ABOUT THE PROJECT
Professional Orientation - My future in Europe!
Chances and Challenges for young people in different European Educational Systems
he title of the project implies the challenges and opportunities for young people in a united Europe. Taking into account the different rates of youth unemployment in the countries participating in the project, it becomes clear that it will take a concrete effort here. The youth unemployment rates in Poland, Estonia, Greece and Turkey show, in comparison to Germany, that here action is needed. In the context of today’s increasing unemployment rates, partly resulting from the difficulty of graduates to find workplaces in accordance with their interests, abilities, skills, personality traits, this project meets the needs of young European citizens in secondary schools to find a suitable career path and make the right career choices in full self-awareness and having access to information regarding the general economic environment of the European labour-market.
The project also targets the development of students’ entrepreneurial skills and offers them opportunities to connect to universities, local/regional/European institutions or private companies with the same scope. The project plans to develop students’ adaptability to the European labour market, analyze their own marketability, increase their flexibility and align to the concept of lifelong learning and flexible career options.
The project also targets the development of students’ entrepreneurial skills and offers them opportunities to connect to universities, local/regional/European institutions or private companies with the same scope. The project plans to develop students’ adaptability to the European labour market, analyze their own marketability, increase their flexibility and align to the concept of lifelong learning and flexible career options.
Project summary
The title of the project implies the challenges and opportunities for young people in a united Europe. Taking into account the different rates of youth unemployment in the countries participating in the project it becomes clear that it will take a concerted effort here.
It is an attempt that teachers provide the framework of the project and the students are asked to complete this. The different types of schools present a particular challenge for their students. Students from higher lever classes should be qualified to "job scouts", whose provide assistance in traineeships and education for other students in the same or lower grades. They can be a model for other students from different types of schools in the participating countries. As coordinating school, the Goethe-Gymnasium offers experiences in cooperation with companies of different size and orientation in internships and co-operation in teaching. Every year students of the Goethe-Gymnasiums are involved in internships and one of the aims in this project shall be, to share this with the partners and established similar projects there. During the project, a new development of concepts for the job-orientation takes place. An implantation of European components (international internship, learning and use of foreign languages) and cooperation in the future for job-orientation and international internships will be the important targets. The results will be used by other schools, especially these with students of special needs. If it is possible, the students will explore which jobs and internships are possible in the participating companies for students with lower level education and special needs. If it is possible, the Goethe-Gymnasium will organize teacher-meetings with colleagues from special schools nearby during the meetings and students/teachers can be participate.
It is an attempt that teachers provide the framework of the project and the students are asked to complete this. The different types of schools present a particular challenge for their students. Students from higher lever classes should be qualified to "job scouts", whose provide assistance in traineeships and education for other students in the same or lower grades. They can be a model for other students from different types of schools in the participating countries. As coordinating school, the Goethe-Gymnasium offers experiences in cooperation with companies of different size and orientation in internships and co-operation in teaching. Every year students of the Goethe-Gymnasiums are involved in internships and one of the aims in this project shall be, to share this with the partners and established similar projects there. During the project, a new development of concepts for the job-orientation takes place. An implantation of European components (international internship, learning and use of foreign languages) and cooperation in the future for job-orientation and international internships will be the important targets. The results will be used by other schools, especially these with students of special needs. If it is possible, the students will explore which jobs and internships are possible in the participating companies for students with lower level education and special needs. If it is possible, the Goethe-Gymnasium will organize teacher-meetings with colleagues from special schools nearby during the meetings and students/teachers can be participate.