Orien.Ta.Re - Orientamento, Talento, Resilienza

“Orien.Ta.Re” is a community-based projectaimed at building resilient communities able to better supportcitizens in their educational and professionalgrowth.

The initiative, implemented during the pandemicinthe Province of Ascoli Piceno (Marche, Italy) by a partnership consisting of a secondary school and a pool of training and counselling agencies, wasconceivedasa pilot experimentation of guidanceactionstargeted at the whole localcommunity.

The projectintended to:

• promote the role of guidance as a tool to facilitate personal and professional developmentand well-being;
• provide stakeholders responsible for the design and implementation of educational and career paths at local level with guidance and career management skills.

According to the 4 areas of intervention of the project (youngsters, school, families and community), Orien.Ta.Re implemented 4 onlinetraining courses on “Educating to resilience, developing talents” involving a total of 350 people among teachers, students, families, professionals and policy makers.

The main purpose of the courses was to equip participants with useful knowledges, resources and tools to discover and unlock potential and talents of individuals in different learning and working contexts.

The project outcomeswere collected in a guidance handbook (shortlyavailable)describingprinciples, methodologies and tools for a guidance-based teaching and pedagogy.