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

o.sulkowska@koweziu.edu.pl

National Centre for Supporting Vocational and Continuing Education