Vocational Counseling System in Switzerland: Statistics and Quality Development

2. Andrea EllerDeputy Head BIZ Bottmingen (Canton Basel-Land)andrea.eller@bl.ch Delegatetothe „FAKO QE“ – Work groupforqualitydevelopment - responsibleforthestatistics on national level – datacataloguerevision Dublin, April 5th 2017 Gathering Data in Switzerland

3. Organization of the vocational counseling system in Switzerland 26 cantons ~100 centres

4. Guidance for school age children: Who and where? (I) • Guidance Counsellors in Centres (or in School): Psychologists with further specialization in career counselling.Support for students in choosing the right path on an individual level:Counselling during several sessions, including testing (if needed), often accompanied by parent(s).N.B. not only for students but offering lifelong guidance

5. Guidance for school age children: Who and where? (II) • Specialized Teachers in School: Teachers with further training in education for “choice of occupation”Curriculum for students in lower secondary (age 12-15): In class:Preparing for the choice of education: getting to know the possibilities: VET and other options, finding an apprenticeship, how to apply, …

6. Vocational education and training system

7. Data about Counselling: Statistics • Collecting a number of indicators on a national level. • Earlier: Coordinating: confederation was financing and controlling the cantonal vocational guidance services. And wanted to know, what we do (e.g. what kind of service, number of clients, …) • Now: Quality: cantons are in charge, on the national level our statistical data is for: • - seeing trends / development - public relations: legislation, policy-makers - research

8. The kind of data we have: examples (I) Individual counselling Lending of Information Information consultation Visits to centers via email or phone

9. The kind of data we have: examples (II) Information for other groups Courses Information about a specific field Visits of classes Information for parents

10. The kind of data we have: examples (III) Number of clients by age group

11. The kind of data we have (IV) • Data about services: individual counselling, collective offers, courses, information via email and phone, … • Data about counselling itself:- How many sessions, how many of them with psychological diagnostics - Main question (finding an apprenticeship, finding a path, re-entering the job market, …)- Main result (VET, school, university, internship, job search, …) • Data about the client:- Age, gender, nationality, educational background, current job or educational situation

12. How to collect the data • Annual collection via Excel-form at every canton • Aggregation on national level: one person with a mandate by the KBSB/CDOPU • Reporting back to cantons and on national convention

13. Revision of our data catalogue: why and how • After many years with the same catalogue a revision was inevitable – our data do not reflect the whole range of our services anymore • (Hidden) Quality development: prioritizing and setting standards nationwide • Broad discussion with a small work group with 6 delegates from different cantons (german, french and italian speaking / bigger and smaller cantons / …) • Feedback from all cantons after first draft • Implementation for 2019

14. Further information • About KBSB/CDOPU: www.kbsb.ch • About the Swiss education system: https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/en/home.html • Information platform for our clients:www.berufsberatung.chEnglish part:https://berufsberatung.ch/dyn/show/69619

16. Appendix: Excel Form

17. Appendix: Annual National Report