second chance school
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Second Chance School
Hans Bosch President European Association of Cities, Institutions and Second Chance Schools (E2C-Europe)
Ivo HeutsCo-ordinator European Association of Cities, Institutions and Second Chance Schools (E2C-Europe)
This presentation
• The problem• Political awareness• The Second Chance School• E2C-Europe• Questions?
The ProblemTwo-speed society
The ‘rich’:Virtual economy, top-education, top-jobs, high speed development
The ‘poor’:Growing number of youngsters without qualifications, jobs or perspectives
Political awarenessThe beginning
• Multiple life courses / different roles• Individualism• Immigration / integration• Drop-outs cause multiple problems• Everybody deserves a second chance
Political awarenessThe first initiatives
• EC White paper: towards a learning society (1995)
• EC Pilot project Second Chance Schools (1997-2000)
• Lisbon Strategy (2000)
Second Chance SchoolsThe main aims
Social, occupational and civil integration of young people with a
lack of social and vocational qualifications through education and
training
There‘s a distance from education, labour and social participation
Second Chance SchoolsMarks
• The target group• Teaching basic vocational and social
competences• Individual and innovative ways of
(informal) learning• Partnerships of local actors
Second Chance SchoolsHeerlen (Arcus College), RETOUR
• Co-operation between local/regional organizations in the field of youth
• Settled in an official agreement• Objective: to prevent school leavers
without formal qualifications
Second Chance SchoolsHeerlen (Arcus College), RETOUR
• Regional municipalities (7)• 13 regional schools for secondary education• Bureau for youth care• Organisation for welfare/social work (Xonar)• Regional professional and educational
centre (Arcus College)• Regional enterprise for re-integration of
unemployed and disabled (Maecon)• Child protection service
Second Chance SchoolsHeerlen (Arcus College), RETOUR
• Project ‘Basta’• Project ‘COS’ (central insertion of
drop-outs)• Project ‘Accessibility in Education’• Project ‘Training for Education’
(E2C)
E2C-Europe Organizational structure
Board of administrators
Executive Committee
Secretariat
General Assembly
COI/COA/COS
Educational Platform
(COS/COA)
Administrative Platform
(COI)
www.e2c-europe.org
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