Innovative Educational Scenario Fostering Career Development
Enhance students' understanding of different careers & working life through an innovative course at Leppävaara Upper Secondary School in Finland. The scenario aims to develop skills, increase community spirit, promote environmental responsibility, and foster collaboration with local enterprises and schools, with a focus on second-year students aged 16-17. The course, developed by a career counselor and a colleague, is designed to introduce students to various job opportunities and professions, making it a unique addition to the school curriculum.
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Basic info on the scenario: Name of participant: Sari Rinta-S ntti School: Lepp vaara Upper Secondary School Country: Finland Title of scenario: Developing forward the course, on which students become familiar with different jobs and careers and working life. Short description/ main idea: The idea was to develop a course, on which students have possibility to become familiar with different jobs and careers and working life more extensively.
Educational objectives and pupils competences targeted: Become familiar with different jobs and careers, as well as different working communities Obtain skills, what you need in working life Increase community spirit Increase responsibility for your own environment Bring different generations nearer to each other Contacts with different working places Co-operation with enterprises, communities and schools nearby Increase spirit of enterprise Obtain a summer job
Pupils ages: Their ages are between 15 to 18, but the course is mainly intented to second year students, so they are usually 16 or 17 years old. Curriculum areas/ domains involved: o The course is one of applied courses. Students have to take both compulsory and specialized as well as applied courses. o Increase community spirit o Increase responsibility for your own environment o Co-operation with enterprises, communities and schools nearby
Which school needs does your scenario address? o Obtain skills, what you need in working life o Increase community spirit o Increase responsibility for your own environment o Co-operation with enterprises, communities and schools nearby o Increase spirit of enterprise
Innovative characteristics In what sense is your scenario innovative? What are its innovative aspects with regard to your school context? I have developed this course with my collague. She is a career counsellor. We wanted to create a course, on which students can make them familiar with different jobs and professions and working life more extensive. This course was new course in our school.
Parental engagement How are pupils parents engaged in the process or/ and implementation of the educational scenario? What is their role? Students can become familiar with their parents jobs. We can visit some of parents working places. Parents can introduce their jobs either so that we visit the working place or parent can visit our school. This is new idea! Which school needs does their engagement in this scenario intend to serve? Two of the aims of the course is to increase community spirit and bring different generations nearer to each other.
Parental engagement What are the expected benefits from parents engagement in this scenario? It is easier to find suitable jobs and working places in co- operation with parents. The aims of the course is to increase community spirit and also bring different generations nearer to each other.
Equal learning opportunities How do you plan to address pupils with different learning styles and needs through the design and implementation of your scenario? Students can choose their objects (jobs, etc.) themselves. Students can choose different tasks on course, for example they can make an interview, they can introduce a product or service.
Game-based learning How could you add a game-based element in your scenario? Please describe your ideas the phases of the scenario (preparation, implementation, assessment) in which you would introduce this aspect. We can search and use some career-finding games. I found some games or tests, for example: www.kunkoululoppuu.fi www.driveofyourlife.org test for finding your career career exploration game
Phase 1: Preparation Please describe the preparation that the teacher needs to do before implementing the scenario. Define steps and activities, if applicable. Teachers check participants before. Students enter the course electronically by using Wilma-system. If there is too many participants (max 15), we pick participants by interviewing all candidates. Teachers have also to agree appropriate times to schedule together with students. Teachers have to make reservations and appointments beforehand, if possible. Also materials has to be checked beforehand.
Phase 2: Implementation o Few lessonsat school together beforegoing to visit working places. o At lessons students use internet to find information about different jobs, careers, working places and enterprises. o Group can also make visits to enterprises orask visitors to our school to introduce theircareers. o Students practice to take contact with possibleemployments. o Students practice to take part in employment-interviews. o Student has to find a working place, where she or he can visit about two weeks. o Student makes a portfolio. It includes for exampleown interests and working history, different courses, a jobapplication, CV, a representation of own visit in working place, a working-diary o Portfolio can also include a interview orrepresentation of an product ora service. o Portfolio-materials can bedelivered using internet. o In theend of course portfolios areevaluated together. o Some of the portfolio-materials can be used on school s homepage.
Phase 2: Assessment Please describe how you intend to assess the outcomes of the scenario. Define steps and activities, if applicable. The evaluation of the course: Student has to take part in lessons and be active. Student has to find a working place, where she or he can visit about two weeks. Student makes a portfolio on the course. The portfolio is evaluated. Students also make a little presentation of their working place to other students. Students either pass or not the course. There is no other marks.
Resources Please identify at least 5 resources (links, files etc) that will be used in the scenario. You are advised to look for relevant resources on the ODS portal. You can also add external resources. Links: Information for workers, in Finnish www.tyoelamaan.fi Help to find your career www.opintopolku.fi www.kunkoululoppuu.fi www.opintoluotsi.fi www.te-palvelut.fi Resources on the ODS portal: Find a job application for the job
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