1. Career education – The Example of Tartu Tamme High School Merit Luik career co-ordinator, teacher of health and social sciences

2. It started in 2005…  Career education: What? How? Why? How to motivate and engage managers, colleagues and students? Where can I get support and find a role- model?

3. The biggest challenges in 2005 Lack of knowledge o Low motivation o Misunderstandigs Lack of state support and resources o The role of class teacher o Cross-curricular theme within general education o Lack of time and money Lack of traditions and support systems

4. Areas of career education: Mediating the career information Career lessons The first level career counselling Events and projects to explore the world of work Enterprising projects

5. Mediating the career information Mediating information about events, conferences, camps etc. Introducing the educational system, schools and universities

6. Introducing the University on Tartu

7. Introducing the applied higher educational schools and universities

8. Career lessons Form 8: 10 hours per year High school: lectures and workshops according to the needs and intrests of students

9. The first level career counseling Planning the career and road to eduction, choosing the final exams Testing, giving feedback and career counselling at forms 9 and 11(General Aptitude Test, vocational preferences test) in co-operation with Youth Information and Counselling Centre of Tartu Address students to professional career counsellor Supporting student enterprises and projects

10. Events and projects to explore the world of work Career Days “Work shadows” and “Student shadows” Visits to firms and companies Career games for forms 3-6 Projects for specific target groups Meetings with specialists and alumnuses

11. Career games for forms 3-6

12. The Sea Day for form 8

13. Look who’s here?! Journalist Maire Aunaste

14. Look who’s here?! Neurologist Inga Talvik

15. Look who’s here?! Lecturer and trainer Harald Lepisk

16. Look who’s here?! Musician and singer Margus Vaher

17. Enterprising projects Program of student firms Science Fest Competition of Science Projects

18. Program of student firms

19. Science Fest

20. Competition of Science Projects I

21. Competition of Science Projects II

22. Our partners Youth Information and Counselling Centre of Tartu Network of City and County Career Co- ordinators (Tartu) University of Tartu Tallinn University of Technology, Tartu Health Care College; Science Centre AHHAA Firms and companies Co-operation with other schools

23. Thank you for your attention! merit@tamme.tartu.ee