Macro-level – Educational politics (as a general framework)
Past – what we had
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“Informa Giovani”: Counselling service of the town of Cento for young people
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Career consultants in Universities – Career centres
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Regional Education Development Agency in Bologna (Italy)– Career counselling (mostly for unemployed people) brochures and handbooks about career education in schools
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Career and Counselling service at our school performed by a teacher, sometimes without specific training.
Present – what we have developed
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Career education becomes more and more important – a Concept of Career Education in Italy is being developed at the moment as “Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro”.
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Career consulting agencies start to cooperate with schools.
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Career education needs to be included in the curriculum.
Future tendencies and sustainability
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One centralised approach to career education in Italy in which all the institutions had clear responsibilities and could support schools – the cornerstones of career education.
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Introduction of a trained career consultant in school
Meso-level – International relations, strategic partnerships
Past – what we had
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International exchange projects
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Cooperation with universities abroad
Present – what we have developed
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European project – Youth Guarantee – to combat youth unemployment in the country.
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Erasmus Plus project Fit For Job.
Future tendencies and sustainability
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A bigger involvement and willingness of teachers to take part in the project
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Help from central school board to build up a network of companies, which are willing to host pupils in internships
Micro-level – Projects in school
Past – what we had
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Teachers’ and students’ individual initiatives:
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Learning excursions to companies, Job exhibitions and universities
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Individual initiatives related to:
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career education from universities (opening days).
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Job shadowing (60 hours a year) at some companies, public offices, schools, Kindergarten, libraries
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Present – what we have developed
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Career consultant – only for a few hours a year
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Cooperation with Counselling agencies in order to develop teachers’ understanding of career orientation and career education.
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A Career Orientation Concept of Liceo “G. Cevolani”
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Modules of Integrated career education in the lessons
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Materials for career orientation in class lessons secondary level.
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24 students, 7 teachers got an international experience (involving intercultural competence and foreign language skills) and career orientation experience by participating in the project Fit For Job.
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Organized a conference for class teachers and all teachers at school to distribute the career education materials and the Concept itself as well as report the results of the project (1.09.16)
Future tendencies and sustainability
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Get a deeper insight into the different school systems, organizations and structures;
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Improve soft skills of teachers and pupils, involved in career orientation
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Implement orientation activities to career and university studies referring to the German and Latvian model;
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Develop new concepts and activities such as meeting with experts from universities, with representative of political institution, counselling boards, visit to companies, internships;
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Develop a closer cooperation between schools and companies in oder to achieve a better intermeshing in the field of education, training and job market;
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Develop an European concept of international cooperation in order to organize internships abroad.
