Career planning in European schools

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1. At what age do
you start with
career planning
in your region?
13 16 years old Year 7(age 11)
to Year 13 (age
18)
15/16 years
old
12-13 15 age 12 (year six) The teaching of Work experience
could start at 11 years of age to
allow more time for student
progress.
2. Does your school
curriculum
explicitly
mention a
concept of
interdisciplinary
career planning?
Yes

No Recommendatio
n is not
statutory, so we
do struggle to
gain time
against our
other priorities
No Yes No Yes.
For example how
to write a CV in
English
Schools should create a scheme of
work whereby they explicitly
mention a concept of
interdisciplinary career planning.
Time should be given for teachers
to liaise and plan this scheme of
work.
3. Is there a subject
only dedicated to
employment
studies or career
planning?
No 1 meeting
with tutor at
high school
No, but PSHCE
includes
careers, along
with sex, drugs,
etc. Years 10,
11 and 12 study
Employability
as a subject
which is
certifiable
1 hour a week
with tutor (2
nd

and 3
rd
term)
No, this is one
of the themes
which we deal
with on a
lesson called
osztlyfnki
ra (lesson
with the tutor)
No Yes.
- in secondary
modern school
(Hauptschule)
from year 7 on
- middle school
(Realschule) from
year 8 on
No.
- in grammar
school
(Gymnasium)
One lesson a week could be given
to teach the SOW for work
experience in a way that is
relevant and appropriate to each
country.



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4. In your lessons
do you also
integrate
information
about the actual
situation of the
job market?
no High school
no
Primary
My money
week in
maths.
Labour market
information is
used in Careers
lessons to look
at labour
market
Not
specifically, a
new optional
subject called
entrepreneurs
hip
Was
introduced
two years ago
in the
curriculum.
Yes

No Yes.
1. How do
jobs
change
Study newspaper
Cross-curricular teaching should
be embedded within the ethos of
the school.

5. Do you inform
your students
about the
requirements
companies have
at employing
them?
no Primary Y6
partly
through
Crucial Crew.
High school -
No
Employability
is studied in
PSHCE, and we
hold mock
interviews

No
Yes
No
Yes.
- The companies
themselves
inform
- For many jobs
the
qualifications
are
Cross-curricular teaching should
be embedded within the ethos of
the school and the learning
objective of informing the
students about the requirements
companies have at employing
them should be included in the
new SOW.

6. In your school
are there
activities/project
s/events/initiativ
es dedicated to
career planning?
Yes
- visits
from
compan
ies

App
developer
project in Yr
5/6.
High School
Engineer
visit.
- Army visit.
We visit career
fairs and
universities; we
have mini UCAS
events, a drop-
down career
day in year 11,
and 6
th
form
open evening.
We are also
about to deliver

Yes, we have a
subject using
the PBL
methodology
for 13 to 14
years-old
students.
Yes (e.g
people visit us
from different
secondary
schools, some
employees
talk about
their jobs)

Voluntary
(up on
teachers)
Yes.
- parents
evenings
- job application
training
- Kompo7
(Assessment-
Center)
- internal careers
service
see ideas to the left.


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the progression
Module to year
12 a careers
programme
about HE
7. Outside your
school are there
activities/project
s/events/iniiative
s dedicated to
career planning?
yes
- busines
s village
- visits to
compan
ies
- work
experie
nce
(from
one day
to a few
weeks)
No 1. Connexions
service
2. College open
days
3. Apprenticeshi
p evenings
4. Next-step
events
Yes, we visit
every year the
Barcelona
learning and
career
planning
venue .
-We invite
former
students to
talk about
their
experience in
their pre-
university
studies.
- We also visit
some
professionals
at work.
yes (e.g visit
factories,
different work
places)
Voluntary
(up on
teachers)
Yes.
So called
fairs and
markets
where
companies
present
themselves
to possible
future
apprentice
s.
Work experience should be
available for students in each
school.
8. If you have
activities/project
s/events/initiativ
es dedicated to
career planning,
do they involve
Yes
- compan
ies
- parents
someti
mes
Primary
Y5/6 Apps
for Good
speakers and
project work
based on
Colleges,
universities,
apprenticeship /
employers,
career fairs and
mini UCAS.
Yes, they do. Yes, but just a
limited
number
Voluntary
(up on
teachers)
Yes.
Colleges
dedicated to
practical jobs
(cooking,
carpentry, etc,)
see ideas to the left.


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people or
institutions from
outside our
school?
children
developing
apps for the
market
place.
which students
attend for some
weeks
9. Do your students
visit places
where they are
informed about
different jobs?
Yes
- more
about
careers
(in the
colleges
)
Y6 Crucial
Crew
emergency
services.
More about
awareness
and
protection,
but jobs are
discussed.
University and
college visits
Some employer
visits
Yes, Barcelona
learning and
career
planning
venue.
Yes (visit
factories, work
places, career
planning
sessions)
Voluntary
(up on
teachers)
Yes. see ideas to the left.
10. Do you have
regular visits
from the
employment
centre to help
our students
decide about the
future?
No Primary and
high school -
No
Yes Connexions
Bradford 2 days
per week
No No No Yes. Visits from the schools local
employment centre (if it exists in
the country) should be offered to
the students at specific points in
the year. The schools relationship
with the employment centre
should be strengthened by regular
meetings and regular up-dates via
email.
11. At your school:
Do your students
have access to
information
systems or
materials
regarding career
Yes
- databas
es what
jobs are
availabl
e
Primary No
High school
1 career
planning visit
with advisor
to check
google
Online website
access with
some paper
based resources
though this is
dying out
Yes, we use
Catalan and
Spanish
learning
department
websites.
Mostly in their
last year in the
school
Yes,
internet
Yes.
- up to date
careers service
software (one
official computer
terminal only for
this)
see ideas to the left.


