This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
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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.
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
- Outline de students plan. Once the student has chosen the studies or the jobs that may interest him, it is necessary to help and guide him in a deepening. The idea is to question and support him to find more precise information on the reality of jobs and on the abilities and skills needed.
- The subjects that will be taught, the required level and the work atmosphere ( collaborative or competitive)
- The different possible paths to reach the required level of the desired career. Does a student need to do a Master in a general branch and then continue with a technical training or is it better to start with a technical training that will, step by step, lead him to the same required level but in a larger time period?
- Answer to any need of support. If the student is sure about his career choice but is a bit weak in terms of academic success and grades, a different evaluation needs to be created; an evaluation that will make a difference between the required skills at the end of the trainings and what a student can do at the present time.
- Consider a new career plan according to the students’ values, tastes and skills. If the youth has chosen a branch that is out of phase with his values and abilities, it is better to guide him, make him realize by himself what he can do and offer him internships rather than just telling him in a firm manner that he cannot choose this branch.
It is also a question of pointing out the available jobs in a specific sector.
For the studies, it is necessary to get the students’ attention on:
It is also a question of methodology: indeed, the methodology can be either a help or a disadvantage. The methods of one cycle vary from another, especially when enrolling in higher education and some branches have their own specific methods.
For this question of methodology, it may be interesting to ask teachers of higher education to come during conferences or meetings with students.
Then, the student needs to be guided into the creation of a new project, showing him other jobs, better related to his own values.
It is really important to show the youth that even if a hierarchy between jobs and salaries exists, there is no hierarchy between the individuals. We live in a democratic society in which every citizen has the same values but with different resources, everyone is useful and important and “workplace” is not a synonym of “life”. Someone can have difficulties at school but at the same time can have great human qualities.
- A carrer planThis website gives advice on how determining what you want and can do.
- Organising a career planThis website offers a checklist of activities to do when you are thinking about a career plan.
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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.
