Presentation hotel and_restaurant programme

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TheHotel and Restaurant Programme at Palmcrantzuppersecondaryschool in Östersund

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The students that choose the hotel specialization in the hotel and restaurant program in Östersund upper secondary school work in a close cooperation with local companies during their APU (workplace training at a local company). According to IngerGardmo, teacher at hotel and restaurant program it is crucial for the students to establish important and useful contacts with people from the local labour market. They therefore have a policy that strives to allow pupils to return to the same work as they initially visited during the education. This implies that the more personal contacts are made and a higher sense of responsibility seems to be present to the students as was evident in the form of lower absenteeism. By linking students these contacts will also increase employability after training.
Besides the close collaboration with the local labour market the students also use a “personal logbook” in a new and interesting way.

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A close and active network with partners from school and the local labour market provides good conditions for students' future job career

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Personal logbookcreatescloosestudent/teacherrelationshipduring APU

Main objective
Increase the overall quality of the programme
Positive side effects
Reduced absenteeism
Greater employability
Increases popularity for the programme

Presentation hotel and_restaurant programme

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