In the participating countries of this project we concluded that too many young students - at the end of general secondary education - make the wrong choice for vocational education (VET) and to higher vocational education and university. After general secondary education students switch too much in the first years of further vocational education and university, because they were not well informed about what education fitted to them. A lack of information, not knowing exactly what the characteristiscs are, what learning skills are important and not knowing well what kind of jobs fit to their own interest and talents and what requirements meet the demands on the labour market. Key problem is that the young students didn't have the slightest idea about the actual and future labour market. The schoolprocess can be characterised as an internal process, with a focus on learning aims defined by the Ministries of education in the involved countries. The schools have to change their focus to the outside world of work. What are the developments at the labour market, how can we inform our students better, how can teachers be better trained to support students in career orientation and career guidance. Students need a better understanding of work, occupation and employment in order to make a more balanced study choice for further vocational education or university. Active and intensive cooperation with companies forms an import part of the process of career orientation and career guidance. Companies get connected with employees of the future and utilize the brainpower of young people. Main stakeholders in this project are students, schools (management, teachers, deans, mentors) and companies/HRM department.Therefore we will work out a well balanced programme to prepare general secondary school students better for further education. Components to develop in this project are: - Conceptual framework of "labour market orientated career orientation and career guidance"";- Guideline for building a sustainable network of companies/organisations for general secondary education;- Blueprint and tools to realise a "labour market orientated curriculum" in schools for general secondary education OUTSIDE IN;- Description training programme INSIDE OUT;- Toolbox "OUTSIDE IN INSIDE OUT".By producing these Intellectual Outputs schools will dispose of a toolbox which will increase the quality of education significantly, students will choose further vocational education more balanced/well founded, students will switch less in further vocational education or university, students will be better prepared to enter the labour market for a job with perspective and a job which fits to the individual competences and interest.Impact of this project is big, satisfaction will grow: schools are equipped to support the guiding process of students (labour market orientated career orientation and career guidance), less early school leaving, less switches in further education after general secondary education, companies will dispose of better educated/trained future employees. Focus: OUTSIDE IN: the world of work is starting point; INSIDE OUT: the school prepares students better on their way to work.Important stakeholders connected in this project: schools, local government, companies, parents, students, youth ambassadors, Public Employment Service, training institutions and guidance providers. In every country a steeringgroup will be formed to monitor the progress, development and to give feedback and input for further progress. The involved countries (Netherlands, UK, Austria and Finland) all will form such steeringgroup. During the transnational management meetings exchange of information will take place to disseminate experiences.Important to highlight is the involvement of students and youth ambassadors. They will act as soundboard during the two years project period.In the whole EU we face the same problems, students have a lack of insight concerning the actual and future labour market, there is a weak connection between schools and the world of work. This all is of big importance, we still have too many dropouts (ESL), too many students switch in the first stage at VET, higher vocational education and university. The effect is decrease of motivation of youngsters, the schoolperiod extends and youth unemployment raises.It is important to all of us to work on this together in the interest of the students on their way to qualifications in VET, Higher vocational education and university, in the interest of good qualified staff at schools, in the interest of a well functioning labour market.The endproduct "toolbox Outside in, Inside out" will be of great value to support schools in preparing the students for the next step! The involved partners in OUTSIDE IN INSIDE OUT have a big network of general secondary schools, companies, local governments, public employment services. A guarantee for succesful dissemination and mainstreaming.
The Outside in, inside out project, also known as OIIO, started in November 2016 and officially ended in September 2018 although our partnership continues. The partnership brought together expertise from different sectors: schools, employers and government. A unique opportunity to realise energy and synergy between these different worlds. The partnership consisted of 7 (originally 8* ) transnational partners: - Schools (VET and secondary vocational education); City College Plymouth, OMO (Rodenborch College and St. Jans Lyceum), BG/BRG/NMS Klusemannstraße, ds. Pierson College, - Employers : Steirische Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft (STVG) and Devon Chamber of Commerce - Government; Gemeente ‘s-Hertogenbosch *Sancta Maria left the project after 1 year due to unforeseen managerial issues within the school The involved partners in OUTSIDE IN INSIDE OUT have a big and relevant network of general secondary schools, companies, local governments and public employment services. A guarantee for successful dissemination and mainstreaming. The OIIO partnership concluded before the project that we, in the whole EU, face the same problems, students have a lack of insight concerning the actual and future labour market and a lack of connection between schools and the world of work. This all is of big importance, we still have too many dropouts (ESL), too many students switch in the first stage at VET, higher vocational education and university. The effect is decrease of motivation of youngsters, the school period extends and it raises youth unemployment. It was important to all of us to work on this together for the wellbeing of students on their way to qualifications in VET, Higher vocational education and university, in the interest of good qualified staff at schools and a well-functioning labour market. We saw that students have a lack of information, not knowing exactly what the characteristics are, what learning skills are important and not knowing well what kind of jobs fit to their own interest and talents and what requirements meet the demands on the labour market. Key problem is that the young students didn't have the slightest idea about the actual and future labour market. The school process can be characterised as an internal process, with a focus on learning aims defined by the Ministries of education in the involved countries. We are convinced that schools have to change their focus to the outside world of work. Important are the developments at the labour market, how we can inform our students better, how we can train teachers to support students in career orientation and career guidance. Students need a better understanding of work, occupation and employment in order to make a more balanced study choice for further vocational education or university. Active and intensive cooperation with companies forms an important part of the process of career orientation and career guidance. Companies get connected with employees of the future and utilize the brainpower of young people and students get a chance to really experience the world of work. Main stakeholders for this project were students, schools (management, teachers, guidance councillors, mentors) and companies/HRM department. Other relevant stakeholders: local government, parents, youth ambassadors, Public Employment Service, training institutions. To realise our ambitions our OIIO-partnership developed a well-balanced programme that consist of five intellectual outputs: IO1: a conceptual framework of "labour market orientated career orientation and career guidance IO2: a guideline for building a sustainable network of companies/organisations for general secondary education; IO3: a blueprint and tools to realise a "labour market orientated curriculum" in schools for general secondary education (OUTSIDE IN) IO4: A training programme for teachers and guidance councellors (INSIDE OUT); IO5: A toolbox "OUTSIDE IN INSIDE OUT". These outputs were developed through an intensive process of working together. We brought together the expertise of our partnership and extended it to well know experts and practitioners. We shared best practices and promoted and discussed our outputs through multiplier events, pilot-events, peer-to-peer exchange, advisory groups, surveys, pop-up working groups and promotion through dissemination-activities. By producing these Intellectual Outputs schools have a toolbox at their disposal which will increase the quality of education significantly. Students can make their choices for further vocational education more balanced/well founded and students are less likely to switch in further vocational education or university. Also, students will be better prepared to enter the labour market for a job with perspective and a job which fits to the individual competences and interests. Schools will be better equipped to support the guiding process of students (labour market orientated career orientation and career guidan