Every Trainee Matters Kick off meeting PPT

1. EveryTraineeMatters Kick – Off Meeting Prague 2nd – 3rd December 2010 Raftopoulos Dimitris Project Coordinator

2. Topics ✓ Project Partners Concept of the Project 1 Scope of the Project 2 Project Management 3 Project Results & Outcomes 4 Action Plan 5 Dissemination Plan 6 Identification of indicators to evaluate project Communication Plan 7 8 9 10 11 Drafting of a learning needs assessments questionnaire Drafting of an evaluation questionnaire

3. Project Partners 1 Expert Ones SA 2 International TEFL Certificate 3 GIP – FCIP DE BOURGOGNE 4 InstitutoEuropeoLenguasModernas 5 Future - NGO 6 CVT - SVIE 7 SPOLECZNA WYZSZA SZKOLA PRZEDSIEBIORCZOSCI I ZARZADZANIA W ŁODZI

4. Concept of the Project

5. Concept of the Project 1/3 Background One of the main objectives stipulated by the Copenhagen Process and the Helsinki Communiqué of December 2006 Increasing the attractiveness and quality of vocational education and training (VET) Can be achieved through a common quality system used by all LLL Institutions But the quality of vocational education and training is based on the services provided by trainers, teachers, mentors, coaches. Focal point trainee-trainer interface Actors at beginning of the process to actors attained excellence New Skills/ New Jobs Constant change Predict the competencies needed Through dynamic educational quality systems generating added value Quality in education should be based at exchanges of "good practices", as well as the creation of tools, procedures and testing them

6. The lack of educational content of the training programs The limited economic and time resources Family problems Low motivation Organizational culture Demographic Bomb Issue resulting in the promotion of a culture "of routine“ Increase of resistance to change Explain the failure of training programs They can be improved through training adjustment and exchange of good practices The culture of the organizations should integrate values, principles, practice patterns of thought and training that are consistent with the requirements of a democratic society and market economy requirements. Concept of the Project 2/3 Problematique

7. Constant Development of knowledge and professional skills So to meet the new requirements of the economy and the labour market Project provides concrete responses to these new needs Trainer quality is the most important within-education factor affecting learners performance This network focussed on the changing role of European trainers from static “all knowing” trainers to dynamic “lifelong learners” It is very important to develop guidance material, organize meetings, seminars and courses which help professionals to acquire new knowledge and skills “Every trainee matters” aims at providing for both individual and organizational training needs by developing the competencies required by the professional activities The training programme designed within the project will use trainee-centered, active learning methods and motivation boost strategies Concept of the Project 3/3 Solution

8. Scope of the Project To train and develop new abilities in teachers, trainers, mentors, tutors etc. in order to ensure quality in initial or continuous VET.

9. Project Objectives Identification of training needs of the teachers, trainers, educators in these institutions on quality control in VET Training of resource persons (trainers of trainers) to train other people working in VET systems Creating a training program in quality assurance, to meet the training needs previously identified Creating a platform for online learning to increase access to training programs and materials Developing common approaches to training and developing human resources skills Improving human resources management training in these institutions Accreditation of the training program and the certification of acquired skills

10. Project Management Issues

12. Moderator and facilitator role in the partnership

13. The centralization of information and results

14. Interim & final report based on reports from each institution

15. Will help design the questionnaire for the needs analysis

16. Will conduct training needs analysis for the people in the target group

17. Will perform the analysis of documents and information regarding quality insurance

18. Will set the objectives of the training program

19. Will design its own training program (objectives, content, strategies, tools, assessment procedures) in accordance with the needs identified

20. Exchange of "best practice“

21. Evaluation of achievement of objectives

23. The project progress evaluation – evaluation of the goal achievement – will be carried out in various moments of the project – meetings, reports, final reports The staff of the institutions will be involved in internal evaluation, together with the training beneficiaries The partner institutions will be involved in external evaluation, this being the case of the institutions that deal with teacher or trainer training and quality control, this way evaluating short term and long term effects: At the target group level At the staff level At the institutional level At the local community level Evaluation

