Studievalg

1. Studievalg

2. What is Studievalg? • Studievalg København • Studievalg Sjælland • Studievalg Fyn • Studievalg Sydjylland • Studievalg Østjylland • Studievalg Midt- og Vestjylland • Studievalg Nordjylland

3. Studievalg Midt-Vest – a small unit • 11 employees, 1 student assistant and 1 leader • Our gymnasiums/youth educations: 11.485 students • Studievalg nationwide consists of approximately 100 employees in total • Everyone has to be educated in education counselling or at least be scheduled to take the education • Guidance: face-to-face, telephone and email

4. Where do we belong? The Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education VIA University College Studievalg Midt- and Vestjylland

5. Political measures of our guidance Obligatory teaching 3 times during 3 years of school Extended services: • individual guidance - pupils book a meeting/they are encouraged to book • group counselling - pupils are selected through a questionnaire of selfevaluation • 75% • aresupposed to make do with the obligatoryteaching • 25% • aresupposed to have extendedneedsbeforechoosing • Extendedneeds – 6 categories: • Educationforeignbackground and social conditions • Dysfunction/handicapped • Insufficient learning and studyprerequisites • Unrealisticexpectations • Foreigners (non-Danisheducation) • Incapable of making a decision and latebeginners

6. UU and Studievalg

7. 2 år Kandidat 3½-4 år 3 år Bachelor 2 år Erhvervsuddannelse Studieforberedende eksamen Grundskole Higher Education 3 år Ph.D 3 år Ph.D 3 år Ph.D 2 år Kandidat 2 år Kandidat 1½ år Professionsbachelor-uddannelser (overbygning) Universitets-uddannelser m. fl. Professionsbachelor-uddannelser Erhvervsakademi-uddannelser

9. Difference in authority Studievalg • Noauthority to call in persons for forced interviews • Anonymousguidance (wecan not trace persons) • Voluntary UU • Authority to call in persons for forced interviews and education plans • Registered guidance (names, birth dates etc.) • Obligatory

10. Collaboration with the UU www.ug.dk • An example: • The UU are supposed to teach the compulsory school children how to use the national website for educations. The page is a basic tool in our guidance as it contains knowledge about education on all levels of the system as well as interviews, job articles, inspiration tools and a lot more. • More: • Yearly meetings with UU • A presentation to UU of our latest initiative: group guidance. • Goals: • geographical closeness and knowledge of the area and the persons offering guidance in the area

11. Collaboration with guidance counsellors in youth educations The schools’ responsibility • Help pupils through 3 years of school • control of fear of exams • social and proficiency difficulties • study techniques • check missed classes • personal interviews to enhance motivation and partication Political goal: 95% of a year’s pupils should graduate from a youth education Studievalg’s responsibility • Inspire and motivate to make a choice as well as asking questions to begin a process of qualifying the choice of education • Inform of rules about higher educations and the application process Political goal: 60% of a year’s students should choose a higher education

13. Book a meeting online

14. Uddannelse Uden Grænser – Educations without borders Free entrance – obligatory for our pupils 1. and 2. of February 2012 in Herning Kongrescenter (4.000 pupils a day) A large education arrangement with presentations of specific educations and market booths for almost every higher education institution in the country. Six hours obligatory participation and registration for presentations in advance. Meet your possible future educations face to face! How to use Uddannelse Uden Grænser • Talk to the education’s counsellors face-to-face • Talk to Studievalg Midt- og Vestjylland’s counsellors face-to-face • Listen to presentations of more than 70 educations • Also presentations of how to receive support in a higher education with autism-disablities and other dysfunctions • Become inspired!

15. How do we get young people to select the ”right” education? The focus is always on the individual! • The study counsellor from Studievalg never has her/his own agenda. Of course we correct mistakes, prejudices and try to affect unrealistic thinking. • The counsellor is a tool who asks the right questions and motivates further reflection concerning interests, strengths, weaknesses, personal barriers and goals as well as job possibilities. Goal: to make the pupil capable of taking good decisions concerning education.

16. How do we get young people to select the ”right” education? We ask questions that matter! (1988, Karl Tomm, canadian professor in psychiatry) – my translation: Uncover the area (function: supportive) How…? How far…? When…? Who…? What is the cause…? Expand (function: supportive) Ask about relations, differences, more/less, other periods, possibilities, metaphors, advantages and disadvantages Test (function: controlling) Ask questions about the future, barriers and consequences, questions that confront, ask to others opinions Conclude (function: controlling) When will you…? How will you…? What comes first…? Who will you…? Where do you want to…?

17. eVejledning

18. Discussion • The transition process from UU to Studievalg is not always visible to the pupil • Our presence once a month is often up for debate – enough/to little? • Maybe some percentages of the 75% also need an individual conversation to have an expert’s view of the realism of his/her plan – ressources to do this? • Our six categories are fluid and we tend to develop our own understanding of some of them • Questions and your views