Module 4: Mobility for guidance practitioners

4. MODULE 4: KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER

Guidance counsellors can participate in learning mobility, generally referred to as staff mobility, if the organisation they work for has signed respective agreements to participate in such international learning and exchange activities.
Euroguidance centres organise and invite guidance counsellors to events and study visits. Information on these activities is published in the Euroguidance website and newsletter.
Euroguidance Cross Border Seminars (CBS) enable European guidance counsellors and experts to exchange professional experiences and serve as a basis for networking with each other. CBS are a peer learning activity.
The Academia exchange is a European initiative that gives guidance professionals the opportunity to participate in a learning mobility period in another European country.
Currently, there are several mobility opportunities available for guidance counsellors within the Erasmus+ programme, including “Job shadowing” and participation in Training and Cooperation Activities (TCA).
Teachers Without Borders provides volunteering opportunities in developing countries for 3-12 months.
Nordplus Junior provides the opportunity for exchanges of teachers and educational staff.

There are various virtual possibilities offering mobility information and opportunities: Euroguidance centres, Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange, e-Twinning, School Education Gateway and EPALE.

There are several international networks available for professional development of guidance counsellors, among them the IAEVG, CareersNet, NICE and VALA.