General information

Name of the activity:	Job Shadow
Country:	Greece
Homepage of the activity:	http://www.ja.org/programs/programs_job_shadow.shtml
Organisation providing the activity:	Junior Achievement
Contact data:	Maria Laina, General Manager at Junior Achievement Greece

History of the activity:

Since when is the activity implemented?

5 – 10 years

Main Target Group

What target group is directly addressed by the activity?

Students

Target groups:

Education levels	Headmasters / Teachers / Students	Age of students
pre-school
primary school
lower secondary school
upper secondary school	Students	16+
vocational education schools	Students	16+
vocational training	Students	16+

Is the activity focusing on special target groups?

Additional information about entrepreneurship education for teachers:

If teachers are part of your activity’s target group, is entrepreneurship education part of their national and/or regional academic curriculum?

Are there options for teachers in your region/nation to be educated in entrepreneurship education as part of their life long learning process?

yes

Abilities & Skills of entrepreneurship

On a scale of 1 - 10 (1 being the basic level of competence acquisition and 10 the highest level).

Abilities & Skills
Ability to create new ideas	8
Ability to turn ideas into actions	8
Ability to plan and manage in general to achieve goals	8
To identify and seize opportunities	8
To plan and organise activities	8
To take responsibility for an activity	8
To dedicate oneself to an activity	8
To make an effort for achieving goals in an activity	8
To work in a group	8
To work self reliantly	8
To lead	10
To delegate	10
To analyse	8
To communicate	8
To de-brief	10
To evaluate	8
To record	8
To negotiate	8
To present	10
To sell	9

Knowledge of business management and entrepreneurship

Please indicate whether the following skills are related to the activity by clicking the respective box.

Contents

.	-> Innovation methods and instruments to generate new product/services -> Business plan -> Market research (including competitor analysis) -> Human resource management & Leadership -> Purchasing and production chain -> Production planning -> Business ethics -> How to start up one’s own company

General knowledge of the working of the economy

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Contents

.	-> Market economy and competition -> Supply and demand -> Globalisation -> Labour market

Organisational information

Funding

How is the activity financed?

Source	Sources in detail
Private	Company
Public	European Union
Public organisations:	Junior Achievement Program

Transferability (of the activity)

European level

Duration of the activity

1 to 5 days

Use of new technologies (ICT) in activity work

Which role does advanced information and communication technology such as homepages, web based databases, online coaching play in your activity?

Did you use any type of software/ application during the described activity?
(such as market simulation games)

Does the web support the activity participants in their work?

Scope

European

Creation of a company

Educational framework

Has the activity become part of the curriculum?

If the activity is part of the curriculum, is participation for students optional?

Is the proposed activity part of an educational framework?

Organisational information

Involvement of private companies

Activities
Participation in the planning of the activity	yes
Mentoring of activity participants	yes
Coaching of activity participants	yes
Provision of traineeship for activity	yes
Hosting of teachers’ visits	yes
Hosting of students’ visits	yes
Guest lessons	yes
Funding in kind of the activity	yes

Involved persons & Associations

Involved persons & Associations	Level of involvement
Students’ Associations	None
Teachers’ Unions	None
School Boards	European
Parents’ Associations	None
Government	None
Foundations	European
Social Partners (trade unions, employers’ and employees’ associations)	None
Non governmental organisations (put in the organisation’s name)	None

Does the activity involve teachers’ training?

With the support of the
Lifelong Learning Programme
of the European Union
510354-LLP-1-2010-1-AT-COMENIUS-CNW