UUV Køge Bugt

– an example of challenges and cooperation

in guidance in Denmark".

Pia Hegner

Teamleader for 16 guidance counsellors

in Team Skole

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The Danish educational system

52 youth guidance centres

• Guidance related to transition from compulsory to youth

education

• Target groups:

– Pupils in lower secondary education

– Young people (under 25) outside education, training

and employment

• Guidance for lower secondary pupils provided at schools

• Personal transition plans/educational plans (compulsory)

• Focus on users with special needs for guidance

• Responsibility: Municipalities

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7 regional guidance centres

• Guidance related to transition from youth education to higher education

• Information about

– All higher education programmes in Denmark

– Possible job opportunities after completing a higher education programme

• Target groups

– Pupils in youth education programmes

– Young people and adults outside the education system wishing to enter a higher education programme

• Responsibility of the ministry

– The centres are selected after a call for tender (4 years contracts) 17-12-2013 Side 4

National guidance portal

• ”The Education Guide”: www.ug.dk

• Contains

– Information about education and training

– Information about professions

– Labour market issues

– Possibilities abroad

– Internet-based guidance tools

– Links to guidance centres, educational institutions and

the electronic admissions systems

• Responsibility of the ministry

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Education is the key word

• 95% of a year group should complete a

secondary education

• Guidance is given high priority!

• That means:

– More accurate target

– More professional guidance

– More cooperation and networks

– More about Community problem solving

– More skills

– More evaluation

Challenges

• 2001: 32% chose VET education

• 2013: 18.8% chose VET education

• 2012: 52% complete VET education

• Denmark will need 30,000 skilled workers in

2020

• 10% from Upper Secondary start VET education

later

• 20% from Upper Secondary never get job

related qualifications

Around 147.000 inhabitants

Team

School

Team Young

Team

Secretariat

Team

Special

Manager Mark

Team School Pia

Team Youg Margrethe

Team Special Tove

Claudia, Morten Pernille, Maj-Britt L,

Ole, Lone Greve

Solrød

Køge

Stevns

Martin, Morten

Anders

Kirsten, Gertrud, Christina,

Søren, Ove, Birgitte,

Charlotte

Maj-Britt W, Dorte,

Helle, Lene, Hans

Tove, Lene, Anette

Anne, Charlotte

Pawel, Morten

Bente

Hans-Peter, Vinnie,

Rita, André,

Susanne

Pernille, Ken,

Henriette

Team Secretariat

Christel, Mette,

Christa, Jørgen, Emil,

Finn, Lotte og Dan

Some of the main aims for UU

• Help to ensure that choice of education and career will be of

greatest possible benefit to the individual and to society.

• Be targeted particularly at young people who, without specific

guidance, will have difficulties in relation to choosing and completing

education, training and career.

• Take into account the individual’s interests and personal

qualifications and skills.

• Contribute to limiting, as much as possible, the number of dropouts

• Be independent of sectorial and institutional interests. Therefore

guidance shall be provided by practitioners with an approved

guidance education or recognized competencies at the same level.

Vision • Youth

– Visible

– Focusing on youth with special needs

– Positive and challenging – with a solid local knowledge about youth culture

• Education – Dialogue with our stakeholders

– Contribute to development of better transition and fewer dropouts

– Working for coherent guidance

• Guidance – Development orientated and non-bureaucratic – always trying to be ahead of

time

– Effective service organisation – short way from words to actions

– Developing the individual as well as the collective guidance

Team School

• There are 50 schools in our region

• 16 guidance counselors

• Each have more than one school

• Organised in geographic areas

• We provide individual and group guidance sessions

• Team meeting once a week

• We assist teachers in their work with education and work orientation

Team School • Meet the students in grade 6

• Vocational Day in grade 6

• Introduction to youth education in grade 7

• Education plan and induction courses in grade 8

• Work placement and periods bridge building courses for all in grade 9

• Two-week bridge building courses for all pupils in grade 10

• We arrange visits to companies og businesses.

