пятница, 9 мая 2014 г.

Kiipula vocational school

06.05.14

Kiipula vocational school for special needs students.

It was founded  in 1945.
It is situated 30 km away from Hameenlinna.
Turnover: 28.7 mln euros,
Staff: 402
Students: 600
Finance: 37000 euros per year is for one student

Mission:
We create to our customers new possibilities and solutions to improve their working and functional  capacity, welfare and success.

Values
Poductivity
Courage
Partnership
Fairness

This college takes care of: disabled people, people having behaviour problems, people needing rehabilitation, prisoners. Education, lunch and working and learning materials are free.

Departments:
1) Vocational college (special and adult education)
2) the Garden
3) The rehabilitation Centre

The vocational school consists of some 1-2 storey buildings with less classrooms but more workshops and computer classes, practice rooms; garden; greenhouses; shop; cafe; dormitory; gym. In every place students work and learn by doing, mentors and assistants lead their work and help them. Cafes, shops are working like real ones, even book-keeping is hold by special needs students. There are some full of flowers and tomatoes greenhouses which are well-equipped, have every machinery, even those which put soil into pots. Everything is automatic, easy to maintain. The products of greenhouses are used in school restaurant and sold to nearby towns. This is business but it is not enough to keep these greenhouses.

Preparatori I course is for those who don't know where to apply after the 9th grade, students with behavioral problems
Preparatory II: guidance and education for disabled people to work and independent living. They do not participate in education and training leading to a qualification.
Preparatori II is modified for prisoners.
Both need from 40 to 120 credits, study from 1 to 3 years.

Learning is in small groups, do practical projects, do on-the-job learning.

There are dormitories where disabled and difficult students can live and communicate, have friends and change their behavior. 250 places in dormitory.

There are 20 000 students with special needs, and approx. 4500 of them attend special needs vocational schools, others who are more able go to common vocational schools, or universities.






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