Aim of the project
(Under the contract between Vytautas Magnus University and Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania)

To develop normative documents – standards, methodological guidelines and training programmes in the field of career guidance, organize training of career guidance specialists, as well as assessment and accreditation procedure of Career Information Centres.

Results

• Normative documents, training programmes and methodological guidelines:
  
  1. Standard on Vocational Information. More
  2. Training Programme for Professionals on Vocational Information. More
  3. Methodology A on Vocational Information. More
  4. Methodology B on Vocational Information. More
  5. Qualification Inventory for Career Counsellor
  6. Training Programme for Career Planning Skills’ Development. More
  7. Methodology C on Career Planning Skills’ Development. More
  8. Methodology D on Career Planning Skills’ Development. More
  9. Methodological Guidelines for Teachers, Vocational Education Teachers, Lecturers on the Cooperation With Stakeholders. More
  10. Training Programme for Career Information Centres Audit and Accreditation Experts
  11. Methodological Guidelines for Career Information Centres Audit, Accreditation and Sponsorship. More
  12. Methodology of Career Information Centres Audit and Accreditation. More
  13. Career Counsellors’ Training Standard
  14. Distance Training Programme for Career Information and Career Planning Skills’ Development
  15. Methodological Guidelines of Career Guidance for Career Counsellors
  16. Training Programme for Career Counsellors’ Qualification Improvement. More
  17. Methodology for Identification of Career Counsellors’ Qualification Improvement Needs
  18. Handbook for Vocational Information and Counseling
• Training:
  1. Training under Vocational Information Methodologies A and B. 30 teachers working in Teachers’ Professional Development Centres were trained in Vilnius. Duration of the training programme – 24 hours.
  2. Training under Methodology C of Career Planning Skills’ Development. 30 teachers working in Teachers’ Professional Development Centres were trained in Vilnius. Duration of the training programme – 8 hours.
  3. Training of 1130 career counsellors under the Vocational Information Methodology B. Duration of the training programme – 16 hours.
  4. Training under Vocational Information Methodology B. 150 career counsellors were trained in Vilnius. Duration of the training programme – 16 hours.
  5. Training under Methodology D of Career Planning Skills’ Development. 480 social educators and school psychologists were trained in Vilnius. Duration of the training programme – 24 hours.
  6. Training under the programme for Career Information Centres’ Audit and Accreditation. 49 experts on accreditation of Career Information Centres were trained in Vilnius and Kaunas. Duration of the training programme – 8 hours.
  7. Seminar “Guidelines for the career guidance practice” for 100 participants was organized in Kaunas. Duration of the seminar – 2 days.
  8. Trainings under the programme for Vocational Information and Career Planning Skills’ Development. 150 teachers working in Teachers’ Professional Development Centres were trained in Vilnius. Duration of the training programme – 8 hours.
  9. Testing of training programme for Career Counsellors’ Qualification Development. 50 career counsellors participated in the process. Duration of the training programme – 24 hours.

Contracting organisation

Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania

Contact person in Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania

Aleksandra Sokolova, (85) 2191165, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Contact person in Vytautas Magnus University

Prof.habil.dr. Kęstutis Pukelis, Centre for Quality of Studies, Vytautas Magnus University