“Career Start”

1. The Jyväskylä General Upper Secondary Schools form a unit consisting of six upper secondary schools: Cygnaeus Upper Secondary School, Jyväskylä Upper Secondary School for Adults, Jyväskylän Lyseo Upper Secondary School, SeppäUpper Secondary School, Seppä Upper Secondary School Tikkakoski unit, and Voionmaa Upper Secondary School. The Jyväskylä General Upper Secondary Schools are part of the Jyväskylä Educational Consortium.

2. Finnish Education System ISCED Duration in years 6 Doctoral degrees- licentiate degrees 5 Master’s degrees Polytechnic master’s degrees 4-5 Work experience Bachelor’s degreesUniversities Polytechnic bachelor’s degreesPolytechnics (Universities of Applied Sciences) 1-3 4 Specialist vocational qualifications Further vocational qualifications Adult education institutions, Apprenticeship Training Centres 3 Matriculation examination General upper secondary schools Vocational qualificationsVocational Colleges, Adult education institutions,Apprenticeship Training Centres 1-3 Work experience 2 Additional basic education “Career Start” 1-9 1 Basic Education (comprehensive schools) 7-16-year-olds 0 Pre-primary education, 6-year-olds

3. General Upper Secondary Education in Finland General upper secondary education continues the teaching and educational tasks of basic education to students aged about 16–19. The general upper secondary school ends in the matriculation examination, which yields eligibility for all higher education studies. In Finland, about half of the students continue their studies in general upper secondary schools after completing compulsory basic education.

4. Jyväskylä Educational Consortium (1 January 2011) Owner Municipalities Audit Committee Council Board of Directors CEO VesaSaarikoski Jyväskylä Institute of Adult Education Marko Noronen • Welfare and Business • Technology and Logistics • Development Services • Driving Instructor • College Kirsti Kosonen • Welfare and Culture • Business and Services • Restaurant Priimus • Technology and Logistics • Student Services • Core Studies Jyväskylä College PetteriJärvinen • Services and Welfare • Technology, Logistics and Forestry • Student Services and Core Studies Jämsä College Antti Rastela • Cygnaeus Upper Secondary School • Jyväskylä Upper Secondary Schoolfor Adults • JyväskylänLyseo UpperSecondary School • Seppä Upper SecondarySchool, • Seppä Upper SecondarySchool • Tikkakoski Unit • Voionmaa Upper Secondary School JyväskyläGeneral Upper Secondary Schools KaijaHaapasaari Jyväskylä Apprenticeship Training Center Real Estate Management Erkki Kumpulainen Group Management • FinancesToini Karvinen • PersonnelMarkku Toivola • IT Administration Leena Koponen • CommunicationsErkki Mäntymaa • Regional DevelopmentTerttu Kiviranta • International AffairsAino Malin • Processes and Quality • Hanna Rajala • Procurements • Pasi Hakkarainen

5. Jyväskylä General Upper Secondary Schools, Key Indicators in 2014 • The Jyväskylä General Upper Secondary Schools belong to the Jyväskylä Educational Consortium as one of its seven profit centres • The consortium structure brings benefits: shared teachers and premises • The Upper Secondary School Unit has an Administrative Board and an Executive Group of its own • Number of upper secondary schools: 5 • Total number of students: 2 800 • Number of personnel: 181 • Annual turnover: EUR 16 million

6. Working for the Students • All Jyväskylä upper secondary schools are non-graded: the students are able to complete the education at their own pace • The students can combine courses from all upper secondary schools in Jyväskylä. • Cooperation between upper secondary schools and vocational education: • - Dual qualification • - Triple qualification (upper secondary school syllabus, matriculation examination, vocational upper secondary qualification) • - Exchange periods • - Individual courses • Goal: versatile and individual learning pathsfor the students

7. Development Activities • 1. “General Upper Secondary Schools in Central Finland” Project • Regional cooperation • Close contacts with the world of work • 2. Guidance and Counselling Project • Personal online study plan • Cooperation with the University of Jyväskylä and JAMK University of Applied Sciences • Guidance is part of everyday life in the whole work community • 3. Entrepreneurship Studies • 4. ICT in Learning • Social software • 5. Internationality • Goal: increased international mobility

8. Jyväskylä General Upper Secondary Schools Seppä Upper Secondary SchoolEntrepreneurship,Football Cygnaeus UpperSecondary SchoolMusic, Natural Sciences Jyväskylän Lyseo Upper Secondary SchoolInternationality, IB School Jyväskylä Upper Secondary Schoolfor Adults SeppäUpperSecondarySchool Tikkakoski UnitAviation Voionmaa UpperSecondary SchoolEntrepreneurship, Performing Arts, Sports