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Sirje Pree

Kai Rannastu

Who is who?

• KAK as a regional training centre, there are many adults among the students (10% + courses

• Kai Rannastu – teacher of social work, social pedagogue

• Sirje Pree – teacher of psychology, psychologist, counsellor (inc. vocational expert)

• Experiences with:– job search training– in-work training of adults – counselling (people of different age)– putting together and using e-learning materials

Project period

• 2007 2009– Fast changes on the labour market (needs etc)

• 2007 – up face of economy, • 2009 – down face (so called MASU)

– 2009 – Massive adults comeback to the school

• Young people always have difficulties entering the labour market lack of experiences, the theory centred educational system (Friskie)

• The adults do have some experiences, but their flexibility to adjust with changes is smaller (GetSet)

Our goal

• To create an interactive learning material, which could be used– By adults independently (help-yourself method) – At the training of how to find a job as a help material

(binded with computer studies)– But also by counselling (individual, in groups)

• To teach how to manage in life the changing of self-esteem the entry to the labour market the improvement of life quality

The beginning

• Friskie's material expertise– Teachers/ tutors/ advisers who had experiences with

these groups (6 persons – experts)

• Target groups:– Adult learners – small enterprise, social care, ITC skills,

handicraftsmen/artisans

– Adults with learning disability (people we get from governmental social services)

– Adults from coping skills courses

– Young learners (age 17-25) with learning disabilities from KAK

What did we achieve or the results?

• Workbook to use on paper– Theme 1 – Work and training

– Theme 2 – Useful steps forward

• We have tried different worksheets on paper version (individually)

• Opportunities to co-operate with the community have broadened

• Interest has been generated (unemployment fund, local

government)

Riffs

• Ensuring the interactivity of the material – so that it's up-to -date, interesting, easy to use (development is fast!)

• The computer based version has not been tried out yet expects a different method by instructing

• The materials are situated in a server in Finland, on a Finnish address hard to find on a search engine

• Cultural differences are surprisingly big– Counselling process– The role of a counsellor– The capacity of independent work– Technical skills

What next?

• Training– Conference+ seminar

• Estonian computer based version is about to get done

• The use by students of KAK (100 students) and hearers

• The planning of new co-operational projects

THANK YOU!

Thank you!Thank you!