Stuttgart:
STARTklar – Senior citizens help prepare lower secondary school students for their careers
7,500 euros
The idea for the STARTklar project was born in the Career Training Network for Equal Opportunities for Young People from Migrant Backgrounds in Stuttgart. The project aims to ensure that students leaving lower secondary school are better prepared for vocational training, help them find employment as trainees or enroll in high school, intensify dialogue between generations, and establish partnerships between schools and the business sector.
8th and 9th grade students at four lower secondary schools in Stuttgart are receiving career coaching from volunteer senior citizens. 80 to 90% of students in the participating schools come from immigrant families.
The senior citizen partners meet with small groups of four or five students once or twice a month to supplement the regular curriculum with career orientation modules.
The students are made aware of their personal strengths and weaknesses, improve their social competence, and learn about career fields and values that will be important for their working lives. They also learn how to write job applications and perform in job interviews. The senior citizen partners help them find employment as trainees or enroll in high school.
The project depends on sustained participation of the volunteer senior citizens for a period of two years, so that a relationship of trust can form between them and their young charges.
7,500 euros
The idea for the STARTklar project was born in the Career Training Network for Equal Opportunities for Young People from Migrant Backgrounds in Stuttgart. The project aims to ensure that students leaving lower secondary school are better prepared for vocational training, help them find employment as trainees or enroll in high school, intensify dialogue between generations, and establish partnerships between schools and the business sector.
8th and 9th grade students at four lower secondary schools in Stuttgart are receiving career coaching from volunteer senior citizens. 80 to 90% of students in the participating schools come from immigrant families.
The senior citizen partners meet with small groups of four or five students once or twice a month to supplement the regular curriculum with career orientation modules.
The students are made aware of their personal strengths and weaknesses, improve their social competence, and learn about career fields and values that will be important for their working lives. They also learn how to write job applications and perform in job interviews. The senior citizen partners help them find employment as trainees or enroll in high school.
The project depends on sustained participation of the volunteer senior citizens for a period of two years, so that a relationship of trust can form between them and their young charges.
