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