DIGIBO Best! Celebrates Closing
Conference at Münster Castle
Our project DIGIBO Best!—Developing and Managing Career Guidance in Schools Using Digital Tools—reached a wonderful culmination with a festive closing conference at Münster Castle. On a summer afternoon, everyone who had supported and guided the project over the past few years came together: representatives from the federal and state governments, academia, and education administration, but above all the teachers and schools who had been such dedicated partners on this journey.
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Following a warm welcome, Dr. Catrin Hannken (Federal Ministry of Education, Family, Seniors, Women, and Youth), MDgt’in Dr. Tanja Reinlein (Ministry of Schools and Education of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia), and Prof. Dr. Ulrike Weyland (University of Münster) addressed the guests with their welcoming remarks. Prof. Dr. Katja Driesel-Lange (University of Münster) then provided an overview of the collaborative work of recent years—specifically, the idea of viewing career guidance as a responsibility of the entire school, and the path we have taken together with the participating schools. In a guest commentary, Prof. Dr. Birgit Ziegler (Technical University of Darmstadt) placed the work within a broader academic context and opened up new perspectives.
The presentations by the participating project schools, introduced by Stephan Häming and Jerusha Klein (University of Münster), were particularly moving. They vividly demonstrated how concepts and tools are put into practice and how diverse the approaches are that schools take in further developing their career guidance programs.
A key moment of the afternoon was the release of the developed tool and its handover to the multipliers by Manuel Epker (Institute for Educational Cooperation) and Meike Nienkötter (University of Münster). This underscores what has been important to us from the very beginning: that the project’s results will endure beyond its duration and remain permanently available to schools.
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In a lively panel discussion moderated by Guido Kirst (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training), the focus finally turned to the future. With Anja Esser (Ministry of Schools and Education of North Rhine-Westphalia), René Hülshorst (Hiddinghausen School, Sprockhövel; Arnsberg District Government), Ann-Kathrin Kamber (Münster District Government), Philip Stratmann (Anne Frank Comprehensive School, Dortmund), and Marita Wellen (Adolph Kolping Vocational College, Münster), guests from educational administration and school practice discussed the prospects opening up for career guidance in schools and how the insights gained can be sustainably embedded. In closing, Prof. Dr. Katja Driesel-Lange and Prof. Dr. Ulrike Weyland presented a joint summary. The closing reception in the castle foyer then provided ample opportunity for conversation, reunions, and new ideas.
We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone involved—the sponsors, partners, the project team, and especially the schools. The closing conference was not an end, but a new beginning: the work toward career guidance that meets the needs of all young people continues.
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Developing and managing career guidance at school with digital tools
Georgskommende 33, 48143 Münster
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