OBJECTIVES

Consistent with the identified needs and the scope of the project we aim for reaching the following objectives:

  • O1. Development of comprehensive programs for career guidance and counseling, compatible with the educational context of each partner by achieving 4 project results over the 27 months of project lifespan.
  • O2. Improving skills, knowledge and attitudes regarding career guidance and counselling through the participation of 84 VET teachers /school counselors/ career counselors/educational service providers at one of the 3 transnational training events from May 2022 to June 2023.
  • O3. Empowerment of at least 700 teachers- VET teachers and counsellors/school psychologists/economic agents/ VET educational service providers in the use of tools on career guidance and counselling, developed within the project by organizing 7 multiplier events and dissemination activities between September and November 2023.
  • O4. Increase the rate of social inclusion and professional integration by participating of 800 future graduates of vocational/dual education in at least 10 activities of counseling and career guidance according to individual/group needs, between May 2022 and October 2023. There is a multiplier effect in long term due to the implementation of the project. It will not only benefit the participants, participation organisations, target groups and other relevant stakeholders, but there will be a large scale beneficial impact to the society (locally, nationally and among EU member states) because the increase of the rate of professional insertion and social inclusion will boost the creation of new jobs, reduce unemployment and will also contribute to innovation for further economic growth in European level (macro economic effect).This proposal intends to have a major impact at local, national and European levels, as it is designed to provide participants with innovative methods and resources.

IMPACT

SOS A Career for Success plans to realize high impact results. Actions and deliverables will focus on the completion of the following project results (in all partner languages), during the project implementation :

  1. A training programme ,,Innovative guidance and counseling strategies for a successful career” for school counselors in the guidance and career counseling field

  2. An online platform ,,SOS A CAREER FOR SUCCESS” for career information and counseling. This platform will include useful tools for VET professionals, e-learning modules, a downloadable vocational counseling toolkit, information for students and teachers.

  3. A training programme ,,Practically-applied activities for VET professionals” for VET teachers / providers of educational services VET focusing on a more applicative approach and a better response to the learning needs of VET students.

  4. A practical career guide ,,What will you do tomorrow?" - directly addressed to students facing the decision of choosing an educational path, especially, in the VET field

Non tangible results :

  1. Increase in the quality of vocational counseling activities, as a direct result from enabling school counselor with new and updated competencies and equipping them with tools to do so
  2. Enhancing the skills of VET teachers
  3. Improvement in the organizational capacity of project partners to respond to the needs of beneficiaries of education
  4. Establish cooperation in the field of VET education between organizations from 7 participating countries in the E+ programme of the European Union.
  5. Provision of positive solutions to the specific requirements of the VET field education professionals, in order to promote better student access to high quality professional education systems

Partners will create most of the contents both electronically and physically (where applicable) In addition to the concrete results described in this point and elsewhere, the project is expected to have a fundamental and lasting impact on pedagogy and innovation in practice for VET school teachers across Europe, modernizing and making more relevant and motivating many aspects of the teaching, through the use of technology. The project has major potential for enhancing target group understanding, reflection and collaborative contributions to the creation of knowledge in VET schools. On medium term, all the participants will develop skills and abilities of communicating in English, will become more active European citizens and will develop their will develop their social skills - optimizing skills of cooperation, work in networking, assuming roles in the team but also personal autonomy and self-efficacy - increasing self-confidence and motivation to perform, to learn how to think critically and independently, increasing the desire to learn autonomously. In the long term, it will improve the process of transition from education and training to the labor market; the increase of the degree of insertion on the labor market and the acquired digital and language skills can help them to efficiently insert themselves on the European labor market, increasing their chances of personal and professional development.