Come on tour - My strengths, my future
On November 16, our 8th grade class at the International Secondary School Reinsdorf was able to take part in a project to discover strengths, career orientation and life planning.
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.
On November 16, our 8th grade class at the International Secondary School Reinsdorf was able to take part in a project to discover strengths, career orientation and life planning.
On Wednesday and Thursday after the autumn break, our 7 IOR classes had to bend wire, find out what David does, build a tower out of matches or make a picture frame out of paper.
While almost all students of the International Schools Reinsdorf already enjoyed their well-deserved summer vacations, six students of class 8 decided to still participate in a voluntary career orientation project.
In the last two weeks, before the well-deserved summer vacations, our 7th and 8th graders went to Leipzig for their "Berufsorientierungs - Wandertage". Since we have explored in the course of the school year mainly companies and enterprises in the proximity of Reinsdorf, it goes in the context of the BO hiking days gladly sometimes somewhat farther away. Class 8 went to the airport Leipzig/Halle on 29.06.23 and class 7 went to the MDR studios on 05.07.23.
Often, when kids ask us, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" we get the answer, "Maybe something to do with media."
The 7th grade class of the International Secondary School Reinsdorf had the chance to try out whether the field of media could really be something they enjoy.
She participated in the project "Museum in a clip".
Also this year we went with our 9th classes of the International Gymnasium and the International Oberschule Reinsdorf, to Chemnitz to visit the Vocatium fair.
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.
Mr. Douglas Baloyi
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:
