1. 29-02-2016Uddannelseschef Ole Bay Jensen1 AspIT (VET) The hidden workforce in IT - Include In The Open Jobmarked

2. 29-02-2016Uddannelseschef Ole Bay Jensen2 AspIT – 2015. 10 cities – 325 pupils 1.Aabenraa 2.Aalborg 3.Aarhus 4.Esbjerg 5.København 6.Odense 7.Rønne 8.Næstved 9.Skive 10.Vejle

3. 29-02-2016Uddannelseschef Ole Bay Jensen3 AspIT – 2015 www.aspit.dk

4. 29-02-2016Uddannelseschef Ole Bay Jensen4 Young man aged about 20 with AS Normal or high intelligence Performed poorly at school in many levels! Talent and interest in IT Thought that school was ‘hard-going’ Business attitude Video Personality - AspIT

5. 29-02-2016Uddannelseschef Ole Bay Jensen5 Only partially completed his elementary schooling Danish (read, write, formulation) Mathematics (logic) Reasonable reading skills in English (passive vocabulary) Identification Basic schooling and social competencies Basic programming (LEGO Mindstorms) Basic English skills Basic IT skills – European Computer Driving License — ECDL Basic learning skills within IT – Pocket PC Professional qualifications

6. 29-02-2016Uddannelseschef Ole Bay Jensen6 ExaminationandIdentification Education Hothouse Placement Job Education Well- informed examination Legal framework (STU) - General educational model

7. 29-02-2016Uddannelseschef Ole Bay Jensen7 Pattern 3.1: Individual plans - Educational model Semester/ Weeks 123456789101112131415161718 6HH/P/I 5 4 HH/P/ 3Quality Assurance (QA)Hothouse (HH)HH/P/I 2Technology 1 (T1)Software design 1 (S1)Visualisation 1 (V1) 1 European Computer Driving License — ECDL ® Technology (T0) Software design (S0) Visualisation (V0) Quality Assurance (QA0 ) Semester 0: Identification process forms the basis for evaluating the student’s potential for completing the AspIT programme. Semester 1: Introduction and European Computer Driving License — ECDL ® (computer driving licence) as well as the other modules in semester 1 must be assessed as ‘passed’ with a view to further studies. The semester concludes with two weeks of re-sitting examinations and/or hothousing. Students are able to re-take the first semester. Semester 2: The student must, in close collaboration with AspIT, establish his/her ‘focus talent’ within T, S, V or QA. Semester 3: The student completes an educational module at level 2 within his/her ‘focus talent’ – T, S, V or QA. The student then works in the ‘hothouse’ with the purpose of identifying his/her general business skills and his/her special business skills within his/her ‘focus talent’. The semester concludes with the first placement with a company. Semesters 4-6: The student works and is taught further within his/her ‘focus talent’: T, S, V or QA.

8. 29-02-2016Uddannelseschef Ole Bay Jensen8 The Focused Talent Software design (S) Technology (T) Visualisation (V) Quality Assurance (QA)

9. 29-02-2016Uddannelseschef Ole Bay Jensen9 Formel Compentence (Exam/Test) Real Compentence (companies) – open job marked Compentences Focused Talent

10. 29-02-2016Uddannelseschef Ole Bay Jensen10 If you have met a person with Asperger’s syndrome... … then you have met only one person with Asperger’s syndrome.Individualism! Compentences Focused Talent

11. 29-02-2016Uddannelseschef Ole Bay Jensen11 Group size – five students – individual instruction Concrete instruction – solving individual assignments Calm surroundings with own workplace Predictability – high degree of planning (CEBIT) The objective of the first semester is to identify skills and talent The objective of the second semester is to identify focus talent The objective of the third semester is work training – working in team The objective of other semesters is supporting the individual focus talent in job/training/learning Compentences Focused Talent

12. 29-02-2016Uddannelseschef Ole Bay Jensen12 An AspIT is a value-creating worker! 1.Solid IT business background (special interest/focus talent) – acquired 2.Personal qualities – innate! Good memory Very conscientious Very stable Very loyal Good sense of detail Good at concentrating Very diligent Honest Benefits for the IT companies?

13. 29-02-2016Uddannelseschef Ole Bay Jensen13 Results 80 % of the pupils achieved job in the open jobmarked imidely after AspIT Even more pupils achieved a life without support Read more: QA - Evaluation of AspIT performed by the Danish Evaluation Institute – EVA www.aspit.dk