JOB SHADOWING weden Atheneskolan Visby Gotland Ireland St. Paul’s College Dublin Atheneskolan is a school owned and driven by Pysslingen Förskolor Partners St. Paul's College is located in Raheny, Dublin and is a Catholic secondary och Skolor AB Sweden. The school includes a kindergarden, a primary school just for boys, under the management of the Saint Vincent Fathers of and a secondary school till the age of 16 with a population of 34 Paola. It was founded in 1950 and is headed by a "Board of Management" teachers and 500 children/pupils. Atheneskolan follows the national which includes representatives of the order, parents, municipal administrators and teachers; it is headed by a director, assisted by a deputy. curriculum but has specialised in three subjects: Spanish, Fencing and Each department has a manager and each class has a tutor. Dancing. Pysslingen Förskolor och Skolor that owns the school has a St. Paul's College has a population of around 650 students and follows very high quality standard due to the innovative methods that programs to obtain "the Irish Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate (ordinary and vocational)" achieving above-average results at all levels. The characterize the school. The school is situated in Visby on Gotland Island that was one of the school participates in various European projects and, thanks to these projects, students and teachers have the opportunity to be involved in biggest and most important trading towns of the Baltic region in transnational exchanges and cooperation activities, developing a sense of medieval times. Today Visby with a population of 24.000 habitants, belonging to a common Europe, to its ideals and encouraging the process of has the best preserved medieval walls of all of northern Europe, and European integration. the narrow alleys in the old town are lined with buildings and church ruins that call to mind Visby’s age of greatness in the 13th century. The Hanseatic town of Visby is a World Heritage since 1995. Paesi Bassi Geert Groote College Amsterdam Atheneskolan can offer activities and experiences of very high quality. GGCA is a high school based on Steiner’s educational method which offers Germania BBS Schule Syke three different courses after the primary school (up to 8th grade): VWO, HAVO, VMBO-T. Currently around 1000 students from 11 to 18 attend this school. Situated in the district of Diepholz the BBS is a centre for vocational studies and it has 3000 students. The Minister of Education from The educational method founded by Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) is essentially based on the unity of body, soul and spirit which together Lower Saxony awarded the school the title “EUROPASCHULE” in develop human beings. He gave birth to several institutions called “Waldorf 2014. schools”, which still follow his ideas in developing school programmes: also The Berufsbildende Schulen di Syke (BBS) supports the regional GGCA is characterised by the so called “periodical lessons” (in Dutch government in a joint network mobility consisting of 42 vocational Periodelessen) which every day the school time begins with and which deal schools in Lower Saxony with the dual system: 50% of the students with different topics every three weeks, irrespective of the curriculum attend part time courses of several professions for social care, trade, chosen by the student. There are specific classes which vary according to the industry, commercial and administrative activities, body care, food curriculum: and home economy, carpenters, nurses. The others attend full time VWO. The course lasts 6 years and aims at preparing students for vocational courses “Berufliches Gymnasium” (vocational highschool) university. with an exam (“Abitur”) that gives them the possibility to get a HAVO. The course lasts 5 years and is a combination of academic diploma and enter the university. The BBS Syke Europaschule and practical studies. VMBO-T. This is a vocational course, it lasts 4 years and introduces focuses on teaching support for children with special needs from the to the world of work through laboratories. linguistic point of view with special teachers. Spagna IES Bendinat Palma di Maiorca Spagna IES Politècnic Palma di Maiorca IES Bendinat is a state school located in the municipality of Calvià, Mallorca IES Politècnic is a state high school situated in the centre of Palma de Maiorca. (Balears Isles, Spain). It is a school where compulsory secondary education It offers secondary education, Bachillerato” (A-levels) and Vocational Training classes are taught, with 6 courses from 1st to 3rd of ESO and 5 courses in 4th. At (VET Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3) in Carpentry, Maintenance, Buildings and Civil the age of 16, students who wish to continue their education can study for two Works and Electricity and Electronics. years to earn the Bachillerato certificate. IES offers several vocational courses intended to provide practical training for They have 900 students and 105 teachers and it is a school characterized by its working skills since most of the students will work in tourism. The vocational multiculturality and ethnic and linguistic diversity. The vast majority of the courses last four years and they offer two possibilities: students come from a low socioeconomic background, a fact that makes the Grado Medio – this lasts two years and provides a basic level of training, with a teachers work hard in the process of integrating them both in the school and in the work placement of 440 hours a year society. Grado Superior – this lasts a further two years and can only be started when a In the school they have Bachillerato: at 16, students can choose to study for the student is 18 years old, with a work placement of 380 hours a year. If a student passes their Grado Superior they obtain access to the university bachillerato or undertake intermediate vocational training (formación profesional, system. Grado Superior is open also to direct entry from students who have or Ciclos Formativos), which will be geared towards a specific job, or leave passed their Bachillerato. education completely. Ireland St. Paul’s College Dublin Sweden Atheneskolan Visby Gotland The Transition Year, a particular optional one year program that JOB SHADOWING In Sweden they give a great importance to work-based-learning and can be held the year after The Junior Certificate. The Transition they think that there must be a very strict relationship between intends to promote the personal, social, educational and school and companies or associations. Pupils have their first work professional development of the students and prepare them for Comparison of Best Practices placement when they are in the third year for three days, in the their role as autonomous members, participants and leaders of • La “student guidance counsellor” fourth they work for four days and in the fifth they work for five society. During this year students can choose among a wide variety • Prepara una lista con possibili “job placements” che gli studenti possono consultare nel caso in cui la famiglia non abbia già provveduto. days. Since the pupils are very young there is a “student guidance of subjects: some are basic and some as modules (approximately counsellor” who organizes a list so that the pupils have something to 10-12 weeks). During the school year, students are required to choose from or they can find a work place on their own. In the participate in a wide range of activities both inside and outside the school they have two people who have contact with work places. classroom. They are encouraged to undertake projects, They send emails twice a year to ask if companies want to accept assignments, interviews, researches and work experiences. pupils to their work place. If they accept they have a web site, called Volunteering is a fundamental requirement and students help in samverka.nu., where they are published. It’s a service they pay for local communities and charities. Assessment has an important role to have. She logs in and can see which work places have accepted and students’ projects and participation are evaluated at the end of the week the pupils have their work experience. After choosing the the year. They are required to prepare a Portfolio job placement, students have to complete a form signed by the parents who have to give their consent. Pupils have the job The Netherlands Geert Groote College Amsterdam placement in the same week. Teachers keep contacts with the companies and send information. They visit the companies during Internships in GGCA are carried out over a period of two weeks, the training to be sure that everything is all right. in which students of the 9°, 10° and11° years are asked to work for40 hours a week. According to the class the students are in, the objectives change. In Germany BBS Schule Syke the 9th year the activity is aimed at seeing the everyday reality from a different point of view, for example from behind the After the Hauptschule the student has a work based experience. counter of a bakery’s or as waiters. Training can take different paths, depending on the profession one In the 10th year they do social work such as social assistants in rest wants to carry out. homes for elderly people or teachers’ assistants in nursery schools or in disabled people structures. In the 11th year the aim is to let The first option is to attend the Berufsfachschule. It lasts one year students approach their future job so they choose the activity (full time at school) and gives a basic education valid across the accordingly. Students can choose their activity as long as the board. The year can be recognized by a company as a compulsory school staff responsible for the internships approves it.