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Connect, Engage, Inspire, Transform: Results of a Fulbright
scholarship in Career Guidance at Boston University

This article highlights some results of a postdoctoral Fulbright scholarship undertaken by the author at
Boston University, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, U.S.A. in the period October
2018 – March 2019.

It was a great honour for me to complete to each child's future ...so they are prepared to open
postdoctoral study at Boston University, the doors for themselves.’ It empowers students to:
Wheelock College of Education and Human understand their own interests, strengths, values, etc;
Development. I had the great opportunity to visualise their future; and to develop individual goals
work with Professor Dr. V. Scott Solberg and and a personal plan for achieving them (Wisconsin DPI,
his research team on the topic ‘Evaluation of 2016). The ACP model was developed using research-
Career Guidance Programmes’. All in all, it based recommendations for incorporating career
was an extraordinary scientific (and life) development throughout K12 for self-exploration, career
experience that I would recommend to anyone exploration, and career planning and management.
who wishes to get to a new level in their
career.
A field visit on career guidance in Wisconsin

During a field visit in the state of Wisconsin,
U.S.A., I enriched my understanding of how a
career program could be implemented and
evaluated in both middle and high school
through learning about and observing the
Academic and Career Planning (ACP) Pr. The
main ideas discussed with school counsellors, The photo belongs to the author. People in the photo are: Dr. Angela
teachers, principals and other learning staff Andrei, Professor Dr. V. Scott Solberg and his research team from Boston
University, U.S.A.
were: how ACP is integrated in the school
programme and who is responsible for
activities; how staff are trained and what kind By exchanging ideas with colleagues from Boston
University and with practitioners and decision-makers in
of professional resources are used; how
schools cooperate with family, community and Wisconsin, I enriched my knowledge of career
guidance. I gained a lot of inspiration for new projects by
businesses; how activities are evaluated; how
beneficiaries are involved in the process of learning about innovative research methods and getting
involved in valuable networks such as the State Leaders
evaluation; how the participation in ACP
influences students; and what the strengths Career Development Network. Overall, this experience
has enabled me to take a ‘treasure box’ of experiences
and weaknesses are of the ACP programme.
back home to share and use in my day-to-day work!
What is the Academic and Career Planning
(ACP) Programme?
Read the full article about the Academic and Career Planning
(ACP) Programme at p 99: https://iaevgconference2019.sk
The ACP Programme is both a process that
helps students to engage in academic and More information on the Academic and Career Planning (ACP)
career development activities as well as a Programme at: https://dpi.wi.gov/acp
product for the academic, career and personal
advancement of students. It is undertaken By Dr. Angela Andrei, Researcher - Euroguidance Romania
under the wonderful idea of: ‘Opening the door Institute of Educational Sciences Bucharest, Romania