I'm Planning My Future

Project summary

When the students are not properly educated with relevant knowledge and job skills, they are unable to make the right decision and choose a career that will make their life better and happier. Because the training and a good mentor who could help guide them toward a good career were unavailable, they end up making wrong choices.Failing to have the proper vocational training make the people unproductive, unhappy, dissatisfied and most of the time lead to depression if nothing is done about that. They had limited choices because they had no career training.They wanted just a job that will provide well for their families and make them proud. Therefore, it is very important for the parents and teachers to make sure the proper job training and career orientation are given to the students and at the right time, to help them make the proper choices.In high school, the students have a difficult task, to choose a career that will mostly last a lifetime, that decision will affect them for a long time if not their whole life. According to vocational theories and career counselors, the students must have proper training and a very good understanding of the career they want to follow in order to make the right decisions.Between 11 and 15 years old when they are in secondary school is the perfect age to start talking about career training and provide job skills.The principal objective of the project “I’m planning My Future” is to teach the secondary school students all they can learn about the requirements they will need to have a job such as talents, prestige, and academic needs etc.The project focuses on making jobs more attractive and motivates the students with lots of enjoyable activities and ICT usages, and also to attract the students who are not motivated by school life, we give them a clear perspective and a model to follow in the future and a purpose for studying. We give them an insight on job alternatives to help them lead themselves with a clear and concrete objective that they can and must reach.Besides, the fundamental objective we mentioned above, the students will get involve with a series of interactive and enjoyable activities which will give important results such as:Building self-awareness:They will work with career counselors, attend various activities and answer questionnaires in order to discover their talents, interests, strengths, and weaknesses.Building Entrepreneur skills:They will attend a seminar with an expert on entrepreneurship during the Latvia visit, which will help them tremendously in looking for jobs or build their own business in the future.Building computing skills:Students will receive the proper education on all IT tools that will be necessary and use them throughout the project, such as magazines, videos, and making digital booklets.Gaining different skills:The students will have various activities to help them build crucial skills such as problem-solving, sense of innovation, self-discipline, leadership, research skills, imagination, critical thinking, and much more.Furthermore, The students will participate in numerous activities like making research about jobs for the disabled, jobs that are gender specific, extinct jobs, preparing a job interview, jobs that are popular in their country, future jobs, logo design, and also be able to prepare videos, booklets, and magazines regarding these activities.All materials that were created throughout the project will be shared with the press, uploaded on the website, Facebook Page, YouTube channel and e-twinning platform. We will also send those pieces of information to all other educational institutions. Seminar and an exhibition will be organized in each partner country in order to inform the local communities.The project will bring awareness about jobs in other countries, the possibility to compare them and see the differences and similarities between them. This project will also give a European sight of view and can be evaluated as a European dimension.Jobs dictate the lifestyles, and since we are looking at each other jobs in this project, it is now possible to share and learn each others' lifestyles. Our desire is to make an international platform where all European countries can share their cultures. The project will have a big impact on every Europeans by providing awareness about the working lives in different European countries.The fundamental objective of the project is to transform the students of today into the workers of tomorrow and keep them happy throughout their lives.The project consists of five partners from various countries of Europe.The institutions are primary schools and the age range of the students is between 10-15 years old.We planned 3 transnational and 2 LTT meetings:1st Transnational meeting November 2016- Romania2nd Transnational meeting October 2017- Bulgaria3rd Transnational meeting June 2018- Turkey1st LTT meeting May 2017- Portugal2nd LTT meeting April 2018- Latvia