“Career Catching Coach ”

1. “Career Catching Coach” • “The best way to fight against youth unemployment is to improve proactive processes at all interfaces between school and the “World of work” that youth unemployment can´t emerge at the beginning of career pathways of young people.” • www.berufsorientierung.at • Marion Höllbacher

2. Strengthen the strengths of young people • Improvement of personal competences, esp. decision making • Taking care for youngsters in time • Individual accompanying with individual coaching and coaching for groups. • Most important in this case is: • Orientation, activation, information, • Strengthening, skills and practice • Regional networking • Method of working: co-operative, subsidiary, procedural and orientated at personal development • Extremely non-discriminating approach

3. How it all began: • 1996: OECD Project: “Transition from initial education to working life“ • 1997: progressing difficulties at the gateway school – world of work. Start of project: „Chances for young people“ • 1999: Start of „Career Catching Agent „ (after a province – wide survey about success criteria and obstacles for transition) in 4 districts from 17 districts in Styria • Development of the project up to 14 districts in the last 9 years. • 2009: 10th year of duration

5. Characteristics after 8th year • Ninth school year (ninth grade) polytechnical school – prevocational year • 1 – 3 year “middle” school • 4 years general education school (gymnasium – upper secondary) • 5 year vocational education school (full time) • 3 to 4 years apprenticeship (vocational education training) • Postsecundary, tertiary, University, appl. Sc. • Further professional education and training

6. Overview Vocational Education • Upper secondary – dual apprenticeship • More than 250 professions technical, handicraft, service, commercial, tourism.. • Contract with company and parents, • compulsary additional schooling, duration ca. three years • From 8 to 10 weeks school / year • Regulated by law – “Berufsbild” + school curriculum • Inclusive vocational education

7. Vocational orientation as a subject (with curriculum) trained teachers (studied to be a teacher) in cooperation within the different school subjects Vocational orientation as a subject (with curriculum) trained teachers (studied to be a teacher) in cooperation within the different school subjects School councellors individual guidance (teachers with additional training) School councellors individual guidance (teachers with additional training) In all secundary schools School psychologists special advice for special questions School psychologists special advice for special questions e.g.inclusion Three-tiers-structure External services Career Catching Coach PES, BIZ etc. +

8. Careers advice in schools has, since 1998, been an integral part of the services provided by schools. • On seventh and eighth grades curriculum includes a subject “Vocational Orientation”. • On ninth grade pupils can choose to attend a different school type – a polytechnic school - which combines basic general education, vocational orientation and on-the-job training in order to allow pupils to get in contact with companies which offer apprenticeships.

9. School counsellors • Individual guidance and counselling provided by school counsellors. • In all schools throughout both levels of secondary school education (Secondary I and II) from the ages of ten to nineteen. • School counsellors provide general and careers advice, as well as guidance and are usually teachers with qualifications in ‘guidance and counselling’, although additional part-time counsellors are also supporting.

10. School psychologists • This service is provided for specific issues concerning personal development, special needs and diagnostics. The three main aims are prevention, intervention and rehabilitation. • It also incorporates advice on further education and career options. • In recent years the provision of services of school psychologists has been further developed by the creation of nationally uniform standards for school psychological services.

11. Since 1998/99 vocational guidance has been a compulsory exercise in the 7rd and 8th grade of general secondary school and academic secondary school with a total of 32 lessons a year. • There are usually 1 teacher at a school teaching “Vocational Orientation” for 7th and 8th grade. • Usually there is one career counsellor at a school for all pupils, sometimes it is the same person as the teacher for VO • In Austria there are about 90 school psychologists.

12. Question: Why do you need career catching counsellors when you have a 3 tier system? • Answer: Career catching counsellors work in addition to school counsellors, they are the link to the world of work; they develop projects and support schools in implementing these. CCC‘s are the answer to the demand of apprenticeship trainers to get better oriented young people.

13. Teachers / School   Young people Parents   Enter- prises / Entrepreneur Institutionen-AMS 5 tiers of BFB

14. Pupils who break off schools (age from 15 to 18) • School leavers from compulsory schools (age from 14) • Pupils in the 9th stage grade of school (age from 15) • Young people are accompanied and supported by: • Training on the personality, give you help for orientation • Tests for assuring interests and personal conversations • Individual information • trainings for application (Supports for the application personal and in words) • „Job-Fit“-trainings

15. Companies and parents are supported by: • Info-evenings for parents “How ca I support my child in finding the fitting profession and fitting apprenticeship?” • Information about new apprentices • Interactive activities: • At the moment there are 19 standardised interactive activities between schools and companies e.g. • Job testing • My job – my future • Start your future • Coming together • etc.

17. Vocational Orientation Academy Training on the job Day in workshops Girls‘ Day Insights through responsibility

18. Rate ofyoungpeoplewhoarelookingfor a • placeofapprenticeship • Austria 1,6 : 1 Styria 4,6 : 1 • Austria 1,4 : 1 Styria 1,7 : 1 • The Career Catching Counsellor was mentioned as good practice in the OECD Review of Career Guidance Policies Country Note, January 2003 • The CareerCatchingCounsellorhasbeenchosenbyCedefopfor a casestudy, concerning guidance and youth education-to-work transitions

19. The project is financed by: • Co-ordination: Styrian Association for • Education and Economics, • funding is provided by: • The provincial government’s economics department, social department, education department, • The Federal Ministry of Education and • European Social Funds (contract for 2008-2013)

20. Possible for transer in other countries • Yes: costs 1 fulltime-employeed CCC and infrastructure: about 65.000.- per year • BOM – Carinthia, Austria • Einstein4All – the Netherlands

21. New project since October 2008: • „Qualicoach for basic skills“ • Aim: young people, 14 – 16 years old, still at school but showing shortcomings in social and personal skills.

22. Our offer: • training of personal and social skills • support and guidance in one to one sessions • participation voluntarily after school • no privat lesson • no vocational orientation • needs initiative and creative will

23. Jugend.punktet – with competences: • Workshop consisting of 5 parts • duration: 3 to 5 days • one or two classes • Aim: • give confidence: I can do it. I know it. I get support. • encourage young people • motivate them to get started with job hunting

24. Mit Stärken.punkten: that‘s what I can do • that‘s me • that‘s what I want • Mit Wissen.punkten: that‘s awaiting me • that‘s what enterprises want from me • Mit Infos.punkten: create networks • get to know institutions - Rallye • Mit Plänen.punkten: getting orientation • Visions and timetables • Final ceremony: certificates