Short report about the first piloting of the project results at Oberschule Naunhof, a rural school near Leipzig, Saxony

Lead Partner:

Institute Francophonia, Nizza/Frankreich

Project Partners:

• Bildungsdirektion, Graz/Österreich Wirtschaftskammer, Graz/Österreich
• Landesamt für Schule und Bildung, Sachsen/Deutschland
• Lyceè Paul Augier, Berufsschule für das Hotel- und Gaststättengewerbe, Nizza/Frankreich
• Regionales Entwicklungsbüro der Region Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Rijeka/Kroatien
• Vasile Lupu Pädagogische Hochschule, Iasi/Rumänien
• Universität Rijeka, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Rijeka/Kroatien

The Career Garden is an innovative project that responds to current developments and needs in the field of education. 8 partners from 5 countries formed a partnership and plan to counteract the lack of opportunities in the field of professional internships caused by the pandemic. Against this background, the idea was born to develop virtual internships with companies to be used by students at vocational schools but also at general schools. An innovative web platform and a multilingual approach are necessary to realise the project. It is envisioned that the virtual internships lead to face-to-face internships at a later stage.

A virtual internship consists of different elements such as interviews, virtual tour of the company, research and practical tasks that learners can try at home, an e-learning sequence and a quiz. Companies are asked to work with the elements given, but are of course welcome to bring their own experience, expertise and ideas. The modules are not intended for passive viewing of films. Rather, they should provide orientation for practical work, motivate people to try things out and learn, and make companies and their internship and trainee opportunities better known.

Roma Franziska Schultz:
roma.schultz@lasub.smk.sachsen.de

Tomasz Jaskow:
tomasz.jaskow@lasub.smk.sachsen.de

The Landesamt für Schule und Bildung is supported in the project by the Leipzig Media Education Center.