This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This web site reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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.
Training
Homepage > Training > Mobility to Learn and Work
This module focuses on how experts (teachers, school directors, parents, anyone involved in the orientation choices) should help students to find out what they want to do and offer them a variety of choices when it comes to guidance and counselling, and also make students realize they are the actors of their own life.
Guidance, Counselling and Support Services
On the one hand, it favours a documentary approach, with shelves on which magazines are available to every young people who needs advice and information; and on the other hand, school guidance focuses only on the kinds of studies that have a link with the subjects taught in the classroom, as well as the academic contents and the necessary pre-requisite to follow a suggested syllabus, as if learning something was an end in itself, while forgetting that studies must lead to the job market at one point.
The support process suffers from a disconnection from the educational sphere such as teaching often experiences a dichotomy of the orientation system and process.
Everyday, teachers interacting with students, focus on their curriculum without any consideration for the economical and professional world around them. They often don’t have the time to ask their students about their career plans, their tastes, their family life or their psychology. For many teachers, their mission is only to teach an academic syllabus, which might be considered as justifiable, but these teachers actually limit their role. The teachers often consider that they are poorly trained to answer these questions, they therefore wrongly believe that this is the job of school counsellors. School counsellors clearly are experts on guidance but they only meet the students once in a while and they have no interaction with the teachers. Our systems need to create a real connection between the two spheres : school guidance and teaching.
- What is apprenticeship?This document from the British government promotes: what is it? How can it be included in the educational system? How can we build a long-term apprenticeships system? Apprenticeships cannot be excluded from school guidance, it might be a new way to create jobs and train people.
- School guidance throughout EuropeThis page explains how school guidance works throughout Europe. It is divided in three categories: national guidance systems, networks and institutions and good practices.
- Guidance system in FranceThis website offers an analysis of the guidance system in France. It explains the targets of school guidance, the actors in information and guidance at school, their role, etc.
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Date: 2016.09.13
Posted by Sigita - Lithuania
The strongest points of the E- learning package is the online accessibility of numerous resources for teachers and counsellors on how to understand pupils, how to deal with pupils at risk of early school leaving, how to motivate them to continue their studies at school.
Date: 2016.08.03
Posted by A. Navarro - Spain
The E-learning package section is an interesting source of information to include in my school counseling material. It enriches it.
Date: 2016.07.07
Posted by Elizabeth David - France
All modules are interesting and present new approaches. I particularly liked module 6 with the chapter about generation Z. And I like the idea that students are the masters of the choices they make.
Date: 2016.07.07
Posted by Didier Cahour - France
This module talks about ideas that already existed but that have never been set up.
Date: 2016.07.06
Posted by Andreea Ionel - Romania
The six training modules provide teachers and counsellors with the necessary skills which can enable them to guide students in their professional career. The modules display a wide diversity of online materials ranging from personal opinions on blogs, scientific articles, e-books, surveys, lectures, interviews or in/formational, explanatory, factual, and demonstrative video clips.
Date: 2016.07.06
Posted by Anabella Enachi - Romania
This module focuses on how teachers, school directors, counsellors, tutors or parents should help students by empowering them to discover themselves and identify the best ways to achieve their potential in life.
The module provides teachers and counsellors with theoretical and practical information on school guidance and counselling on career orientation starting from the basic definition of school guidance, its main actors, its role in students’ life as well as hands-on activities teachers and counsellors can use to help students with their career orientation and solutions to motivate students to stay at school. The module gives teachers and counsellors plenty of best practices, experiences and success stories to consider and follow.
