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The Icelandic Educational and Vocational Guidance Association

The Icelandic Educational and Vocational Guidance Association. Established in 1981 – 30th this year Around 300 members

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The Icelandic Educational and Vocational Guidance Association

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  1. The Icelandic Educational and Vocational Guidance Association • Established in 1981 – 30th thisyear • Around 300 members • The formal system of education and training, primary, upper-secondary and tertiaryeducation, regionalemploymentservices, the regionalcentres for Lifelong learning and companies and privateenterprises

  2. The working environment has developed and changed a lot • The work and working environment has developed and changed a lot • Important to have a solid and permanent association • Exchange views, clarify their frame of work and ensure contiuous training

  3. The Association’s logo

  4. A changing society – increased educational and vocational guidance • Colossal changes in ways of working and increased supply of study options • Growing need for guidance • A need for educational and vocational guidance to be developed further

  5. Four new laws • Summer of 2008 • The Icelandic parliament – four new laws • The Pre-primary School Act • The Compulsory School Act • The Upper-Secondary School Act • The Act on education and training

  6. Guidance in compulsory schools • The right to educational and vocational counselling – carried out by specialists in the field • The supply of professional counselling varies • Access easier in and around Reykjavík • Around 30% of all compulsory schools do not offer any form of counselling

  7. Guidance in upper secondary schools • “Students have the right to educational and vocational counselling carried out by specialists in the field” • Adults – access to the same guidance service – specific preparatory classes

  8. Guidance in upper secondary schools • A preventative measure which helps people to utilise their potentials in studies or at work • High drop-out rates from upper-secondary schools – a colossal need for added counselling • Attention to the groups not given enough service until now, unemployed young people, youths who have dropped out of schools

  9. Guidance in universities • All universities offer guidance some services

  10. Guidance for adults • The Regional Centres for Lifelong Learning – guidance to people living in their communities • Companies – human resouce development • Private educational services - assistance

  11. Workplaces • Trade unions – career planning – lifelong learning courses – update skills • Information leaflets – newsletter • Access to confidential representatives • Contracted counsellors • Bigger companies – human resource departments • Training manager • Background in the field of education, psychology and business • Graduated school counsellors – traing managers, coaches, educational officers or department specialists

  12. Unemployed adults • Guidance services by Public Employment Services – state funded • Nine Emloyment Services • Main task: assist job-applicants and the unemployd – provide information or counselling on career development, career pathways and educational or vocational opportunities

  13. The dissemination of knowledge and experience to its members • Encourages educational and vocational counsellors to excel in their important work • The goal: to continue enforcing the role of the Association and to work towards making educational and vocational counsellors more visible in the Icelandic society

  14. Cooperation • The Nordic Association of Edudational and Vocational Guidance (http:/www.nfsy.org/) • The International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (http:/iaevg.org/IAEVG/) through the Nordic Association

  15. The professional base of educational and vocational counselling • A young profession in Iceland • The number of educational and vocational counsellors has grown rapidly • Built on knowledge – specialised education • Certification of educational and vocational counsellors – a person cannot use the title educational and vocational counsellor without the authorisation of the Ministry of Educaction, Science and Culture • Prerequisite – a relevant university degree

  16. Demand-trust-recognition • Advancement of career counselling of vital importance • Professional demand – the society trusts the studies • Fruitful cooperation with the Department of Social Schiences

  17. Many tasks • Their skills are useful in more than just the school system • A large task to assist in the making of a databank • A great lack of software in the field of on-line databanks and pedagogically well-made teaching material • Important to put pressure on government officials in creating such public information system

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