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planning? together. - information on
open
apprenticeship
places once a
year
- job descriptions
for every pupil
who is going to
graduate one
year later
12. Do your teachers
attend further
training,
excursions or
visits to
companies to be
informed about
changes and
developments in
the world of
work?
No High school
no
Primary
work
through
international
and ICT
projects.
No Yes, the
Barcelona
learning and
career
planning
venue offers a
teachers
information
centre.
No No Yes.
(There is a team
of teachers called
school and
economy
(Schule und
Wirtschaft) who
regularly
participate in
further training.)
CPD should be made available for
teachers regarding work
experience for their students.
13. Does your school
convey basic
knowledge and
ideas of business
(projects, games,
student
companies)?
No Primary my
money week
in maths.
International
collaborative
projects
through ICT
as well as
app
developer
Yes via Business
studies and
young
enterprise
Yes, we have
some projects
using the PBL
methodology
for 13 to 14
years-old
students.
Yes, but at a
very low level.
No Yes.
School company
(on a low level)
Cross-curricular teaching should
be embedded within the ethos of
the school.



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project.
14. If you have
career planning
at your school,
do your students
go through
action-oriented
competence
assessment?
No No Yes KUDOS in
year 11
No No


-
Yes.
- Kompo7
Make sure that there are
assessment criteria in the new
scheme of work that your school
creates. These criteria will comply
with your national assessment
framework.
15. If your students
go through
mentioned
assessment, do
you develop
measures of
individualized
encouragement.
No No Individual
career plans and
interviews
No No

-
No/Yes.
- only in individual
cases
(measures such as
communication
skills training are
normally offered
for whole groups)
Assessment grades given to each
student should be discussed with
individual students, via student
reports and Next Steps should be
given to each individual student in
order to ensure further student
progress.
16. If your students
go through
mentioned
assessment, do
we talk about the
results with their
parents/guardian
s?
No No If requested and
are invited to
see us at review
day
No No

-
Yes.
Parents are
offered a
feedback (e.g.
parent-teacher
conference) in
order to know
about the
strengths and
weaknesses of
their children.
See above.
17. Are there any
assessment
centres in your
No No No Yes
City hall career
planning
No No Yes.
- Kompo7
This should be included within the
new SOW to ensure that the
employment centre or the


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area? information
centre.
students work placements (during
their work experience time), can
assess the students while they are
on placement.
18. Is there
something like a
passport which
indicates all the
steps a student
has taken
towards his/her
career planning?
No No Career plan of
action from the
connexions
Adviser
No No No Yes
Folder which
contains all work
experience
placements,
assessments and
other steps taken
towards career
planning.
A progress folder to be included in
the new Work Experience Scheme
of Work.
19. Are there
partnerships
between
companies and
your school to
encourage career
planning (and to
propagate the
company as a
future work-
place)?
No No Not at BVB No, but we
have got a
project for
students with
learning
difficulties
who attend
twice a week
local
companies.
No No Yes.
- plus 5
- projects
See above and see ideas to the
left.
20. Are there co-
operations
between
neighbouring
schools (in terms
of career
planning)?
No No Joint IAG
(information
Advice and
Guidance )
Coordinator
between BVG
and BVB Joint
No No No No. Liaise with neighboring schools to
share Practices via inset training
and CPD sessions available
throughout the year.


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events and visits
21. Do you do
professional
training sessions
for job interviews
with the students
who are leaving
school to work
next term?
No No Mock interviews
with
employment
agencies and
with universities
on a yearly
basis.
No No No Yes
(together with
external partners
e.g. health
insurance
companies. banks
etc.)
To be included in the SOW.
22. Do you visit
companies with
your students in
order to see how
they work and
what jobs they
have?
Yes

Primary
app
developer
project
where we
will Skype
with variety
of
companies.
High school
no
Increasingly
hard to arrange
due to Health
and Safety.
Yes Yes No Yes.
Companies
of the near
surroundin
gs (Wikus,
B.Braun)
see ideas to the left.
23. Do your students
get the chance to
do work-
experiences
during school
term?
yes High school -
Yes
Not any longer
due to
recommendatio
ns in Woolf
report (which is
a government
report on the
value of
vocational
education;
advocated for
Yes, we have a
project called
Okupat (Get
your job)
No No Yes. Work experience opportunities
should be given to the students.


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work experience
to be 6
th
form
only as deemed
of low value if
done earlier.
24. Are your
parents/guardian
s integrated into
the career
planning/training
your students are
receiving at
school?
No

No Invited to
careers day 6
th

form evening
UCAS event
Review day
No Yes,
sometimes
parents come
to school to
present their
jobs.
No Yes, from year 6
onwards
- parents
evenings
- feedbacks in
year 7 after an
Assessment-
Center (only H
and R)
- career
information days.
Career days could be offered to
both students and parents. Such a
day could be planned and
included within the new SOW.