“CareerGuide for Schools”

Nora Gikopoulou

Network for Career Guidance in schools2005 – 2008

Comenius III action

Partners

Ellinogermaniki Agogi -GR(coordinator) Alba Graduate Business school-GR Newman College of Higher Education – UK INSEAD-FR Technical University of Dresden-DE University of Louis Pasteur- FR Vytatus Magnus University- LIT Technical University of Sofia-BL Institute for Future Studies –OS IPA.SA –RO Orientum – Career Counsellors’ Company - GR Kaunas Maironis Gymnasium-LIT Alfa – Omega Communications-EST

What is Career Guidance or Career Counseling

Assist individuals of any age

Educational, training and occupational choices

Define the strengths and weaknesses

Make the right choice Manage their careers

Steps

Personal development Educational and

occupational information

Assessment Career Decision Job interview Placement Career change

Network’s main aim

Promotion of career education Network of Schools across Europe CareerGUIDE Web Portal

Main target group: Career Counselors Policy makers for career guidance in schools

Bridging the gap between school and work

Network’s Objectives

To bring career guidance to the education policy front and contribute to the upgrading of teaching and learning career development.

To explore the best practices on the implementation of career guidance education in Europe through extended surveys

To offer specialized support and training opportunities to educators of career guidance in schools throughout Europe.

To establish horizontal links between school & society

To promote the European Dimension in career guidance reinforcing long-term mobility in Europe

Methodology of schools’ network

Each partner choose at least five schools from his country

Forward to schools the research material

Teachers-counselors implement and evaluate the new activities

Researchers upgrade and improve the activities

CareerGUIDE status

Portal Schools’ Network:

about 50 schools Research activities 1st International

conference 1st Newsletter:

November of 2006 Career Day

1st International Conference, Athens, 4th of November 2006

Main Topics

Career Guidance –A European Dimension”

Career Guidance policies in Greece and Europe

Connection between School and Labor Market

CareerGuide Network: A different approach -presentation of an

exercise’s implementation at Ellinogermaniki Agogi

outcome

Over 100 European and Greek scientists participated

Promotion of CareerGUIDE network

Development of schools’ network

Activation of teachers, counselors and parents

Analysis of counselors’ needs for new relative activities (conferences, seminars, training, workshops)

Some moments of the conference

Newsletter

Newsletter: Main topics

What exactly is Career Counseling CareerGUIDE for Schools Project Our vision Career Guidance at schools Career Guide Network Working groups’ thematic areas Schools network Career Guide Portal Annual Conference 2006 A trial exercises implementation

Career Day

21 of April 2007

Ellinogermaniki Agogi

Career day

for students…

7 job categories

40 different jobs

80 professionals

…Discuss with students for their job and their professional life

for parents…

Representatives from the political authority

Representatives from universities

Representatives from the labour market

Career Counsellors

…discuss with parents for the career guidance

Some moments of the Career Day

Future plans for dissemination

2nd International Conference 2007

Newsletters

Career Counsellors’ training seminars