Quality Assurance Coordinates in Technical and Vocational Education

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• Quality Assurance Coordinates in Technical and
  Vocational Education
• prof. Purdea Cristina, deputy director of the
  School Cluster Auto- Transports, Timisoara

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Grup Scolar Industrial de Transporturi Auto
Timisoara, str. Ardealului, nr. 1 Tel.
0256/221671, fax [phone] e-mail
licautotim_at_gmail.com

• School Cluster Auto- Transports, Timisoara
• RESOURCE CENTER
• in the Phare TVET Ro 0108.01 programme Social
  and Economic Cohesion
• School core qualifications
• ? Technological high school, direct route ?
  Technological high school , progressive route
  
• - Automatic technician
  - electrical technician
• - Electrical installations technician
  - mechanical technician for
  maintenance and repairment.
  
  
• Mechatronics technician
  - Transport technician
• ? Arts and Crafts School ? Post-high school
  education
• - Electrical and technical worker - Auto
  electro mechanic foreman
• - Engine mechanics worker
• - Mechanic fitter

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Obstacles in the Implementation of the Quality
Assurance Framework
Grup Scolar Industrial de Transporturi Auto
Timisoara, str. Ardealului, nr. 1 Tel.
0256/221671, fax [phone] e-mail
licautotim_at_gmail.com

• Poor and incomplete dissemination of quality
  assurance information
• Late set up of the Quality Assurance Committee
• Teachers reluctant to the implementation of
  student centered learning
• Difficulties related to the use of teaching and
  learning observation grids

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Management of Quality
Grup Scolar Industrial de Transporturi Auto
Timisoara, str. Ardealului, nr. 1 Tel.
0256/221671, fax [phone] e-mail
licautotim_at_gmail.com

• Quality assurance strategic target in SAP
• Setting up the Quality Assurance Committee and
  distributing responsibilities among its members
• Involving teachers in quality assurance
• Designing quality assurance policy and procedures
• Setting up a team of observers of the teaching
  and learning methods at the level of each
  department
• Monitoring the quality assurance process
• Setting up corrective measures

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Management of resources
Grup Scolar Industrial de Transporturi Auto
Timisoara, str. Ardealului, nr. 1 Tel.
0256/221671, fax [phone] e-mail
licautotim_at_gmail.com

• Assigning qualified teachers for all available
  teaching jobs in the school
• Making clear-cut formulations regarding the
  contents of the teachers, the headmasters and
  the department level portfolios, as well as the
  curricular area
• Efficiently using the material basis in the
  laboratories, workshops and specialized
  workstations
• Offering support on the part of the school
  psychologist to help the integration of SEN
  students
• Developing partnerships with employers
• Buying school equipment, by using self-financing
  funds

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Design and development
Grup Scolar Industrial de Transporturi Auto
Timisoara, str. Ardealului, nr. 1 Tel.
0256/221671, fax [phone] e-mail
licautotim_at_gmail.com

• SDC in accordance with students options,
  approved by CSI Timis
• LDC is in accordance with employers
  requirements, approved by CSI Timis and by
  LCDSPVT
• Programmes assure equal opportunities for
  students
• Learning programmes are annually reviewed on the
  basis of students options and of employers
  requirements
• Correlation with LEAP

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Teaching and learning
Grup Scolar Industrial de Transporturi Auto
Timisoara, str. Ardealului, nr. 1 Tel.
0256/221671, fax [phone] e-mail
licautotim_at_gmail.com

• Information regarding the learning programmes
• Initial assessment of students knowledge
• Stress on student centered learning
• Wide range of teaching and learning strategies
  and of material resources
• Promoting equal opportunities all students have
  equal access to the schools material basis and
  to practice facilities to employers
• Feedback on students progress
• Students involved in self-assessment

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Assessment and certification of learning
Grup Scolar Industrial de Transporturi Auto
Timisoara, str. Ardealului, nr. 1 Tel.
0256/221671, fax [phone] e-mail
licautotim_at_gmail.com

• summative assessments at the end of the semester
• possibility of granting a second chance
• issue of a certificate or of a qualification
  after having promoted the examination for
  vocational qualifications certification
• the assessment procedures obey current rules and
  regulations
• students subsequent evolution is being tracked
  down faculties, jobs

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Measurement and analysis
Grup Scolar Industrial de Transporturi Auto
Timisoara, str. Ardealului, nr. 1 Tel.
0256/221671, fax [phone] e-mail
licautotim_at_gmail.com

• self-assessment reports at department level and
  at the level of curricular areas
• school-level self-assessment report
• annual self-assessment process
• analysis of all the weaknesses
• validation of self-assessment through external
  assessment

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Improvement
Grup Scolar Industrial de Transporturi Auto
Timisoara, str. Ardealului, nr. 1 Tel.
0256/221671, fax [phone] e-mail
licautotim_at_gmail.com

• Improvement plans, containing targets, tasks and
  deadlines
• - improvement of the microclimate in the
  training facilities
• - adjustment of the training facilities
  equipment to meet the conditions of quality
  education
• - increase of the degree of involvement of
  both students and parents in quality assurance
• - improvement of teacher-student
  communication