Who am I?

1. Initial Training and In-service training of career teachers and students advisors in secondary education, example of the federal province of Styria, AustriaSabine FRITZ University of Teacher Education Styria

2. Who am I? • TeacheratUniversity ofTeacher Education Styria • Workedas a teacherfor 24 years in secondaryeducation (10-14 yearolds) • Responsibilites: Initial training – In-servicetraining: • careeradvice - joborientation • preventionofviolence – encouraging non violentbehaviour– childrenwithspecialneeds (behaviour) • training in socialcompetences (soft skills) • polytecnicalschools • Initiating environmental studies/projects– sustainibilityatschool

3. Topics • Profile of career teachers and student advisors • survey of needs for initial training and in-service training • Current topics / successful offers • Networking, partners cooperating in career guidance • Comparison of national strategies

4. In principle, career guidance in Austrian schools is organised according to a three-level model: • career education lessons are provided by career teachers(providing curriculum delivery – working with the whole class – “teaching”) • individual advice is provided by student advisors (individual attention to students); and both of these are supplemented by • a School Psychology Service that can offer specialised assistance. The service is supplemented by classroom teachers and a wide range of other individuals and agencies outside the school context.

5. Quantities: approx. • 150 school psychologists in Austria, not all full-time, compared to around 2,370 student advisers(oneateachschool ...)

6. Careerteachers Work with all thepupils in oneclassroom onelesson a week (13 - and 14 year -olds) Specifictopics: personalitydevelopment, theworldofwork, variousprofesssions... Work togetherwithjobexperts Organiseinternship, jobshadowing, trainings forstudents Student advisors Counselling: Work individuallywith students, parents, teachers... Nolessons but officehours Givingadvice on: Careerplanning Learning difficulties Behaviouralandrelatedproblems Networks Responsibilities

7. Student advisors - Professional care/support • Initial training for school advisors: 4-5 semesters (min 12 ECTS) at Universities of Education in the form of continuous training of teachers • In - service training and update of knowledge: organised by a coordinating team on regional level (1- 3 times a year) • Supported by the School Psychology Service • Psychology Service: supports teachers when specific questions/problems occur in their job as well as offer co-operation in the planning of their further training on regional level.

8. Students advisors • Initial Training: Contents Counsellingtechniques: • Careermanagement • Dealingwithchallengingbehaviour • Learning difficulties Information on individual careerpossibilities, management World ofwork – labourmarket Developingcareermanagementskills CooperationandCoordination

9. Students advisors – In-service training • ...someexamples • Counselling – Job Coaching • Professional developmentofteachers... • Training on thejob – Applyingfor a job • Partners in Careerguidance(Universities, Colleges, companies, potential employers...) • Cooperationwithparents • Dealingwithbehaviour • Intervision - Avoiding „Burn – out“ • World ofwork – labourmarket • Learning strategies • Intervention in caseofcrisis

10. Career teachers – Professional care/support • Initial Training for career teachers: 4-6 semesters (12 – 20 ECTS) at Universities of Education in the form of continuous training of teachers • Further training and update of knowledge: organised by the university of teacher education - generally offered several times a year

11. Career teachers - Initial Training Contents:… • Teaching/methodsofcareercouncelling • Everythingyoushouldknowabouttheworldofwork - thelabourmarket • Competence training • Working withexpertsofthelabourmarket • Partners in joborientation • Training on thejob • Cooperationwithparents...

12. Career teachers - In-service training Contents:… • newdevelopments in teaching • Gender/diversitymanagement • Experts in theworldofwork • Transition – fromschooltowork • Partners in joborientation • World ofwork – labourmarket