Transcript DELOVNOPRAVNA ZAKONODAJA

Slovenian experience in
guidance supporting parents
in career counseling to their
children
„FAMILY CAREER COMPASS - Efficient
Career Guidance Approaches
Supporting Parents in Guiding their
Children’s Vocational Career”
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Maruša Goršak
Špela Reš
About Kadis d.o.o.
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Founded in 1992
Wide range of HRM services
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Career guidance for various target groups
Psychological assessment
Trainings
Recruitment service
Legal counselling
International and national projects
Wide experience and know-how in HR management and
training
Cooperation with various professional and counselling
institutions and companies
Long-standing customer relations
Career guidance at KADIS
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PAST PROGRAMMES OF ASSISTANCE IN CAREER
DEVELOPMENT AND JOB SEEKING
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Job clubs
Back to employment
New beginning
Job interview training
Motivational Workshops
Information Office
Presentations/visitations of professions (schools)
CAREER GUIDANCE SERVICES TODAY
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Guidance workshops for youngsters (in schools – primary and
secondary)
Guidance workshops for parents (in schools – mainly primary)
Guidance workshops for school and career counsellors
Individual career guidance and counselling services
Workshops for job seekers (For Active Pokolpje!, The best choice for
employment …)
Introductory workshops for new entrepreneurs
Individual career path
once… and … now
Why is career guidance necessary?
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Dropouts
(app. 14% 18 to 24 year-old leave school with a lower
secondary education or less)
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The „lost“ individuals
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Dissatisfaction with vocational choice/job position
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(only 40% individuals between 21. in 30. years old are
satisfied.; psychosomatic problems)
Unemployment (we don‘t have the insight in the labour market
situation)
Self exploration trough often job changing
(USA: 64% individuals change job 5x -14x in their lifetime)
The influence of various factors
in career decision making
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The biggest impact has a reputation of vocation/profession
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Their own interests
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Parents (information, their vocational aspirations...)
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Other “important others” - often neglected influence
How parents influence their children
vocation and educational choices?
Parents/family …
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Should encourage interests development (11-12 years old) – create
a safe environment
Should allow children to take responsibility for duties/tasks for which
they show interest
Have the greatest informal influence – should support, connect and
guide your children
Can influence children ambitions, acceptations, work attitude
Playing of different social roles
Influence the development of positive self image
Influence the development of networking and decision making skills
WHERE CAN PARENTS LEARN HOW TO DO THAT!!!
Form practice…
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Every primary school conducts at least one lecture for parents in the last
two grades. The number of lectures for parents executed by external
contractors have decreased, usually due to financial reasons.
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Parents are not familiarized with different sources of support available.
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There are different lectures, workshops for parents but usually the content
is not related to career guidance.
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Parents biggest concerns are usually related with:
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Child‘s indecisiveness and poor interest for any career option / educational program
Employability possibilities
Vocational – technical schools versus general academical secondary schools
Their knowledge and ability to help their children
Lack of ITK skills
Activities and parents enrolment should be encourage in early stage – not only just
before making decisions
Legal framework for implementing career
guidance in schools
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Organization and Financing of Education Act states that school
counsellors can only become specialists who have graduated from
university studies: psychology, pedagogy and andragogy, social
work, social pedagogy and defectology (children and youth with
special needs)
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National Guidelines for Schools Counselling Service define so
called Minimal Standards for Guidance counsellors in Schools. The
national programme is largely implemented by school counsellors
with the assistance of the Employment Service of Slovenia (ESS),
providing guidance services through Centres for Information and
Vocational Counselling (VICC).
Guidance activities taking place on
ISCED 2 level – primary schools
According to Minimal Standards every primary school should:
 ensure all pupils have access to the information
 execute 2 hours long lecture/workshop per year for pupils in last two
grades in primary schools
 provide access to at least one individual counseling session for each pupil
before they finished primary school
 collect data on pupils for the purpose of career guidance
 organize at least one lecture for parents of children in last two grades of
primary school regarding their role and influence on children’s’ educational
and vocational choices and provide access to individual counseling for
parents where they can discuss child’s career choices.
 All schools provide group session to help pupils filling in the application forms
for secondary schools. Beside that schools organize a visit to local
Vocational Information and Counseling Centre, which can students later on
visit also with their parents.
 Parents usually accompany their children on so called Information days
organized by secondary school.
Guidance activities taking place on
ISCED 3 level – secondary schools
According to Minimal Standards every secondary school
should provide:
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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
Group lectures for parents and individual counselling
sessions are determined but the content is not related with
career guidance.
Training for school counsellors
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There are no formal and little informal training programs available in
the field of career guidance.
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School counselors can choose between different short training
programs (8 to 16 hours) that are also related to career guidance (eg.
counselling approaches).
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From 2004 to 2009 there was only one workshop offered by THE
NATIONAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF
SLOVENIA but was canceled due to low number of applications.
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Institute for Vocational Education and training has designed a training
program in 2010 called „New trends in information giving and
counselling for youth making their first career choice“ – the program
was successful, but didn‘t address parents involvement specifically
(source: Polak Wiliams, 2011)
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Private providers offer lectures for parents, counsellors and students
(KADIS, IZIDA, VIZOR …) – problem is
Researches state …
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Time spent for career guidance activities in primary schools (Goršak, 2011):
 64%
10%-30%
 21,4%
10% or less
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Participation in training regarding career guidance in last 5 years
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42,3%,
 4x-6x
29,6%, 1
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12,7%
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Familiarization with new trends in the field of career guidance for school
counselors:
 reading literature
65,70 %,
 experience exchange and peer learning
57,10%)
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Individual counselling to parents – there are no information about the content
(Krek, Vogrinc: 2012)
 primary school: 31,7%
several times per week, 24,4%
once a week
 Secondary schools: 29%
several times per week, 19,4%
once a
week, 19,4%
almost every day
Vocational information and counselling
center VICC
VICC
Ind. Information
giving
Ind. Counselling
Group activities
Pupils
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Students
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Students
SUMA
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SUMA
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Lectures for parents - content
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Definition of key concepts
What, when, why
Ginzberg‘s career development stages
The complexness of career choices
The influence of various factors in Vocational/Career decisions
The parents‘ influence – what is my role, what can I do?
Career planning with DOTS model
Labor market today – which are perspective professions
How to get familiarized with different professions
Which school to choose
How to communicate with a teenager regarding his career planning
Where to find useful information – who, what can help us
Example of good practice
web page: www.mojaizbira.si
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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 (2012).
10.000 visitors per month and 2600 likes on FB
Information is gathered form different institutions like Ministry of
Education, Slovenian 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.
web page: www.mojaizbira.si - CONTENT
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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)
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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.
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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...)
www.mojaizbira.si
Parents are important so let‘s
not forget about them!
Conclusion
Questions, suggestions, ideas, comments …
 Thank you for your cooperation.
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