Step 1
Why do we want to cooperate (more or better)?
The initiative for making contact depends on the ‘why’.
Both actors can be willing to setup a cooperation because there is a vision and a need to do so.
- Looking for new internships
- A good match between the student and the employer
- Better align the curriculum with the professional practice
- Gaining more knowledge about the latest professional developments
- Increasing availability of the latest production resources
- Gaining more knowledge about general up-to-date knowledge of the relevant professional sector
- Teachers want to gain more practical experience within companies
- Willing to set up a good communication and cooperation with employers
- Recruiting and training of new employees
- Getting interns who have made a conscious and motivated choice for the company
- Better align the curriculum with the professional practice
- Improve motivation and works kills among the students
- Getting support from the VET-provider
- Better to learn how to interact with students, learn mentoring skills
- Lack of insight into the content of the training
- To gain a better insight into the curriculum of the study program
- Willing to set up a good communication and cooperation with the VET-provider
Step 2
How do we want to cooperate (more or better)?
VET-provider + Employer
- Looking for new ways to introduce students and employers to each other and make better matches between them
- Employers and VET providers jointly assess the curriculum and fine-tune it to professional practice.
- Give attention to 2001 century skills within the curriculum and the professional practice
- Increasing availability of the latest production resources by having practical lessons take place within companies
- Involve professionals and employers in the training program within the school
- Let teachers gain more practical experience within companies
- Set up a good communication and cooperation with employers by creating a solid communication structure and easy contact
Step 3
What kind of collaboration is possible?
To help you get started we have written a short description of the methodology. We have also shown various ways in which you can implement these activities in your organisation.
Below is a list of 12 ways to collaborate that have been piloted within the VET@work project.
Case 1
Whether employer, training provider or student, you are going to invest….
Case 2
Establish expectations! As the relationship is established, it is important to ensure….
Case 3
Get buy in! An employer may wish to start a collaboration with a VET provider….
Case 4
Allocate a mentor! Having someone at work who knows what is expected….
Case 5
Plan to learn! An employer provides valuable work experience to develop technical….
Case 6
Career-planning for jobs in the future! We live in a climate where “a job….
Case 7
Practice three-way communication! In a partnership between employer….
Case 8
Take learning into the workplace! The closer the VET Provider and employer can be….
Case 9
Learning from experts! Bringing the employer or a work mentor into….
Case 10
Mutual learning! Send the teacher into the workplace to learn current situations….
Case 11
How am I doing?
Provide regular feedback and review! During a collaboration, it is important to set….
Case 12
Celebrating success
Celebrate success! Any collaboration will benefit from positive and….
