In the Czech Republic, career counselling still does not have a stable and clear position in the school system. Whilst in the 20. century the main goal of the school counsellors was to “give the right advice”, nowadays they more or less face a big puzzlement. On one hand there is a big expectation from the society and parents, but each group follows a different goal. The government needs skilled and adaptable workforce responsible for continuous self-development, the parents wish for their children safe and promising career path and the global world of work is ever changing, unstable and unpredictable. On the other hand there is neither methodology nor structure to support Czech school guidance system and the school counsellors claim lack of methodology. The Czech pupils have to do their first and crucial career choice at the age of 15 and usually do not have sufficient information about the dynamics and challenges of the world of work.
In the presentation I will share the experience from a Czech training organisation EKS with over ten years’ experience. Since 2017 we have been developing a pilot project to improve the system of preparing students for the labour market of the 21.century. The first step of this project was a pre-research (using questionnaires) and thorough assessment of the situation at the pilot schools. The next steps consist of setting up the system tailored to the schools ‘needs and the implementation.
In the presentation we are going to describe the process of evaluation, design and implementation of the school guidance system by presenting a case study of one of the pilot schools.
