In Örebro professional groups into the home stretch this week. The latest on Friday 15 February to niondeklassarna have submitted their application.
For the 130 the nines on Adolfsbergsskolan has, however, preparation for professional groups been going on for a long time.
– There are some more questions they come up with now towards the end, but it may just be a little finputs. The great work shall be done, saith the practitioner Maria Gustafsson.
the study – and vocational counsellor since 1995 and it is something she learned through the years, it is that it is important to start in good time.
” I meet the students in all grade levels at the high school. The great bet for professional groups, I try to do as early as possible, no later than the spring semester of the eighth grade. Then they get to know like schools they have to choose between, how qualification requirements and all such looks. One should not be surprised in the ninth grade, but be as well prepared as possible.
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Maria Gustafsson encourages its students to both look outward and inward. What are the courses and schools to choose between? And ask themselves the questions: Who am I? What am I interested in? How much do I enjoy to study? What tempo is best for me? I prefer a large or a small school?
if the school’s various programs and trying to get the students to put themselves into their own future, what they would fit.
– In the autumn of the year preparing youth by going on gymnasiemässan, get information and guidance in conversation with me, but also by visiting high schools.
The more the parents know, the safer children will be. But the parents must not take over.
In Örebro there are 16 high schools with a total of 18 programs and may 60 directions.
– I also work a lot with the custodians. I meet parents both in eighth grade and ninth grade, and gives them basically the same information that their children receive. The more parents know, the safer the children will be, ” says Maria Gustafsson.
is , above all, to ask questions and support their children, to tell how they look at their children’s abilities and interests, says Maria Gustafsson.
– And, not least, to help with keeping track of important dates. But the parents may not be taking over, ” she says.
Maria Gustafsson book into all of the students for a personal meeting. Then they talk about how the young do enjoy their studies, what they like in elementary school. Maria also tells us a bit generally about what goes on in the secondary schools and which schools are available to choose from in Örebro. Then she encourages the students to find out as much as possible themselves.
” They may be afraid that it will be so incredibly hard in high school and that they should not do it. It is not uncommon that the older sibling has scared them up a little bit. Then they can also be afraid to not fit in. They also wonder how good the teachers at the schools are. They want quality – don’t buy a pig in a poke. They usually have a good handle on if there is any school that lost many teachers.
Some may downplay the gymnasievalets importance and believes that it is always possible to change the training or the supplement on the municipal adult education. Are not Maria Gustafsson.
– It is not what the students need to hear. For these young people, this is the first and greatest choice as they do. They are so young and it is very important for them that these three years will be good. I put a lot of weight at the that they will be well prepared to make the right choice, ” says Maria Gustafsson.
