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Schools’ external support – pilot solution
„Developing a Model of Career Guidance and Online Education and Career Information System”
National Centre for Supporting Vocational and Continuing Education
March 2009 – December 2012
Cost: 6 675 750,00 zł
To build a cohesive and effective education and career guidance system within the system of education, accessible from the lower secondary school level, lifelong career guidance must be provided as early as possible taking into account the recommendations developed on the European level
Goal: Education and Career Guidance Model
Major project outcomes:
A preliminary education and career guidance model
A scheme for piloting the external support provided to schools
Piloting the external support for schools in the field of education and career guidance and its evaluation
Field studies regarding the condition of education and career guidance counselling
Modification and development of the final education and career guidance model
Goal: Online Education and Career Information System
Major activities:
Developing the structure for the Online Education and Career Information System
Piloting of the Online Education and Career Information System
Modifing and developing the final version of Online Education and Career Information System
to create an information portal that facilitates access to education and career information
The external support for schools in the field of education and career guidance
Basic information:
• Area: Warmińsko-Mazurskie Region
• Period of time: from September 2011 to June 2012
• Why Warmińsko-Mazurskie Region?
economical, social and educational reasons
The external support for schools in the field of education and career guidance
Warmińsko-mazurskie region
1 region
21 districts
2 vocational counselors in every distric
Support for the lower Support for upper secondary schools secondary schools
The external support for schools in the field of education and career guidance
Every counsellors district team performs duties grouped in 4 areas:
1.School internal guidance system diagnosis
- interview with headmaster, vocational counselor, desk research
- at least 2 meetings with parents and pupils
2.Supporting school in the development of the internal guidance system
- guidance support/plan of action and development and it’s implementation
3.Development of a local guidance cooperation networks
- 2 networks: vocational counsellors and institutions
4. Popularisation of knowlegde and information about career guidance
Internet portal www.doradztwozawodowe-koweziu.pl
Vocational counsellors are employed in 86 schools:
- in 25 schools it’s a full-time job
- in 59 schools it’s a part-time job
- in 2 schools it’s a contract work
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Type of school Vocational counsellor
Specialist or teacher Lack of counsellor/ specialist / teacher
Lower-secondary schools 46 129 14
Upper secondary schools 40 45 44
Total: 318 86 174 58
On average 1 vocational counsellor is responsible for 4 schools.
On average 1 vocational counselor/teacher is responsible for 368 students
The external support for schools in the field of education and career guidance
1. School internal guidance system diagnosis
September 2011
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The external support for schools in the field of education and career guidance
1. School internal guidance system diagnosis
- interview with a headmaster, vocational counselor, conducting desk research to prepare a
diagnosis
- at least 2 meetings with parents and students
- at least 6 meeting with headmasters and teachers
The external support for schools in the field of education and career guidance
2. Supporting school in the development of internal guidance system
The external support for schools in the field of education and career guidance
2. Supporting school in the development of internal guidance system Plan of action
Plan of action:- based on Polish law regulations (five main areas that a counsellor is obligated to develop in a school)
-prepared for each school individually
- shows what school can do by itself to improve guidance, when and where school can look for
support from external insitutions
- describes how to achieve goals
- who can develop and improve guidance
Main actors: headmaster, vocational counsellor, teachers, parents, students + institutions
The external support for schools in the field of education and career guidance
3. Development of a local guidance cooperation networks
In every district team of vocational counsellors two networks are developed:
Counselors’ network Institutions’ network method: methods: - workshops - common initiatives
- common activities
The external support for schools in the field of education and career guidance
3. Development of local guidance cooperation networks Counselors’ network
- In every district there at least 4 workshops for counselors are going to take place
- Each workshop is prepared by one counselor or by team
- Subjects are choosen by a group and are dependent on identified needs: School vocational councellor – my job, my passion
Vocational guidance methodology
Changes in vocational education and training in Poland
Career planning
The external support for schools in the field of education and career guidance
3. Development of a local guidance cooperation networksInstitutions’ network
- common activities / common initiatives
Job fairs
Entreprenuership week
Happenings/ events
Conferences
„Open days” at schools
The external support for schools in the field of education and career guidance
4. Populiarisation of knowlegde and information about career guidance – internet portal
Main actors: headmaster, vocational counsellor, teachers, parents, students, employers, institutions
2 sections:
- Open for every user
news, jobs description, labour market, tools and movies for students, support for students with
special educational needs, list of active vocational counsellors
-Open for vocational counsellors
tools for vocational counsellors, good practices, law, library, recommended www web sites,
counselor’s improvement
www.doradztwozawodowe-koweziu.pl
Thank you for your attention
National Centre for Supporting Vocational and Continuing Education