Special projects

• Grade 6 – Vocational Day

• Grade 7 – 13 special days for dropouts

• Grade 8 – Skills Competition

• Grade 8 and 9 – Group sessions

• Grade 9 – peer-to-peer guidance

• Education Fair + local newspaper

Team Special

• These students can get extra

support in many different

ways in order to enable them

to get an education.

• 3 Private schools

• 12 Special schools

• Schools with special classes

• STU

• EGU

• EUD with SPS

Team Young In the 4 municipalities there are approximately 1600 young people between 15 and 25 years old.

We are informed automatically when a young person drops out of school or college.

We contact him or her to discuss available options.

The system regularly reminds our guidance counselors to contact the young people whom we consider to be “at risk” for various reasons.

UngeXGrænser (young people crossing borders)

• Group guidance

• Guidance in communities

• The need for a longer-lasting and more

qualified supervision

Content • Education plan

• Teambuilding

• IT-based guidance tools

• The education system

• Visits to educational institutions and companies

• Positive and appreciative feedback

• Identification of skills / competencies

• FVU Danish and mathematics tests

• Guidance

• Opportunities and barriers

• Motion

Baseline • Outreach guidance -

more in education

• Young people

appreciate the

outreach contact and

guidance without

pressure

• Little attention often

leads to large step

towards education

A special obligation

for the 15 to 17 year olds • To provide guidance to this group of young

people into education, employment or other activity designed to ensure that they are pursuing an education in line with their education plan.

• UUV contacts the 15-17 year olds within 5 working days after the UUV has been informed that the young do not follow his education plan.

• UUV offers 15-17 year olds a new activity within 30 days after contact is established.

• UUV shall notify a local authority on young people who do not follow their education plan.

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Overgang til

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Fokuselever

kontaktes

Tilbagemelding

og nøgletal

Dialogmøde

Evaluation of this approach

• More young people are now in jobs or in education

• The remaining group is reduced by about 39 percent since the start of the “Youth Package”.

• Recommendations – Efforts to young people who are not ready to start a

youth education.

– Retaining of young people who are engaged in a youth education.

Year group ´87 - ´89 - ´90

52.1%

31.3%

16.6%

Year group 1987 September 2008

59.2%

32.1%

8.7%

Year group 1989 September 2010

61.2%

34.5%

4.3%

Year group 1990 September 2011

Blue: Completed education

Red: On their way…

Green: In guidance

Three different

year groups at

their 21 year

Synchronized leaping

Two ways of thinking

Walk hand in hand

Synergy effect:

1. Holistic and face to

face guidance

2. Hard-core data and

registration

Organization:

Process

Culture

Structure

UUV Køge Bugt

Job Center Familie-afdeling

Bolig socialt

Integra-

tion

Misbrugscenter

SSP

LBR

Virksom-heder

Erhvervs-center

PPR

EGU STU

Ung

doms

skole

Sprog

skole

Projek

ter

Cooperation in municipalities

UUV Køge Bugt

EUC Sjælland

Køge Roskilde Tekniske

Skole

Uddannelsescenteret Roskilde

CPH West

Køge Handels-

skole

Roskilde Handels-

skole

SOSU Greve Gymnasiu

m

Solrød Gymnasiu

m

Køge Gymnasiu

m

Greve Produktion

sskole

Solrød Produktion

sskole

Køge Produktion

sskole

VUC

Cooperation with secondary

educations

Guidance should be

more focused on

the planning

process rather than

the plan itself!

Further Information

• The Danish education system:

– www.eng.uvm.dk

• Studying in Denmark:

– www. Studyindenmark.dk

• Working in Denmark:

– www.Workindenmark.dk

• The Euroguidance Centre in Denmark:

– www.iu.dk/euroguidance (in Danish) or

– www.iu.dk/euroguidance-en (in English)

• Enquiries concerning guidance in Denmark may be addressed to:

– euroguidance@ui.dk