The project proposal is linked to 3 priorities of the Erasmus plus programme call 2019: The horizontal priority: Supporting educators And the specific priorities: * Introducing systematic approaches to, and opportunities for, the initial and continuous professional development of VET teachers, trainers and mentors in both school and work-based settings, including through the development of effective digital, open and innovative education and pedagogies, as well as practical tools * Developing sustainable partnerships to establish and/or further develop national, regional and sectoral skills competitions organisations, as a form of raising the attractiveness and excellence in VET. These partnerships could also develop and support the arrangements for the preparation, training and participation of VET learners and staff in international, national, regional and sectoral skills competitions, while working closely together with businesses, VET providers, chambers and other relevant stakeholders. Aim of the project is to contribute to professional skills and knowledge of VET professionals in organising and implementing skills competetion in the curriculum. Furthermore the project aims to contribute to increase the attractiveness of VET. Skills bring a lively and work-relevant learning environment: it is a way of flexible learning. The experience is that skills challenge students to work on their 21 st century skills like entrepreneurship, creative thinking, use of media, international communication, solve problems etcetera. By offering skills competition in VET learning, the attractiveness of VET will be increased. The partners share the aim to seek improvements of the skills of educators; professional development of VET teachers is needed in the field of organisation of skills competitions and furthermore to integrate the skills into the pedagogical approach and curriculum. The specific objectives of the project are: 1) To develop masterclasses via webinars on professional development of VET teachers in organising skills, guiding and training students preparing successful participating, involving 21 th century skills in the trainingprogram of the skillscompetition. 2) To develop a policy document on implementing skills in the curriculum, 3) To broaden the amount of vocational fields being involved in skills. 4) To develop a sustainable partnership of VET schools aiming to support the arrangements for preparation, training and participation of VET learners in skills competition, including developing a close cooperation with business, other VET schools and stakeholders. 5) To establish constructive links with stakeholders in organising skills in VET schools. 6) To develope a skills competitions good practice handbook based on Learning from each others best practices and tested tools. 7) To develope guidelines for succesful training program for students participating in skills, including an experience of ‘learning abroad'; The partnership will be established by 5 partners, representing a VET school or in the case of Hetel: representing a group of VET schools: Rijn IJssel, coordinator VET school in Arnhem, Netherlands SRC VET school in Newry, N IE, UK Hetel Network VET schools, Basque country, ES City of Glasgow College VET school Glasgow, Scotl UK Salpaus VET school Lahti, Finland All partners are connected to a regional / national network of VET schools related to promoting international activities : The Dutch Alliance, Northern Irisch network, Scottish colleges partnership and Finnish network; Hetel is a network representing 24 VET schools in Basque region Regarding the projectwork: duration of the project will be 24 month in which 6 meetings are foreseen: 5 projectmeetings, 1 Learning Teaching Training Activity. In the partnership tasks will be shared. Each of the partners will have equal responsibilities and Rijn IJssel will act as a lead coordinator /manager for this project. The distribution of activities between partners is based on their areas of expertise and the outcome to be reached. SRC wil make a plan for evaluation and Hetel for dissemination. As impact is foreseen that the results of the tested tools will be shared within each network and stakeholder-organisation. The outcome of the LTTA on 'try-out with student learning abroad activity 'wil be furthered into a two weeks K1 mobility program The established network will be continued within the overall cooperation of the 5 national networks linked to the 5 partners.
Professional development of VET teachers in preparation of students in VET competition. Developed sustainable partnerships to establish further national, regional and sectoral skills competitions. Increase the attractiveness of VET by offering skills competition. Regarding the needs to be addressed, the partners shared the aim to seek improvements of the organization of the skills competitions and furthermore to integrate the skills into the pedagogical approach and curriculum.
We applyed for this project in order to exchange good practices in organising skillscompetions and how to implement in the curriculum. And we want to abroad the possiblities for our students to have a skillscompetitiion experience abroad. The needs: Tools and best practices in order to prepare students on skills competitions integration of skillscompetiion jn the school: by policy document and by integrating in the curriculum
The project proposal is linked to 3 priorities of the Erasmus plus programme call 2019: The horizontal priority: Supporting educators And the specific priorities: * Introducing systematic approaches to, and opportunities for, the initial and continuous professional development of VET teachers, trainers and mentors in both school and work-based settings, including through the development of effective digital, open and innovative education and pedagogies, as well as practical tools * Developing sustainable partnerships to establish and/or further develop national, regional and sectoral skills competitions organisations, as a form of raising the attractiveness and excellence in VET. These partnerships could also develop and support the arrangements for the preparation, training and participation of VET learners and staff in international, national, regional and sectoral skills competitions, while working closely together with businesses, VET providers, chambers and other relevant stakeholders. Aim of the project is to contribute to professional skills and knowledge of VET professionals in organising and implementing skills competetion in the curriculum. Furthermore the project aims to contribute to increase the attractiveness of VET. Skills bring a lively and work-relevant learning environment: it is a way of flexible learning. The experience is that skills challenge students to work on their 21 st century skills like entrepreneurship, creative thinking, use of media, international communication, solve problems etcetera. By offering skills competition in VET learning, the attractiveness of VET will be increased. The partners share the aim to seek improvements of the skills of educators; professional development of VET teachers is needed in the field of organisation of skills competitions and furthermore to integrate the skills into the pedagogical approach and curriculum. The specific objectives of the project are: 1) To develop masterclasses via webinars on professional development of VET teachers in organising skills, guiding and training students preparing successful participating, involving 21 th century skills in the trainingprogram of the skillscompetition. 2) To develop a policy document on implementing skills in the curriculum, 3) To broaden the amount of vocational fields being involved in skills. 4) To develop a sustainable partnership of VET schools aiming to support the arrangements for preparation, training and participation of VET learners in skills competition, including developing a close cooperation with business, other VET schools and stakeholders. 5) To establish constructive links with stakeholders in organising skills in VET schools. 6) To develope a skills competitions good practice handbook based on Learning from each others best practices and tested tools. 7) To develope guidelines for succesful training program for students participating in skills, including an experience of ‘learning abroad'; The partnership will be established by 5 partners, representing a VET school or in the case of Hetel: representing a group of VET schools: Rijn IJssel, coordinator VET school in Arnhem, Netherlands SRC VET school in Newry, N IE, UK Hetel Network VET schools, Basque country, ES City of Glasgow College VET school Glasgow, Scotl UK Salpaus VET school Lahti, Finland All partners are connected to a regional / national network of VET schools related to promoting international activities : The Dutch Alliance, Northern Irisch network, Scottish colleges partnership and Finnish network; Hetel is a network representing 24 VET schools in Basque region Regarding the projectwork: duration of the project will be 24 month in which 6 meetings are foreseen: 5 projectmeetings, 1 Learning Teaching Training Activity. In the partnership tasks will be shared. Each of the partners will have equal responsibilities and Rijn IJssel will act as a lead coordinator /manager for this project. The distribution of activities between partners is based on their areas of expertise and the outcome to be reached. SRC wil make a plan for evaluation and Hetel for dissemination. As impact is foreseen that the results of the tested tools will be shared within each network and stakeholder-organisation. The outcome of the LTTA on 'try-out with student learning abroad activity 'wil be furthered into a two weeks K1 mobility program The established network will be continued within the overall cooperation of the 5 national networks linked to the 5 partners.