MEJORAR LA FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL Y LA EMPLEABILIDAD CON SOFT SKILLS

<< Background >>The association formed by the IES Frei Martín Sarmiento (Pontevedra-Spain), Stredni Skola Politechinycka (Olomouc-Czech Republic), Lyceé Saint-Joseph Lasalle (Lorient-France) and Lucía Mella Fernández (Malta) centers requested the project since They share in common the priority of adapting vocational training to the needs of the labor market, and on the other hand, improving the employability of youth and social skills (soft skills). This project wants to provide greater awareness of soft skills, it would like them to occupy the relevant position that they have, since, when the resumes are designed, a large part of them refer to technical terms, sometimes neglecting how to approach that terminology, concepts or methodology to the recipients.In relation to needs, a needs analysis has previously been prepared that shows the starting point of the project and the skills that are desired to be acquired. Taking into account at all times the project participants: teachers/trainers, vocational training centers, teacher training centers, students, business community.<< Objectives >>Three objectives were established when developing/executing the project, which are:1º)Provide guidance to professionals (teachers, trainers, entrepreneurs) who work with students to help them integrate the set of tools so that students can achieve those soft skills. Give the necessary importance to soft skills and that they can help form a more diverse and inclusive society through the acquisition of skills2º)Develop technical guides for teachers and students to improve soft skills to enhanceemployability in the labor market.3º)Develop a web space where the activities and materials prepared are shown<< Implementation >>In this project, activities of different nature were implemented:Physical activities (transnational meetings), in which members of the four institutions executed the work planning established in the work meetings. Within these physical activities, we also highlight the management activities and dissemination activities of the project. These last activities were focused on promoting the project in the different institutions of each country.Activities with teachers (conducting surveys on the concept of soft skills and their use). Activities with the students (conducting surveys on the concept of soft skills and explanation and development with the guides created on soft skills. After carrying out this last task with the students, it was reflected in some development activities through diagrams. Activities with the business community (conducting surveys on the concept of soft skills and their use).Online activities, online meetings that were held monthly by the four members of the association and served to monitor and evaluate the objectives that had been set.<< Results >>The results of the project were:1º)Review of part of the curricula and adaptation of activities proposed in the programs (Attached as ANNEX I is a program from the IES Frei Martín Sarmiento in which Soft Skills were explicitly included as a subject that was worked on with the students) due to the different actors that are part of the process to adapt vocational training to the labor market. 2º)Training of teachers, students, trainers, entrepreneurs in soft skills, to integrate them into their internal work methodology and can be reproduced in other areas and contexts, achieving an increase in employability as a result of good practice. On the other hand, the fact of developing part of these soft skills led to a change in mentality, greater awareness and respect for the environment, being part of a more inclusive and diverse society, that is, a series of skills were developed. competencies that appeared in the needs analysis that was previously carried out.3º)Presentation of teaching material for common modules in different educational centers, in teacher training centers, in companies and with students.