Teachers

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Teachers Trainers Qualification Standards,
Training Standards

• Towards a community model of definition of
  competences

Qualification standards
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Workshop objectives Standards

• Can national models be translated into
  trans-national models?
• Different models for teachers and trainers?
• Obstacles to standards for trainers?
• How can CEDEFOP contribute?

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Business performance

• Quality of trainers
• Competence standards qualifications
• Working with partners
• Government

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NTOs

• Voices of employers on education training
• Development of qualifications based on
  occupational standards of competence
• Collection of labour market data

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Employment NTO

• Represents Employment arena
• Development of National, sectoral and local
  partnerships
• Assess education and training needs
• Promote competence based standards
  qualifications
• Assessment verification of standards

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Potential achievements

• Better qualified workforce
• Reduced confusion about (1000) qualifications
  NVQ framework
• Bridging the gap between the academic and
  vocational

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Competence standards

• Based on output
• Can do based upon
• Knowledge
• Understanding
• Experience

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Standards can be used for

• Recruitment
• Job descriptions
• Appraisal
• Quality assurance
• Continuous professional development
• Qualifications

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Standards offer.

• Transparency/portability
• Benchmarking quality measures
• Development strategies what needs to be done?
• Operational strategies e.g., salary structures or
  performance evaluation
• Credibility/rigour
• Employment currency

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FENTO

• Competence standards will drive up teaching
  standards
• Basis for professional body
• Compulsory
• Inspection
• Across the board (teachers, Principals, support
  staff, etc.)

National standards http//www.fento.org
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UK framework

• NTOs
• RDAs
• Learning Skills Councils

• Standards
• Economic strategies
• Investment

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Italy

• Legal framework
• Regional training centres evaluation/guidance
• Training quality certifying Centres and trainers
• Defining competence of trainers

Trainer competencies
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Italy process

• Defining roles and skills of trainers
• Develop links between employment and training
  policies
• Expand continuous training
• Integrate school, regional and company training

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Italy process 2

• Definition of professional profiles (competence
  approach) based upon
• ROME (France) and NVQ (UK)

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Italy Competence model - skills levels

• Learning and teaching
• Management of human resources
• Diagnosis
• Planning
• Promotion
• Quality
• Co-ordination

Trainer competencies
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Limitations of competence?
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Possibilities?

• Competencies or capabilities????
• Development of Europe-wide core
  competencies/standards?
• Methodological
• Social
• Values/attitudes
• Learning abilities
• Work process knowledge

National standards