Bjørgvin Upper Secondary School

TransVET Partnership Meeting

Our school Bjørgvin vgs

- 600 pupils (incl. Kyrre)

- 85 teachers

- 15 in administration

- 80 - 90 pupils at Sales and Service

- downtown Bergen

Assistant principal

Berit Ø. Brekke

Principal

Kristen Stormark

Head of department Sales and Service

and general studies

Astrid Hjellbakk

Head of department

Health service

Eli S. Egeland

Head of department Kyrre

Kari Spilsberg

International coordinator and economic manager

Maria Olsen

Student inspector

Gerd Kjersti Ytre-Arne

Nedenfor viser vi hele utdanningsløpet og alle valgene du har:

Project participants from Bjørgvin vgs

Aud Bent

Sigurd

Monica

Brith

Hilde

Hans

Øyvind

Frode

Sales, service, security - Vg2

Main subject areas 17 lessons/week

Curriculumo Marketing and saleso Securityo Finance and administration

Multidisciplinary exam

Work placement (9 lessons/week):

4 lessons:

• Local curriculum – Work placement - Vg3

5 lessons:

• Entrepreneurship 1

Random draw examination

Common core subjects

(9 lessons/week):

• Norwegian – 2 lessons/week

• English - lessons/week

• Social Sciences – 3 lessons/week

• Physical education – 2 lessons/week

Random draw examination

Sales, service, security - Vg2

Vg2IT-service

Program subjects

(17 lessons/week):o Management and

maintainanceo User supporto Business support

o Multidisciplinary exam

Work placement 9 l/w:o Local curriculum

Common core subjects

(9 lessons/week):

• Norwegian – 2 lessons/week

• English - lessons/week

• Social Sciences – 3 lessons/week

• Physical education – 2 lessons/week

Random draw examination

Supplementary program in general studies

• 10 lessons Norwegian

• 5 lessons mathematics

• 5 lessons history

• 3 lessons natural science

• 2 lessons physical science (unless certificate)

• 5 lessons program subjects (unless certificate)

The subject Work placement

• Background• Different use in different subjects• Common elements for our subjects:

o The process before Work placemento Assessment

Provide work placement

- the students search for work placements themselves.

- the process is important.

- the teacher provide support

- some students have special needs.

Three different models

VG1SSWork placement one day/weekAt startup 4 consecutive days 8 possible vocational subjects

VG2 SSSWork placement 2 weeks fall/spring3 possible vocational subjects

VG2 ICTWork placement 3 weeks fall/spring1 vocational subject

Provide work placement 2

• Walk from business to business with CV

• The pupils own network

• Vocational training businesses

• Previous work placements

• Partnership with buisnesseso Resource intensive

• Register of businesses

Activity during work placement

Differs a lot

- the subject

- the buisness

- the student

- age

Vg1 Vg2 Vg3

Sales and service

Sales, service and secuity

Sales

Administration

Reception

Tourism

Transportation ann logistics

Safety and security

IT-services

Work placement assessment

• Log

• Feedback from work placement

• Oral presentation

• Written report

• Selected parts of the curriculum

Result:

- Grade in subject

- Attatchment to Certificate of competence

Work placement on three levels

In our school, we use work-placement on three levels:

1) First year students of "Sales and Service"(commercial subjects)

2) Second year students of "Sales and Service" (commercial subjects)

3) Second year students of Information Technology

First year students at "Sales and Service " (commercial subjects)

These students have subjects such as marketing, communication, administration, economy and security.

They can choose their work placement in 6 different fields: 1) Sales, 2) Office Administration), 3) Reception, 4) Tourism, 5) Transportation and logistics and 6) Safety & security 7)ICT-services

Most of these students choose SALES.(Give examples of work places within sales)

First year students at "Sales and Service " (commercial subjects)• Six weeks prior to work placement the students have

one day a week where they learn to write application, CV and to present themselves when applying for a placement.

• Each student have to find their own work placement.

• Students are encouraged to deliver their application and CV personally to places where they want to work.

• They are also learning to take a "no" not personally, but to keep on trying to find another work placement.

(Reason why they have to find their own work placement is that they are more motivated for the job - also to learn to do it on their own - valuable lessons for the future)

First year students at "Sales and Service " (commercial subjects)

• All students must find 5 learning goals from the third year curriculum (examples of goals?)

• Most students find a job before work placement starts.• All students find a job within a week after work

placement starts.

• Students start with working one week continuously to get acquainted with the job. (All other subjects are cancelled this week).

• Then, 22 Wednesdays during the school year the students will go to work instead of school.

• The teacher(s) visit the students and also follow them closely through contact in class and by reading their weekly reports.

First year students at "Sales and Service " (commercial subjects)

• Students work every Wednesday until a few weeks before Christmas where they come to school to prepare oral presentations.

• Students present oral presentations in beginning January. Preferably in front of the whole class so that everyone can learn from each other and see how same examples from the curriculum can be seen in different ways.

• In January, the students resume their work placement with 5 new goals from curriculum.

• Students return to school in May to write a written report

Evaluation: First year students at "Sales and Service " (commercial subjects)Students are evaluated by:

• Feed back from employer (counts as 50% of the grade) (Show examples of evaluation sheet)

• Regular contact with employer during school year.

• Weekly short reports of the work day.

• Oral presentation

• Written report by the end of the school year

Most students do VERY well in this subject (explain why)

Grade 1-2 Needs improvement:

Student takes little or none initiative with colleagues and / or customers

Grade 3-4 Meets standards: Student is positive and accommodating when encountering colleagues and customers.

Grade 5-6 Above average: Student initiates social interactions with colleagues and / or is proactive and initiates sales initiatives towards customers.

Grade 1-2 Needs improvement: Irregular attendance, not scheduled breaks and / or short-term absence.

Grade 3-4 Meets standards Attendance is excactly in accordance with agreed working hours and breaks.

Grade 5-6 Exceeds standards: Student adjusts working hours and breaks if necessary, in order to be responsible and achieve maximum learning outcomes

Grade 1-2 Needs improvement: Passive. Student does not always complete assigned tasks. Does not make any effort to perform tasks.

Grade 3-4 Meets standards Completes assigned tasks( but does not offer anything more than what has been assigned.)

Grade 5-6 Exceeds standards: Contributes and accepts responsibility without prompting.