European scheme for validation of competences - Catalonia

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European scheme for validation of competences -
Catalonia
Rafael Barrio LapuenteResearch Aptitude in
Doctoral Studies Post graduate Business
Administration Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
and Educational Science Technical Development of
the Provincial Council of Barcelona
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Step 1 Identification of the professional
standard

• Which are the players involved in the process of
  definition of the professional standard?

State, Autonomous government, Social agents,
Municipalities
The professional standard is designed by national
and sectoral experts proposed by social partners,
administrations, and other stackeholders.

• How is the professional standard defined
  (process)?

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• How is the professional standard described
  (outcome)?

General Competence and competence
unit Professional and work areas Main
occupations and places of employment
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Step 2 Definition of the learning objectives
(only for formal processes)

• Which are the players involved in the process of
  definitionof the learning objects (institutional
  levels, agencies, etc.)?

Ministry of Education (State) and regional
Autonomous governments
Subsystems Mmanagement Mmanagement Programs Programs Rrecognising Rrecognising
Subsystems State Catalonia State Catalonia State Catalonia
Regulate Vocational training Min education Education department 55 45 Min. Autonomies that assumed responsibility or Min education Education department

• Which are the relationships between the
  professional standard and the training standard
  process?

Each Competence unit (PROFESSIONAL STANDARD) is
associated to a professional TRAINING module
(TRAINING STANDARD)
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• How are the learning objects described(output)?

Each professional training module has terminal
objectives. Then we define KSC Knowledge, Skills
and Competences (Behaivor)
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Step 3 Information and guidance
Regulate Vocational training
competence Accreditation

• Which are the players involved in the process of
  evaluation?

At the classroom level tutor Working teams of
vocational information and guidance in every
administrative division of the Education
Department EAP Psycho-pedagogical Guidance and
Advising Teams Teachers of Psychology and Pedagogy
Teachers secondary education (IES) and Catalan
Institute of vocational qualifications

• When is guidance offered all along the process?

At the beginning (EAPs, TUTORS, etc) and in the
end (University, different pathways, tutors)
Teachers in secondary education
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Regulate Vocational training
competence Accreditation

• What are the aims of guidance actions?

Help the student to find his/her own
option/pathway which best suits her/his needs and
interests
Employed and unemployed people , that they want
to prove the professional competence that have
acquired line the work experience but of which
they do not have oficial certification
A individual Academic and Professional Guidance
To provide information about Labour Market
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Step 4 Intermediate evaluations
Competence Accreditation
Regulate Vocational training

• Which are the players involved in the process of
  evaluation?

Teachers and enterprises (FCT), team teacher

• How is the process run (process)?

it is not applied intermediate evaluation
Summative and continuous Evaluation

• What is evaluated (outcome)?

The capacities are defined in learning Outcomes,
that are to expres, in the curriculum in terms
of final capacities. There are three types of
credits (cross, of synthesis and specific)
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Step 5 Evaluation procedure
Regulate Vocational training
Competence Accreditation

• Which are the players involved in the process of
  evaluation?

Teachers and enterprises (FCT)
Teachers secondary education and Catalan
Institute of vocational qualifications

• How is the process run (process)?

Summative and continuous Evaluation
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Competence Accreditation
Documentary assessment
Competences Dossier and ccontrasts Interview
Test of simulation computer It is a real
situation simulation test associated to a work
position, that is carried out with a data
processing application designed and developed
especially to evaluate the competences that want
to be accredited.
Demonstrative assessment
Practical Observation. Test work place workshop.
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Regulate Vocational training
Competence Accreditation

• What is evaluated (outcome)?

collecting evidences that show the control of the
standard unit of competences.
The capacities are defined in learning Outcomes,
that are to express in the curriculum in terms
of final capacities. There are three types of
credits (cross, of synthesis and specific)
assessment criteria outcomes
0 there are not evidences of the competence or
they are not clearly identifying
1 there are evidences of inexact, weak
competence, or not enough justified.
2 there are sufficient evidences, exact and
clear, through their descriptions and
argumentations.

• Are there intermediate evaluation and, if yes,
  how are they considered into the final evaluation?

it is not applied
Summative and continuous Evaluation. Tests
written, simulations and to practice
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Step 6 Certification of final results
Regulate Vocational training
Competence Accreditation

• Which are the players involved in the process of
  certification?

Ministry of Education regional Government
(Autonomies) in the name of the King
Catalan Institute of vocational qualifications

• How is the equivalence between professional
  standards and learning outcomes taken into
  consideration?

The training module is defined according to the
job profile and general competence. When we
evaluate the KSC in the course content we take
into consideration the professional standards
Unit of Competence
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Qualification Structure
Regulate Vocational training

• How is the outcome of the learning process
  described?

Terminal Objectives
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Competence Accreditation summarizing

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Step 6 Monitoring and review (to be checked for
every step of the process)
Regulate Vocational training
Competence Accreditation

• Which are the players involved in the controlling
  process?

Teachers, centre
Teachers secondary education and Catalan
Institute of vocational qualifications

• How is quality maintained along the process?

Verification conditions of homologation the
evaluation organization
Inspectors of the Education system
Evaluation acts Acceptance

• Is there an updating procedure?

once a year
Updating every five years
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Modular Catalogue of Training
Modular Catalogue of Training linked to the
NSPQ (1)
Occupational Training
Initial Vocational Training (Educational Bodies)
Continuing Training (Under the Tripartite
Agreement)

• National System of
• Professional
• Qualifications