- Below is the content from the press release--
(Head office: Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Yoshinori Koike), which provides various services including the ICT tool "CoDMON" for nursery schools, kindergartens, school children, schools, elementary schools and other children's facilities, and Tokyo College of Social Welfare (Edogawa-ku, Tokyo; Principal: Kazuhiro Kobayashi), which is an educational corporation. (Head office: Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Yoshinori Koike), which provides various services including CoDMON, an ICT tool for children's facilities such as schools and elementary schools, concluded a comprehensive cooperation agreement on July 8.
Background to the Comprehensive Collaborative Agreement
Jikei Gakuen Tokyo College of Social Welfare and Kodomon Co., Ltd. will collaborate with each other to improve the environment surrounding children and to make strategic improvements. This agreement was concluded in response to Tokyo Fukushi Senmon Gakko's desire to train students to become nursery school teachers and to create a nursery where nursery school teachers can play an active role for a long time, and Codomon's desire to give all teachers the time and mental space to deal with children.
Specific initiatives
1. Securing future childcare workers (activities to secure childcare workers for junior and senior high school students)
We work with junior and senior high school students to promote interest in the childcare industry and the profession of childcare worker at an early stage. The main activities are to provide correct information on the satisfaction of childcare, the nature of the work, ICT in the childcare industry, the current situation of childcare workers' benefits and wage improvements, etc. at open campuses of training schools and in classes at junior and senior high schools.
We will also provide an environment for junior and senior high school students to volunteer at childcare centres and gain work experience, and convey the appeal and reality of childcare as a profession.
2. CHILDCARE HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND JOB PLACEMENT SUPPORT (PROVIDING ICT EDUCATION AND EDUCATION ON CHILDCARE QUALITY, AND INTRODUCING JOB OPPORTUNITIES)
STUDENTS WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUTURE OF CHILDCARE WILL BE MADE AWARE OF "ICT IN CHILDCARE", AND BASED ON EXAMPLES OF ICT INTRODUCTION, THEY WILL LEARN THE EFFECTS OF REDUCING THE WORKLOAD OF CHILDCARE WORKERS AND THE CORRECT OPERATION OF THE INTRODUCED PRESCHOOLS, AND DEVELOP HUMAN RESOURCES WHO CAN PUT THIS INTO PRACTICE AFTER ENTERING THE WORKFORCE. IN ADDITION, WE WILL SUPPORT THE JOB-HUNTING ACTIVITIES OF STUDENTS WHO ASPIRE TO BECOME CHILDCARE WORKERS THROUGH "HOISIR", A FACILITY INFORMATION SITE OPERATED BY KODOMON, INC. THAT INTRODUCES THE ATTRACTIONS AND FEATURES OF CHILDCARE FACILITIES NATIONWIDE.
3. Information sharing in the field of childcare (student awareness survey/questionnaire)
We regularly survey our students on their attitudes towards the childcare industry. The results of the survey are used to improve the content of our courses and are also shared with the childcare sector in reports to help create a better working environment in the childcare sector.
Reform of the working methods of childcare and child welfare facility staff (training for students and current childcare workers)
We provide training for childcare students and current childcare workers with the aim of preparing them for long-term employment. For childcare students, we offer online and other training to help them visualise a career as a childcare worker with a long-term perspective. For graduates who are still working as childcare workers, we will create a community of childcare workers, mainly from training schools, and hold meetings to exchange views on the quality of childcare and working methods. We will also provide a forum for graduates to take the initiative in sharing information with childcare students.
Ltd., a company that provides CoDMON, a childcare ICT tool that is being introduced to local governments on a nationwide scale and is actively working with various monitoring devices, has signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Jikei Gakuen Tokyo College of Social Work with a view to securing and training future childcare professionals and reforming working styles. Let's take a look at the release.