ROC Midden-Brabant

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ROC Midden-Brabant

• Regional Centre for Vocational Education and
  Training

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The Dutch educational system
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Adult and vocational education act

• 1996
• Quality improvement of secondary education
• Integration of vocational and adult education
• Coherent qualification structure
• Strengthening ties with the labor market
• Improvement of retention rates
• Implementation of new didactic methods
• Flexible training possibilities for individuals

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VET field vocational education

• Two learning routes
• 1. Full-time college-based route (BOL)
• Includes at least 20 placements
• 2. Part-time work-based route (BBL)
• At least 60 apprenticeship in a company

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VET field vocational education

• Four qualification levels
• 1. Assistants level
• simple practical tasks
• 2. Basic vocational level
• practical tasks
• 3. Vocational level
• carrying out tasks independently
• 4. Middle management and specialist level
• tasks of a broad or specialist nature

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Regional Training Centres (ROCs)

• 46 ROCs spread over the Netherlands
• 650.000 students
• Offering education and training courses in all
  sectors of vocational and adult education
• Key role in education and work in their regions
• (Private teaching institutes)
• (Agricultural Colleges)

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Ways of financing

• State Ministry of Education
• Local authorities municipalities
• Employers companies and institutions
• Participants

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ROC Midden-Brabant

• 16.000 students
• 250 different courses
• 120 nationalities
• 2500 companies which offer work placements
• 4 departments (colleges)
• Business Studies
• Social Services and Health Care
• Engineering and Technology
• Basic and Adult Education

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Business Studies

• Business management marketing
• Business administration
• Trade logistics
• Banking, insurance law
• Information and Communication Technology
• Security services
• Flight attendant

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Social Services and Health Care

• Health and Care e.g. nursery
• Social welfare e.g. social work
• e.g. child care
• Services e.g. doctors assistant
• e.g. hairdressing
• Sports e.g. fitness centres

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Engineering and Technology

• Electrical and mechanical engineering
• Building and fitting techniques
• Motor mechanics
• Aircraft techniques
• Transport and logistics
• Processing industry and laboratory techniques
• Bakery
• Woodwork and furniture

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Basic and Adult Education

• Key qualifications for further education
• Dutch as a second language
• Integration of minorities
• Basic social skills
• Job orientation
• Re-integration
• General secondary education

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International objectives

• Adult and vocational education act
• International activities as part of the
  curriculum
• International activities as quality instrument
• Strategic policy of ROC Midden-Brabant
• International society ? international education
• Strategic plans of the four colleges
• Concrete activities

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International activities ROC MB

• Preparation of participants for the international
  society and working life
• Work placements abroad
• Student exchange programs
• Other international activities for participants
• Innovation of curricula and teaching programmes
• Pilot projects with foreign partners
• Study visits of staff in other countries
• Staff development programme
• Other international activities for staff members

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Examples of international activities

• Work placements for students in Sw, UK, B, D, Fr,
  Fi, It and Gr.
• Student exchange program with Germany and Italy
• Teachers visiting students at work placements
• Teacher training program in Denmark and UK
• Study visit for staff in UK, Sp, At, Mar and Tk
• Pilot projects Welcome, Education House,
  Educators as trainers, trainers as educators,
  Family learning
• Programs for foreign partners

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Financing international activities

• Own funds of ROC Midden-Brabant
• National fundings from Ministry of Education
• Funding through EU-projects
• Bilateral programs

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International network

• Partners in mobility projects
• Uk, Sw, It, B, Sp, Fr, Fi, Gr, D and Ca
• Partners in pilot projects
• Uk, Ireland, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal,
  Germany, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland,
  Sweden, Norway
• The Dutch Alliance
• 8 ROCs in the Netherlands
• Enetrac
• Portugal, Czechia, Italy, Germany, UK, France,
  Russia, Poland Slovakia