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A collection of tests is available to be used by school counsellors and students to assess aptitudes and skills.
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Abilities Tests
These tests, produced by the project experts, have been designed to unveil students’ abilities.
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Database of Aptitudes Tests
These tests, identified and reviewed by the project experts, measure the aptitude of the students.
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Database of Skills Tests
These tests, identified and reviewed by the project experts, measure the skills of the students
This section offers the access to a collection of tools to guide the students to choose their professional carrier.
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Job Profiles
The most researched job profiles have been identified in 6 countries.
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Skills
The most relevant skills for the labour market in the 6 countries involved have been identified.
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Entrepreneurship
From this section it is possible to access learning objects to promote entrepreneurial spirit among students.
What is the secret of success? This section might offer you an answer
Successful Entrepreneurs
A collection of interviews with successful entrepreneurs.
Successful Employees
A collection of interviews with successful employees.
Successful People
A collection of interviews with successful people.Six training modules are available for school teachers and counsellors to provide them with the skills to guide students in their professional carrier.
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1. Understanding Pupils
A module presenting the strategies to understand the pupils' personal aptitudes and characteristics
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2. Capitalise on Pupils Interests and Skills
A module presenting methodologies to build up on the students' interests in order to implement personalised educational paths
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3. World of Work
A module presenting tools and mechanisms available for young people to make a successful transition from school to work
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4. Innovative Entrepreneurial Experiences at Schools
A module presenting initiatives and strategies to foster entrepreneurship among students
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5. Mobility to Learn and Work
A module presenting the opportunities to study, carry out voluntary services and work experiences abroad
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6. Guidance, Counselling and Support Services
A module focusing on how to provide effective guidance, counselling and support to students
Events
The School&Work project has been promoted trough conferences and articles.
Conferences
The School&Work project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved.
Press Review
The School&Work project partnership made contacts with web sites focusing on the fields of education.Network
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Contractual Partners
From this section it is possible to access to a description of each contractual partner of the School&Work project.
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Schools
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the schools involved in the School&Work Project in the 6 European countries involved.
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Associated Partners
As a result of the exploitation activity a number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years.
This section of the School&Work portal provides administrative information for the project contractual partners and for the European Commission and it is password protected.
Project Management
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Work in Progress
This section allows a constant communication and sharing of information among the project partners as far as the activities for the different intellectual outputs are concerned.
Each project partner upload this section of a three months basis.
Back to the Work in Progress List
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Partners' Institution:
Project's period (from/to):
Activity concerned:
Objectives of activities carried out:
Description of activities carried out:
Outcomes:
Evaluation of the work undertaken:
Partners' Institution:Confederación de Empresarios de Aragón (CREA)
Project's period (from/to):01 December 2014 - 31 August 2016
Activity concerned:2 - Toolkit “Skills to succeed in the job market”
Objectives of activities carried out:The second intellectual output created by the project partners is the toolkit "Skills to succeed in the job market" that has been designed, implemented and made available to be used by school counsellors and teachers to plan and implement personalised guidance services to motivate students at risk of early school leaving to complete their studies, through the analysis of the skills that are fundamental to enter and succeed in the job market and that are provided at school.
Description of activities carried out:CREA has evaluated the European Job Profile form, together with specialized staff from the Training and Employment Department of CREA, and has suggested Pixel some improvements.
After that, CREA has performed a desk research on the most requested job profiles in Spain. Subsequently, the ten job position most often needed in the Spanish market have been identified. With support of the Training and Employment Department of CREA information regarding skills, knowledges and competences required and appreciated for each of them has been included in the job profiles form.
On the 22nd June the most requested ten job profiles at national level have been uploaded to the School&Work website.
Another desk research has been made to identify tools and learning objects to promote entrepreneurial spirit among students. Three learning objects to promote entrepreneurial spirit among students were identified:
- Entrepreneurship at school. A programme of the regional government of Aragon for the training of future entrepreneurs among the Vocational Training and Secondary Education students.
- Minicompanies programme. Programme aimed at students from 16 to 19 years old willing to create a small company.
- Management of a business plan. A course that analyses the contents of a business plan (executive summary, business description, market survey, sales and marketing plan, operations plan, etc.).
Also, two Spanish crowd funding platforms were identified:
- Safari Crowdfunding: crowdfunding platform focused on business ideas in the Start up phase; Micro SMEs or SMEs to develop new projects that generate economic, technological, scientific, and employment growth.
- Uniemprem: crowdfunding platform, developed by the University of Valencia, with the financing of the Ministry of Education, under the Program of Integrated Assistance and Employability of the university students. Its purpose is to promote and encourage self-employment within the university community.
All these tools are available at School&Work website.
These five objects are available at the project website.
The job profiles and the crowdfunding platforms are being widely disseminated on CREA Twitter, and also in School & Work facebook.
CREA contacted Project participants to evaluate IO2 results. Partner has compiled the evaluations received from teachers, counsellors and students, and produced the evaluation report together with the main findings.
After that, CREA has performed a desk research on the most requested job profiles in Spain. Subsequently, the ten job position most often needed in the Spanish market have been identified. With support of the Training and Employment Department of CREA information regarding skills, knowledges and competences required and appreciated for each of them has been included in the job profiles form.
On the 22nd June the most requested ten job profiles at national level have been uploaded to the School&Work website.
Another desk research has been made to identify tools and learning objects to promote entrepreneurial spirit among students. Three learning objects to promote entrepreneurial spirit among students were identified:
- Entrepreneurship at school. A programme of the regional government of Aragon for the training of future entrepreneurs among the Vocational Training and Secondary Education students.
- Minicompanies programme. Programme aimed at students from 16 to 19 years old willing to create a small company.
- Management of a business plan. A course that analyses the contents of a business plan (executive summary, business description, market survey, sales and marketing plan, operations plan, etc.).
Also, two Spanish crowd funding platforms were identified:
- Safari Crowdfunding: crowdfunding platform focused on business ideas in the Start up phase; Micro SMEs or SMEs to develop new projects that generate economic, technological, scientific, and employment growth.
- Uniemprem: crowdfunding platform, developed by the University of Valencia, with the financing of the Ministry of Education, under the Program of Integrated Assistance and Employability of the university students. Its purpose is to promote and encourage self-employment within the university community.
All these tools are available at School&Work website.
These five objects are available at the project website.
The job profiles and the crowdfunding platforms are being widely disseminated on CREA Twitter, and also in School & Work facebook.
CREA contacted Project participants to evaluate IO2 results. Partner has compiled the evaluations received from teachers, counsellors and students, and produced the evaluation report together with the main findings.
Outcomes:Presentation of some additional ideas to be added in the European Job Profile form.
Identification and publication of the most requested ten job profiles at national level.
Identification and publication of three learning objects to promote entrepreneurial spirit among students and two crowdfunding platforms to promote business ideas.
Evaluation report of the IO2 made with the 10 evaluations received from teachers, school counsellors and students.
The IO2 activities have been actively promoted through CREA dissemination tools, and also through Twitter and Facebook
Identification and publication of the most requested ten job profiles at national level.
Identification and publication of three learning objects to promote entrepreneurial spirit among students and two crowdfunding platforms to promote business ideas.
Evaluation report of the IO2 made with the 10 evaluations received from teachers, school counsellors and students.
The IO2 activities have been actively promoted through CREA dissemination tools, and also through Twitter and Facebook
Evaluation of the work undertaken:The activities have been carried out according to the project planning with good results.
