European companies have difficulties in finding suitable employees). The overall aim of the project is to improve career-oriented measures in general secondary education schools. Where the career orientation scheme is more or less a result of a random practice, these schemes need to be given a systematic design, laid down in a curriculum which could also serve as a model for other institutions. The partnership will consist of two school administration boards (Denmark, Norway), four schools (Danmark Germany Macedonia, Poland), and a non-governmental organization (Poland). Bergen Kommune (Norway) has created the scheme “Skills days in working life”, which has become well known in Norway. They have created a partnership agreement with about 70 businesses who arrange “Skills days” for about 3000 pupils each year. The pupils get information directly from professionals, demonstration of professional performance, and most of all the possibility to try out tasks and make their own experiences when using tools and equipment. The partners would like to learn more about the efficiency of this career guidance scheme as an example of good practice. Aalborg local educational authority have created their own career guidance scheme, but however, they constantly feel the need to keep updated to the best ways of doing it. In this project they expect some inspiration from the Norwegian way where students regularly face vocational options. This holds also true for Fichtenberg-School, where a team of specialized teachers prepares a three-week-internship for 10th graders, in cooperation with the students and local businesses. But, so far, no sustainable network between the school and local businesses has been created, and a curriculum which would serve as a model for future generations of students is missing. The schools in Bitola and in Zabierzow face a likewise situation. The school in Bitola would additionally contribute their special experiences with social inclusion of minorities in their career guidance scheme. The non-governmental organization for education and creative development in Zabierzow is interested in learning from all partners' experiences and in contributing their specific expertise on career guidance schemes in their municipality. Their close work relationship with the local elementary school, where career guidance is carried out in year 8, is the basis for integratiing this school into the project. The activities would start within the first three months with creating contacts to local/regional businesses, taking first steps in preparing ""skills days"", alongside with preparations for business centered curriculums. The first project meeting in Bergen, in autumn 2018, brings all partners together to study Bergen's scheme ""Skills days in working life"". Evaluating their experiences in Bergen, partners prepare their own round of ""skills days"" in their own institutions. While doing this they start preparing their visit to Aalborg, where they are going to study the scheme of Aalborg local educational authority, in spring 2019. In this phase students are getting involved, planning their own ""skills days"" at their local institution, and a selected number of students are preparing their visit to Aalborg. Evaluating their new experiences the partners are then going to put their organized ""skills days"" into practice. Students and teachers develop educational techniques for assessing and evaluating their local ""skills days"". In autumn 2019 the mid-term LTTA in Berlin will introduce staff from partner institutions to career guidance/-counselling schemes in Berlin. Selected students will join the LTTA to gain special expertise. Partners will evaluate their ""skills days"" for the mid-term report. In spring 2020 the LTTA in Bitola is to bring about new insights in the ways of integrating minorities into the labour market by providing special measures of career guidance. In June 2020 the final project meeting will be dedicated to the overall evaluation of the project (final project report ) and to dissemination measures like an e-brochure of the worked out curriculum, available to the local/regional public, and avalilable to the wider European public. The curriculum will be designed to be transferable to other eductional institutions to gurantee a long-term benefit."

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