Training

The module focuses on the psychological aspects to be addressed and taken into account to understand the pupils’ personal aptitudes and characteristics and identify those aspects that must be considered to personalize their education pathway towards the career and life style that might suit them the best in the future. The first chapter highlights the importance of understanding pupils during different steps of school and provides teachers and counsellors the tools for effective coaching and counselling, career guidance, prevention of early school leaving. The tools will help teachers and counsellors to analyse and assess individual personal skills, to understand pupils’ interests and aptitudes, to identify and meet pupils needs, to unveil their hidden potentials, to design and implement personalized guidance services. The second chapter describes different roles of staff professionals and the importance of their collaboration in providing career education and guidance services at school. Activities to be carried out by the staff at the beginning of the school, during the year relevant to the age of pupils are pointed out in the second chapter. The third chapter highlights the effectiveness of tools to be used by teachers and counsellors in helping pupils to make the right decisions on their further education path. Psychological and assessment questionnaires, interactive wizard tests help counsellors to identify and highlight interests and potentials of their pupils in order to motivate them to stay at school and continue their educational pathway. Qualified counselling based on trust and cooperation promotes pupil’s self- esteem and self- confidence, strengthens motivation to learn and leads to a successful choice of educational path. The fourth chapter highlights the importance of relationship between school and the world of work in a pupil’s career guidance and future life. School and work integration, collaboration of school staff and entrepreneurs is highly appreciated, needed and important for a pupil’s successful integration into the labour market. Capitalizing on pupils’ skills and attitudes, motivating pupils to continue their studies by giving evidence through real life cases coming from the labour market are fundamental for a successful integration into the world of work. The fifth chapter covers best practices, experiences and success stories related to career planning, guidance and counselling. Entrepreneurs, employees and successful people share their experience about their education and career pathways. A collection of articles, surveys, video interviews, lectures, career development plans, best practices of teachers and counsellors, psychologists and other specialists, descriptions about successful career planning events, career guidance fairs, successful projects related to career education are presented in this chapter.