career education – the example of tartu tamme high school merit luik career co-ordinator, teacher...

Career education – The Example of Tartu Tamme High School

Merit Luikcareer co-ordinator,

teacher of health and social sciences

It started in 2005… Career education:

• What? How? Why?• How to motivate and engage managers,

colleagues and students?• Where can I get support and find a role-

model?

The biggest challenges in 2005

• Lack of knowledge  o Low motivation o Misunderstandigs

• Lack of state support and resources o The role of class teacher o Cross-curricular theme within general

educationo Lack of time and money

• Lack of traditions and support systems

Areas of career education:• Mediating the career information• Career lessons• The first level career counselling• Events and projects to explore the world

of work• Enterprising projects

Mediating the career information

• Mediating information about events, conferences, camps etc.

• Introducing the educational system, schools and universities

Introducing the University on Tartu

Introducing the applied higher educational schools and universities

Career lessons• Form 8: 10 hours per year• High school: lectures and workshops

according to the needs and intrests of students

The first level career counseling

• Planning the career and road to eduction, choosing the final exams

• Testing, giving feedback and career counselling at forms 9 and 11(General Aptitude Test, vocational preferences test) in co-operation with Youth Information and Counselling Centre of Tartu

• Address students to professional career counsellor

• Supporting student enterprises and projects

Events and projects to explore the world of work

• Career Days• “Work shadows” and “Student shadows”• Visits to firms and companies• Career games for forms 3-6 • Projects for specific target groups• Meetings with specialists and alumnuses

Career games for forms 3-6

The Sea Day for form 8

Look who’s here?! Journalist Maire Aunaste

Look who’s here?! Neurologist Inga Talvik

Look who’s here?! Lecturer and trainer Harald Lepisk

Look who’s here?! Musician and singer Margus Vaher

Enterprising projects• Program of student firms • Science Fest• Competition of Science Projects

Program of student firms

Science Fest

Competition of Science Projects I

Competition of Science Projects II

Our partners• Youth Information and Counselling

Centre of Tartu • Network of City and County Career Co-

ordinators (Tartu)• University of Tartu• Tallinn University of Technology, • Tartu Health Care College; • Science Centre AHHAA • Firms and companies• Co-operation with other schools

Thank you for your attention!

merit@tamme.tartu.ee