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STRENGTHen social and emotional competences of pedagogical counselors and career guidance professionals - tools and results from an Erasmus+ project (2019-2022)

Speranța Țibu, CSII CNPEE-UCE, Romania

Alina Crăciunescu, CS CNPEE-UCE, Romania

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Today you will find out �about :

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Project STRENGTh

Results of the project STRENGTh

Self-evaluation Guide

Practical activities

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The Project STRENGTh

Recent Erasmus+ project, 2019-2022

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7 countries, 8 partners:

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    • Romania (CMBRAE –coord.; CNPEE-UCE)
    • Greece (ISON)
    • Finland (HAMK)
    • Germany (HdBA)
    • the Netherlands (NICE)
    • Italy (Studio Risorse)
    • Portugal (GONDOMAR)

https://projectstrength.net/

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What is �Social and Emotional�Learning?��https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/what-is-the-casel-framework/#the-casel-5��CASEL WHEEL

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Exercise CASEL�https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/what-is-the-casel-framework/#video-casel-framework��Think about a young person in your life. What do you hope they will learn and be able to do to prepare for the world of tomorrow?��

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Results of the Strength project:���IO1 –Compendium of Methods for developing the Social and Emotional Competences���IO2 –Training Needs of career guidance practitioners���IO3 – Training course���IO4 – Website & toolkit���IO5 – Self-assessment guide for improvement�����

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���Methodology�Survey (questionnaire): 477 career practitioners from 27 countries participated in the survey��

Active listening

Emotion management

Empathy

Diversity

Cooperation

Focus groups: 68 participants

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50 vignettes – out of which 6 relevant vignettes were selected

5 Clusters of social and emotional competences:

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��IO5 – Self Evaluation Guide for improvement ��

The structure of the Guide

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1. What this the guide is/is not

2. Who can use the guide

3. The 5 STRENGTh dimensions

4. The self-evaluation and reflective process

5. Self-evaluation activities

6. Resources (DE, EN, FI, GR, IT, PT, RO)

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

1. What is this guide/is not

  • The guide is a friendly tool for self-evaluation and reflection upon career guidance practitioners` own social and emotional competences.
  • The guide does not comprise standardized test(s) and it will not allow a precise and objective diagnose of the social and emotional competences one possesses

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

2. Who can use this guide?

  • experienced career guidance practitioners
  • career guidance practitioners in their first years of practicing career guidance and counselling (moderate/no experience)
  • students in initial training for becoming career guidance practitioners
  • experts, trainers and teachers dealing with career guidance and counselling issues

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

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3. The 5 STRENGTh dimensions

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

3. The 5 STRENGTh dimensions

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

3. The 5 STRENGTh dimensions

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

3. The 5 STRENGTh dimensions

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

4. The self-evaluation and reflective process

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

    • REA map (reflect-explore-approach)
  • Where am I? Where do I want to be?
  • Self-evaluation questionnaire
  • A window to my knowledge and skills
  • My STRENGTh Compass
  • The self-improvement plan

5. Self-evaluation activities

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

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Haldi the Asylum Seeker

Haldi needs to find a job in the host country to convince local authorities to grant him asylum. He has tried to get a job repeatedly but has failed so far, which is why he is becoming increasingly desperate. In Ruth`s counselling session, he expresses anger, disappointment, and lack of trust towards employers who do not want to employ migrants in their businesses. He feels that everyone in the country is hostile and prejudiced against him as a migrant.

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

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��Self Evaluation Guide for improvement (IO5)��

6. Resources in 7 languages

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DE, EN, FI, GR, IT, PT, RO

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The Guide in English is available at:

https://projectstrength.net/wp-content/uploads/docs/IO5_STRENGTh_Self-evaluation%20guide_EN.pdf

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��Thank you!��Speranta Tibu speranta.tibu@ise.ro�Alina Crăciunescu alina.craciunescu@ise.ro��