Pedagogist specialising in organisations, enterprises and local services
Professional pedagogists will be able to carry out functions related to:
- identification of educational needs in organisations and services;
- planning and design of educational and training services and activities in organisations, companies, training institutions including local integrated systems;
- design of training actions for the development of professionals' skills (initial, lifelong, orientation)
- coordination and management of staff development plans;
- management of educational activities and services;
- monitoring and evaluation of the impact of training on people and the organisation/company/body;
- coordination of working groups (management staff, administrative teams, programmatic committees, evaluation bodies), with the skills required to promote a relational climate characterised by organisational well-being, problem solving, and mediation of conflict in organisational systems and businesses;
- service innovation in training, career guidance and lifelong learning in institutions, organisations and enterprises.
Professional pedagogists have both hard/technical and soft skills: a full mastery of pedagogical-teaching disciplines, in-depth knowledge of the different aspects of educational planning (needs analysis, definition of goals and objectives, evaluation of human, instrumental and structural resources, intervention, verification and evaluation methodologies), methods for monitoring and evaluating the outcomes and social impact of intervention projects and programmes, as well as an adequate mastery of educational research methodology at a theoretical, historical, empirical and experimental level.
They develop management and coordination skills and possess specific skills to work in the area of training interventions and services for adults and aimed at vocational training, adult education, refresher and retraining courses, career guidance, job placement and lifelong learning.
This professional will be able to play leading roles in a diverse range of services and facilities, within the sectors of the educational system (education, vocational training, orientation, etc.), as well as in relation to the particular audiences to which the training intervention is aimed (migrants, women, the elderly, managers, workers, the unemployed, ...). According to current legislation, in fact, pedagogists can work in educational, cultural, judiciary, environmental and international cooperation services and structures. They can develop their professional careers, both in Italy and abroad, as:
- training manager and designer,
- human resource management specialist,
- network designer and coordinator,
- research and development area manager in enterprises and organisations,
- coordinator and manager of training and orientation services,
- pedagogical consultant,
- teacher in lifelong learning, vocational training and adult schools and educational institutions
They can find work in enterprises and training agencies, cultural institutions, European adult education and lifelong learning networks, schools and career services, both public and private.