School's own active careers fair at the International Schools Reinsdorf
After a year's break, this year's event was once again "The big world of professions under a small roof" at the International Schools Reinsdorf.
SIS is one of the pioneers of the high school project "Praxisberater". This cooperation project of the Saxon Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs with the Federal Employment Agency was launched in June 2013 as a support measure for individual promotion for career and study orientation. Each student receives a development plan from the practical advisor according to the results of an analysis of his or her potential, which is coordinated with the teacher, parents and, of course, the student himself or herself. In addition, the practical advisors establish and maintain contacts with companies and offer individual counseling for students and parents in grades 7 and 8.
The Subject Practice-Oriented Instruction (PU) is an additional offering at our schools and part of the mandatory schedule. Classes are held in teaching cabinets equipped with a pool of tools and machines, computer technology and high-quality work materials.
Each 5th and 6th grade student visits a company for a few hours over three days with a special research assignment provided by the school. The result is to be a presentation and a wall newspaper for the company. In addition, the students present their practical experience in class and at the parents' evening.
In these classes, practice-oriented instruction provides the first fundamental insights into practical work procedures, development and production processes, and the economic contexts of various occupational groups.
In these grades, vocational orientation block weeks are combined with activities in the companies in a class network at vocational schools and educational institutions that provide training in many occupational fields. The results and experiences are evaluated and discussed in the class and school network. An analysis of potential, counseling sessions, work with the career choice passport, excursions, visits to the BIZ and education fairs complement this spectrum.
The students are also encouraged to attend the "Week of Open Companies" and "Girls Day/Boys Day" events and to complete internships during the vacations. The idea behind this is that every opportunity to learn about professions and companies advances the decision-making process on one's own career choice.
In the 9th and 10th grades, the program includes 14-day specialized internships geared to the students' inclinations and interests. Job application training, assessment centers and company presentations, as well as thematic parents' evenings and SIS education fairs supplement the career orientation offerings. And, of course, our students from grade 9 onward also visit various vocational schools and companies on their open days.
On our digital pinboard you can find current dates, information about trade fairs or companies in the area as well as contacts:
The secondary schools in Reinsdorf and TRIAS Elsterberg have already been awarded the Saxon Seal of Quality for Vocational Orientation for the high quality of their vocational orientation and are members of the federal network of seal schools. The other schools work according to the same concept, which means that uniform quality can be expected.
After a year's break, this year's event was once again "The big world of professions under a small roof" at the International Schools Reinsdorf.
Year 8 of our International Secondary School in Reinsdorf chose to go to the Porsche plant in Leipzig for their careers orientation day. However, as the class also wanted to try things out in practice and gain an insight into various training occupations, we visited the Porsche Experience Workshop beforehand.
In the first week of March, our 8th grade students from the International Secondary School Reinsdorf were guests at the BSW - Bildungszentrum Werdau. For five days, they had the opportunity to try out different professional fields in practice.
At the beginning of February, we once again invited parents to their children's classes to present their own professions.
On 29.01.2024, after four hours of lessons at school, we took public transport to the BIZ in Zwickau.
As part of the vocational orientation program at our International Secondary School in Reinsdorf, pupils in Year 8 travel to the BIZ.
For the third school year in a row, we have invited companies to our school under a specific motto. This year, four companies came to the "Meeting of skilled trades".
In the practice-oriented lessons (PU) as well as in connection with TC/computer science/WTH, we teach the students a variety of basic skills and abilities, e.g.
From grade 7 onwards, the subject Business, Technology, Household and Social Affairs (WTH/S) is dedicated to preparing students to work in an activity-oriented manner and aims to give them a targeted start to a successful professional life. In addition to systematic preparation for student internships, our teaching staff focuses on business-related instruction and practical learning methods.
Cross-curricular with the practice-oriented lessons (PU), the students are experimentally introduced to the construction of production lines or production planning. The development of an own product and its marketing are also in the focus, for example in the 8th grade. In addition to expert discussions in the school by representatives of various professions, it is very important to us to get to know the economy and businesses outside the school, directly on site in various companies.
Even in the higher grades, the vocational orientation is playfully linked with practical preparation for the first household of one's own. Projects on electrical installations are carried out under the guise of getting to know the relevant professions, as well as learning-by-doing at schools, according to the motto "Helping people to help themselves". Due to the bilingual part of the lessons, both the economic and the technical English are trained at the same time.
Mrs. Karin Irmisch
Vocational counselor
Ms. Annett Walther
Visitor address:
Berufsinformationszentrum Zwickau
Werdauer Straße 18
08056 Zwickau
Phone: 0375 3141820
E-mail: zwickau.berufsberatung@arbeitsagentur.de
On the job exchange pages you will find information on the following topics:
- Discover training
- Search for internship
- Career guidance
- Job vacancies
Ms. Susann Pade
Ms. Pade can be found with us in the main building on the 3rd floor in room HG_29.
Phone: 0175 1871343
s.pade@gafug.de
Together with the vocational counseling service of the Employment Agency, practical counselors accompany the career orientation processes of students in grades seven and eight and help them develop initial career ideas and try out practical skills, as well as make their career choice competencies visible and strengthen them. Participation in the project is voluntary for all students. The Potential analysis and the subsequent support measures follow a strengths-based approach. Parents give their written consent in advance and are involved in the career orientation process of their children by the practical advisors.
The project Praxisberatung an Schulen is funded by:
Phone: +49 375 2706960
International Secondary School Reinsdorf
Mittlerer Schulweg 13
08141 Reinsdorf
