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Career consultant
Name, surname: Diana Skele - Working full-time in Riga State Gymnasium No.3
24h long courses on Career education in secondary schools (agreed with Education and Information Services of Riga City (RIIMC) on 26.08.2015, Riga No RIIMC-15-247, with certificates)
Time – academic year 2015/2016
Participants – mainly class teachers (mandatory for class teachers)
Aim – to develop class teachers’ understanding of career orientation and career education
 
 
A Career Orientation Concept of Riga State Gymnasium No.3
Forms 7-9 (primary level); forms 10-12 (secondary level): 
1) defined the objectives that need to be reached in every form regarding career education
2) defined topics for class lessons for each form (8 topics per year)
Integrated career education in the class lessons once a month. Career education is mandatory in the class teacher’s plan for class lessons.
Materials for career orientation in class lessons (fully – primary level; partly, are being updated – secondary level). 8 career education lessons per year.
Experience gained by individuals – development of intercultural competence (cross-cultural dialogue) and foreign language skills
Career orientation experience 
24 students, 5 teachers, 1 career consultant and a principal participated in the project activities
Exchange of ideas and good practices during 2 short-term exchanges in Latvia 
We organized 2 career weeks: 
1) 26.09 – 3.10.2015 - Students and teachers could acquire job-oriented competencies: had the opportunity to see the existing career orientation activities in lessons, participate in Job Shadowing Day in management sector (airport) and in a Shadowing Day in the University of Latvia and Riga Stradiņš University, visit Tech Hub - a place for young entrepreneurs, hear and participate in presentations of career orientation portal prakse.lv and about young people's opportunities in the State Employment agency. Students and teachers could develop intercultural awareness by participating in cultural evenings and visits to other towns in Latvia.
2) 3. – 9.03.2016. Students and teachers could acquire job-oriented competencies: had the opportunity to see the existing career orientation activities in lessons, participate in Job Shadowing Day in companies connected with forest industry (one of the main industries in Latvia) and in a Shadowing Day in the University of Latvia and forest institute 'Silava', visit Ogre Technical school (studies in forest industry), National Botanical Garden and exhibition - Get Acquainted with Wood in Mežaparks, hear and participate in presentation of the European project Youth Guarantees. Students and teachers could develop intercultural awareness by participating in cultural evenings and visits to other towns in Latvia.
Organized a conference for class teachers at Riga State Gymnasium No 3 To distribute the career education materials and introduce the Concept itself as well as report the results of the project Fit For Job (30.08.2016)
Organized a conference for all teachers at Riga State Gymnasium No 3 To distribute the career education materials and introduce the Concept itself as well as report the results of the project Fit For Job (31.08.2016)
Information about the project’s activities and results 
Riga State Gymnasium’s No 3 web page: www.r3g.lv
The project’s Fit For Job webpage – students’ reports.