Vocational guidance work at school

In every educational institution today, various vocational guidance activities are conducted, which help students to determine their life purpose and understand what they want to do in the future. Vocational guidance work is now conducted even in primary school, although at such an early age the propensities and preferences of children have not yet been established and can dramatically change.

In this article we will tell you what is the content of career guidance work in school with children of different ages, what tasks it performs, and what is the purpose of such events.

Organization of vocational guidance work in school

At the beginning of the next school year, a detailed plan for career guidance is drawn up in each school, which reflects all the upcoming activities. In most educational institutions, business games, tests and other activities aimed at identifying the inclinations and preferences of students are conducted in their free time from basic studies.

For conducting additional lessons for the purpose of career guidance, the school psychologist, the deputy director for educational work, the class teacher and other teachers usually respond. In addition, parents of schoolchildren, as well as senior students, are actively involved in such activities.

Classes for vocational guidance for the youngest children are usually funny games, during which the children get acquainted with different professions and begin to realize the importance and necessity of labor activity in general. In turn, in the upper grades this work takes a much more serious character.

The mandatory program of vocational guidance at school with high school students includes the following elements:

• the study of individual preferences and inclinations of each student, the identification of personal characteristics and interests;
• assessment of physical parameters, stress resistance and other psychological parameters of children;
• study of various fields of activity;
• research on the labor market situation;
• assistance to high school students in the "search for themselves";
• conducting business games, testing and psychological counseling in a group or individual form.

The task of vocational guidance at the school, conducted by teachers and parents, is to help each child determine the future profession by the time of graduation, and do so in a few years the graduate did not have to regret the decision.

Insufficient attention of pupils and teachers to career counseling issues can have an extremely negative impact on the future lives of children, so this line of work should be treated with all seriousness.