It was only a few decades ago that career counseling classes began to take place in high school. This happened due to the fact that new professions appeared on the labor market, such as a manager, a real estate agent, which until that moment were not familiar to a Russian person. At school, vocational guidance is classes with high school students. The guys are introduced to the labor market, the features of specific areas.
Who should teach career guidance?
Two teachers are responsible for career guidance classes at the school. This is a class teacher and a school psychologist. It follows that career guidance is a joint activity of teachers and students, carried out to assist in choosing a profession.
A school psychologist studies the student's personal qualities and, based on the testing, gives a recommendation about which area of activity for the child can become the most productive in the future. Questions in tests allow you to collect data about the preferences of students, their skills and talents. There are many techniques that allowquestionnaires to get an idea of the personality. Based on such data, it is quite appropriate to make recommendations for future employment.
The class teacher organizes information sessions, excursions to local plants and factories in order to familiarize students with various professions.
Workers from various fields of activity are most often invited to the class hour for vocational guidance, who, without distorting any information, can tell about their profession. The main thing here is not to make a mistake with the selection of a candidate invited to class hours. Only that person can tell the truth about his work, who is in love with his work.
When to conduct career guidance classes with schoolchildren?
Vocational guidance for schoolchildren is a complex but vital process. Conducting classes on this topic should start from the age of a younger student. There may be events called “Let's get to know each other. I am a doctor (teacher, fireman). Such classes are held with the aim of the overall development of the child.
You need to watch the guys from early childhood, to monitor the manifestation of their activities. After all, some children love to play with cubes, constructors, puzzles, which means that they have such qualities as perseverance, painstakingness and accuracy, while others endlessly jump, run, constantly climb the Swedish wall, try to perform some tricks. Here, the child already shows the qualities of a future athlete, physical education teacher or coach.
When it getsthe special importance of career guidance? Grade 9 is the best time to hold events in this area. It is at this age that a teenager for the first time seriously thinks about what to do: continue his studies at school or enter secondary vocational schools.
Class hour is an assistant in choosing a profession
In most schools in Europe, a child, studying at school, receives the skills of a particular profession. It provides for the passage of practice for children in production, and it is much easier for them to make a choice.
In Russia, things are a little worse for professional orientation. The ability of the school to help with the choice of life direction most often comes down to conversations in class hours. Such lessons are held no more than once a month. Class hour for vocational guidance is a mandatory event for older students. The allotted time should be spent to the benefit of each student.
Who should I invite to class?
When inviting representatives of a particular profession, you need to focus primarily on the desire of the class to learn about this area of \u200b\u200blife. If the opinion of the class is divided, then several representatives of different directions can be invited, but no more than three, since there may not be enough time for others to speak. Yes, and children can get tired and stop listening to the speakers. The class teacher should not take on the responsibility of telling children about a profession in which he has only superficial knowledge. This may lead to distortionprovided information.
Where to hold career guidance classes for schoolchildren?
Vocational guidance is not only lectures and conversations within the walls of a school office. Excursions are of great importance for children.
A class teacher doesn't have to be afraid to involve the school administration to help arrange a class outing to a factory or other local business. Because there is a saying “It is better to see once than hear a hundred times” for a reason.
In addition, career guidance for schoolchildren can take place at any time, even not specifically planned. For example, we decided to go skiing as a class, but while we were getting to the ski base, we saw how an electrician was repairing wires on a pole. Don't miss the moment. You can talk with children about the profession of an electrician. It is worth asking the guys what they already know about such activities.
How to help your child choose a profession
Very often there are situations when a teenager cannot decide on a choice of profession. In this case, the correct actions of parents are very important. No need to impose your opinion on him, the child must make his own choice. If parents see that a ninth grader cannot decide on a profession, the situation needs to be taken under control.
Firstly, you can visit all the "Open Days" of nearby educational institutions.
Secondly, it is worth talking to the child about his childhood, remind him what games he played, what he liked to do the most. Positive emotions associated with happy moments from childhood will help him relax and rethink his decisions.
Thirdly, when talking with a child about professions, it is worth considering several options that interest him. All pros and cons can be discussed together. Let the teenager tell you what he likes and what he doesn't like.
Fourthly, if a child cannot choose a profession because of the quality of knowledge, the problem should be solved radically. You can hire a tutor for the subject that causes difficulties. In this case, the money will not be spent in vain. The teenager will have the opportunity to enter an educational institution.
Career guidance during change
Adults often think that career guidance is enough. The child must decide immediately. But this is far from true. Of considerable importance in the life of every student is career guidance in the classroom, when children, communicating with each other at breaks, tell each other where they are going to study. And this is where problems can arise. The guys, due to an incomplete understanding of the profession being told, begin to confuse their peers, inviting them to go to study at a certain university. The most compelling argument in this case is future wages. But after all, the profession should be liked in the first place. Prestige should be put aside.
To ensure that there are as few such situations as possible, career guidance for teenagers should be covered as much as possible by specialists.
Conclusion
The correct choice of the profession of today's graduates depends not only on their success in life, but also on the development of the country as a whole. After all, it is impossible to give a quality education if the teacher does not love children. It is impossible to perform a high-quality operation if the surgeon is actually too fastidious, prone to strong emotionality, or is afraid of the sight of blood. Of course, you will never become a good businessman or salesman if there is no entrepreneurial spirit in a person. Career guidance is a happy ticket to adulthood.
Each person is absolutely individual, and parents who help their child with choosing a profession should not forget about this. And if you manage to notice that a child from childhood shows his abilities in art (music, drawing, acting), you do not need to force him to become a chemist or accountant. After all, there are many professions in which the current student can find himself and fully realize himself. Everyone should be in their place.
