3.3. Kutsenõustamine ja -tugi

Guiding Cities joins policy makers and education stakeholders to map policy and guidance and create coherent policy to respond to the complex needs in the fight against ESL.

The project aimed to:
• Analyse guidance actions in 4 countries through country-based focus groups including stakeholders in education and guidance.
• Develop a Guiding Cities Model and Checklist mapping different possible actions, actors community needs relative to guidance and lifelong learning.
• Establish and manage Working Groups and a survey of best practices (involving at least 40 stakeholders).
• Publish online the GCities Model and links to resources and practices for each type of action and/or each target group. The GCities tools will be available in 6 languages (EN, ES, CAT, IT, EL, RO).
• Test the GCities Model and Checklist-benchmarking tools with at least 40 communities or organisations.
• Improve professional development of local service providers and school guidance practitioners.

"Our School - My Future" was an ESL project initiated within the framework of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for School Education. It aims to support cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices between schools from different countries across Europe.
Part of the problem of ESL is attributed to lack of support and guidance, disengagement from schooling, and secondary-level curricula which too often do not offer enough options for varied courses, alternative teaching pedagogies, experiential and other hands-on learning opportunities or sufficient flexibility and support.
The framework for this project was designed to focus mainly on in-school factors influencing ESL, such as teaching methods and curricular issues, positive/negative school climate, and the parents’ role as a contributing factor to ESL.
A distance education programme, “Promotion of healthy lifestyles and development of the students’ social skills through physical education and environmental activities” was offered to teachers from five partner countries. Some 65 teachers from Greece, Poland, Romania, Spain, and Turkey had the opportunity to participate in this training programme, along with six academics who are also members of the Hellenic Academy of Physical Education.

Projekt „Junior Job Coach“ loodi selleks, et aidata noori haavatavaid õpilasi, kellel võib tööellu astudes olla vajaka sotsiaalsetest kogemustest ja oskustest. Projektis valitakse hoolikalt neile hästi koolitatud noor arengutreener, kes saab noore tööl viibides talle eemalt vahetut nõu ja tuge pakkuda.

The school practices several innovative initiatives:

- The ‘Exercise company’ supports students to go through all the steps of setting up a company, from the creation of its administrative structure to its daily management, supporting students’ entrepreneurship competences. This project is regarded very positively by the whole school community and national authorities.

- The ‘Different school’ (‘Şcoala altfel’) programme significantly changed the relationship between students and teachers, thanks to its flexibility. Coupled with the participation in trainings of non-formal education by the teaching staff and practices acquired during Erasmus+ projects, it helped to reshape the educational process at the school.

- Teachers have been involved in curricular innovation dedicated to their particular field of study (tourism and economics) while members of committees set up by the Ministry of Education and the National Centre for the Development of Vocational Education (CNDIPT) contributed to the renewal of the national curriculum.

Töös uuritakse tõendeid valdkondade- ja erialadevaheliste töörühmade potentsiaali kohta mängida olulist rolli haridussüsteemist varakult lahkumise ärahoidmisel. Nende töörühmade jaoks strateegia väljatöötamise osana on tähtis keskenduda nende tõhusaks tööks vajalikele ja toetavatele tingimustele, mitte aga eeldada iseeneslikku tõhusust. Raportist selgub vajadus pakkuda töörühmadele strateegilist juhendamist olulistel teemadel, mida nad käsitlevad, nt vaimse tervise alane tugi, alternatiivid koolitööst kõrvale jäämisele, töö marginaliseeritud peredega, õpetajate konfliktide lahendamine ja mitmekesisuse alased oskused, kiusamise ärahoidmine, positiivse kooliõhkkonna edendamine, vanemlike oskuste arendamine, tähelepanu pööramine laste kõne arengule jne.