YWIS – Youth work in schools
School-based youth work is becoming international
The aim is to define the role and opportunities of youth work in schools. Another aim is to incorporate informal education opportunities to formal education and to integrate the objectives of youth work and curricula.
European wide co-operation developing youth work in schools.
Project implementation
Activities
YWIS consists of four work packages: Project management, Best practices of local networks, Mixing and testing best practices and Arranging learning and teaching activities. YWIS organises transnational meetings, workshops and training, and publishes materials and reviews concerning youth work in schools for international use. Moreover, each partner establishes local collaboration and disseminates the results through national networks.
Project results
After YWIS youth work in schools is better identified in partner organisations and regions. Cooperation between schools and youth work organisations is established to facilitate and develop young people’s informal education. Youth work is better integrated into school curricula and practices. Youth workers’ competence has strengthened and new contents have been introduced to carry out youth work in schools.
Topical in YWIS!
The English manual, YWIS book, is published!
Pilots in all participating countries are finished, the results will be introduced in our seminar in Mikkeli 12.-13.3.2025. Please register until 25.5.2025.
At the end of the project, you can study the themes of school youth work in our online courses.
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International playground for Youth Work In Schools
Stay tuned for this next publication aimed for spring 2025, which will feature inspiring blogs, vlogs, and podcasts of piloting experiences, as well as expert texts from the youth field in our partner countries.
YWIS PodTalk: Podcast from Greek
YWIS PodTalk will dive into the most innovated and impact Youth Work practices from Finland. In this series Podcast hosts Yannis Pechtelidis and Vicky Kozari will discuss about four good educational practices with special guest George Gakoudis. Podcast will offer practical tips and perspectives for educators, youth workers and anyone passionate about education!
Emotional rollercoaster – Youngsters’ wellbeing: Podcast from Estonia
In this podcast, Youth workers from the Saaremaa Youth Work Center discuss feelings young people experience during a school day.
Youth worker Eve held a workshop with young people, where she used the tools developed within the framework of the Erasmus+ project “Youth Work in School”. She used one MIELI Mental Health Finland poster for that, what is called The poster “Roller Coaster of Emotions”.
The overview of this activity is sad, because young people mentioned more negative emotions than positive emotions. Young people are struggling with how to cope with these feelings. The podcast discusses the reasons why young people’s mental health is in such poor condition and what factors influence it.
Youth workers want to be a support for young people and help them with their concerns.
Stay tuned for more inspiring vlogs to be published soon!
VLOG – Future Cafe activity – Portugal
Recap of the session held in Vila Boa in Portugal inspired by “Future Cafe for 9th Graders in the Spring”, a good practice initiated at Mertala Unified School (grades 1.-9.) in the city of Savonlinna (Finland). This event brought together youngsters to explore their future paths. Watch the details of this pilot and discover the highlights from the discussions from the link below!
School Youth Work Across Borders: Stories and Insights from Europe
The YWIS blogs and expert texts highlight School Youth Work pilots and good practices in Finland, Estonia, Greece and Portugal. Fascinating, inspiring and educational texts bring together views from different cultural and professional perspectives.
Dive into the eight engaging blogs and seven insightful expert texts from the link below!
Youth work in Schools seminar in Mikkeli
12.-13.3.2025
The aim is to define the role and opportunities of youth work in schools. Another aim is to incorporate informal education opportunities to formal education and to integrate the objectives of youth work and curricula. YWIS further increases the quality of youth work through four themes:
- Sustainable development.
- Democracy education.
- Student wellbeing work.
- Strengthening the sense of community.
YWIS book
European Perspectives and Good Practices on
Youth Work in Schools and Educational Institutions
Inspiration and Approaches for Youth Workers
Facts
Marita Mattila
Project manager
marita.mattila@xamk.fi
+358 50 312 5094
Saila Heiskanen
RDI-specialist
saila.heiskanen@xamk.fi
+358 50 448 8080
Veronica Hellström
RDI-specialist
veronica.hellstrom@xamk.fi
+358 50 337 0209
YWIS – Youth work in schools
Info
Budget
Project partners
Juvenia youth Research and Development Center is co-operating with
Freguesia de Vila Boa do Bispo (Portugal),
Panepistimio Thessalias (Greece) and
Saaremaa Noorsootöö Keskus (Estonia)
