1. CAREER GUIDANCE IN VET
SLOVENIA
GI VET – Learning partnership
2. Meeting in Spain
November 2012
2. LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMANTING
CAREER GUIDANCE IN VET
Organization and Financing of Education Act
MinimalStandards for Guidance in Secondary
Schools which define the guidance programmes
in secondary schools in Slovenia and include:
various information activities
lessons on career-related issues (such as career development,
further education and employment possibilities)
work with self-help guidance tools
psychological testing
individual career counselling
visits to employers
3. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CG IN
VET
School counselors should provide:
Group lessons on career guidance
1st and 2st year= 2 hours
3rd year = 3 hours
4th year = 4 hours
atleast one individual counseling session for each student in the last grade
up to date materials in the library
Why career guidance is necessary in VET?
Most students who have graduateed enrole in educational programs at
tertiary level.
More than 90% of students who have completed vocational matura
continue enrole in educational programs at tertiary level.
4. WEAKNESSES OF CAREER
GUIDANCE SYSTEM:
The accessibility of guidance in VET is not high enough. The
reason are:
plenty of other tasks that guidance counsellors have to perform
high number of students
a belief that students in vocational schools have already made
their vocational/career decision;
The fact that career education still has a marginal position
in the present school curriculum - there are no career
guidance courses;
The lack of quality system, specialised training and
education in the field of career guidance;
The absence of a clear and coordinated guidance policy at
national, regional and local levels.
5. EXAMPLE OF GOOD PRACTICE
WEB PAGE: WWW.MOJAIZBIRA.SI
It started as a project founded by EU commission and Slovenian Ministry of
Education in 2008.
Target group: pupils, students, school counselors, parents, participants in
adult education.
In the first year it had about 44.000 visitors –and already 127.330 in the last
year.
10.000 visitors per month and 2600 likes on FB
Information is gathered form different institutions like Ministry of
Education, Sloevnian Institute for adult education, Chamber of crafts,
Employment service and others.
To popularize the website a series of printed information materials was
provided for whole generation (approximately 18,000 pupils per year).
RESULTS: enrollment in vocational schools in 2011/2012 has increased the
first time since the school year 2004/2005 despite the decline in
generations.
7. WEB PAGE: WWW.MOJAIZBIRA.SI -
CONTENT
CAREER SIGNPOST
Information and presentation of educational programs on secondary
level (more than 300 formal and non-formal programs) and schools
Presentation of more than 428 occupations (some- 343 even with
video)
PRESENTATION OF SLOVENIAN SYSTEM OF APL (accreditation of prior
gained knowledge)
National Vocational Qualifications which give individuals an
opportunity to assess and validate knowledge and skills obtained
through non-formal learning.
COUNSELING
Where to go? Who to ask?
Professional materials for counselors, teachers, researchers
Legislative and useful links
Dictionary of professional terminology in career guidance and
counseling
Presentation of different projects in the area of career guidance and
VET (Euroskills, MUNUS 2, Talentiran.si, e-svetovanje, Mi znamo...)
9. KAM IN KAKO – WHERE AND HOW?
KAM IN KAKO is an interactive computer program that helps users
when choosing their profession/occupation.
Target group are pupils and students making their first career decision,
as well as those who are looking for new ideas regarding their careers.
Program originates from the UK . (www.cascaid.co.uk/) and was
adapted to Slovenian conditions in 1998/99 during the PHARE project
Experimental Centre for Vocational Guidance. Nowadays more than
400 primary and secondary schools , Employment services and other
institutions are using it to help their students to make optimal career
choices.
Content: job descriptions, possibilities of researching specific
occupations, photos, interviews with individuals engaged in a particular
profession, self-evaluation of skills, which occupations are not
appropriate when having certain health problems...
The program is based on individual’s attitude to work, it is very clear
and managable as it enable users to see how their answers are being
used and why certain professions are proposed and others not.
10. CAREER CENTRE IN SCHOOLS
SCHOOL CENTRE CELJE
Project Career centre in schools (2011/2012) is an ACES (Acadamy
of Central European Schools 2006) project
Partner countries: Slovenia, Romania, Macedonia
30 students were included (logistics technician)
Activities:
Presentation of career Centre
Partner visits
Workshops:
How to write an application form and CV
Job Interview
Job seeking skills, Information seeking, Informal ways of job searching
(network)
Which are our values and why are they important, Identification of personal
characteristic
Individual career plan – portfolio
Video of a simulated job interview
Volunteering as a successful career start
11. TEHNICAL SCHOOL CENTRE NOVA
GORICA
Activities
for talented students:
Company visits
Summer camps
“School for natural scientists”
workshops (once/month, 2 hours) organized
by Centre of Excellence for Biosensors,
Instrumentation and Process Control
12. TEHNICAL SCHOOL CENTRE NOVA
GORICA
CAREER GUIDANCE ACTIVITIES
Individual counseling
Tests like Professional interests test, Study intrests test
Company visits, visits to Employment services and CIPS
Lectures and workshops
How to start planning and developing a career – introduction
Decision making, self-knowledge workshops (if students express an
interest)
Information about different possibilities they have in post secondary
and higher education whether they finish secondary education with
matura, vocational matura or final vocational exam
Information about application and admissions process, student life and
student hall of residence/dormitory, scholarships...
Helping students to fill in the application form for entering higher
education correctly
Presentations of professions and schools/univeristies
Information day for all students (every February)
“Choose your study” organized in November by local Public
Institution for Education and Training
13. CAREER PORTFOLIO IN SECONDARY
SCHOOL FOR TURISM AND
GASTRONOMY
Project: Let’s educate together for the future (2007)
Content:
I. The career portfolio – theory
II. Starting point or reference
III. The vision of my own professional development
IV. Targeting life
V. Getting to know myself
VI. Evidence
VII. Reflections
VIII.Information
It will also include:
File of learning outcomes
File of projcet work
File of practical training on the work place
Manual and CD