24. Project Results & Outcomes

25. Expected Results Identification To identify the training needs of the target group of the institutions involved (teachers, trainers, educators) 1 Training To train the target audience in order to address the identified needs 2 Motivation 3 To increase motivation for lifelong learning Development To develop common approaches to training and developing human resources skills 4 Improvement To improve human resources management training in the institutions involved 5 Design 6 To design the accreditation of the training program and the certification of acquired skills Your own footer

26. Results & Outcomes 1/2

27. Results & Outcomes 2/2

28. Project Outcomes A needs analysis questionnaire & report An e-learning training program in quality assurance The “Quality portfolio”, which includes tools and procedures for self-evaluation, for implement of quality in VET A platform for online learning to increase access to training programs and materials

29. Action Plan

30. Action Plan Exchange of best practices in order to improve the training program already created Each project team will make a proposal for the questionnaire to assess training needs In the next stage each institution will experience the training program. Among the attendants, there will also be trainees from the target group. The results of testing the training program will be presented and analyzed at the transnational meetings Analysis of training needs will be presented and reviewed by all partners Each partner will decide what is valuable from the training that suits the needs of its target group The partners will establish training objectives, content, materials and strategies through analysis, discussion of program proposals made by each partner

31. Work Program 1/2

32. Work Program 2/2

33. Dissemination Plan

34. Meetings by each national project team Spread information about training programs & motivate partners / actors Organization of practice-oriented workshops focus on the best professional personal competencies and educational opportunities Each participating organization will present professional orientation tips for trainees for quality improvement and career development All participants will have an opportunity to share their experience and exchange information After meeting each partner will prepare a detailed report about presented workshops and solved solutions This report will be distributed among all partners Presentation of the project results and products in the local media Posting relevant information about the project on the sites of other institutions Presenting the training program in the profile meetings (seminars, conferences, methodical meetings) Electronic bulletin will be sent in the lifelong learning community periodically Presentation of the project in meetings of other transnational projects Use of electronic mailing lists Conferences, workshops, seminars will be organized by the partners Dissemination Activities

35. Information about project including PP’s Information & contact details Project activities and products created in the formal and informal meetings e-Learning Platform Documentation Center Administrative, policy, and procedural documents Instructional materials Working papers, Events (meetings, seminars, workshops, conferences) Practice-oriented workshops focus on the best professional personal competencies and educational opportunities Detailed reports about presented workshops and solved solutions Discussion groups with different themes All participants will have an opportunity to share their experience and exchange information Information Frequent news and updates to keep the community informed Creation of a Database: Each PP will be responsible for providing all necessary information and updating this on the database Dissemination Activities Project’s Portal

36. Identification Of Indicators

38. Professional quality

39. Development of management skills

40. Development of communication skills in English

41. Development of ICT use

42. Teaching skills development

43. Increased motivation

44. The degree of satisfaction of the beneficiaries (trainees, students, staff)

45. Self-development skills

46. Quality in their professional development

47. Pedagogical skills

48. Developing communication skills in English

49. Developing the use of ICT

50. Development of skills team work

51. Increased motivation

52. Increased self-confidence

53. The teaching materials created in partnership

54. The quality of the portfolio made

56. Quality-generating management

57. Improvement of cooperation among the employees of the institution

58. Improvement of HR management at institutional level

59. The number of beneficiaries

60. The results obtained in the internal and external evaluations

61. The strategy developed

62. The dissemination of project results

63. Providing training for other beneficiaries

64. Support and expertise of individuals and institutions in ensuring quality improvement

65. Cooperation with other institutions / organizations in training adults at the local level and / or regional level

66. The visibility of the institution and training program created in the community

69. Personal Information [Gender, Age, etc] Educational level Working sector [To which sector, with what role, etc] Issues regarding the studying and participation to the specific training program : Have they participated in seminar with similar subjects? Have they got previous experience with training through e-learning? Are they familiar with the usage of ICT? Do they have access to PC – Internet? Do they prefer to study at home, office, another location? Are they familiar with the language of the training material (English)? How much time they can use for studying and attending the specific training curriculum ? Open ended questions regarding the expectations of the trainees: What they will gain through the training program, how they will be benefited, etc Most of the questions should focus on the last category, because it will help better define the content and design of the training program Learning Needs Questionnaire

70. Evaluation Questionnaire

72. All the institutions taking part in the partnership seek to involve the trainees (teachers, trainers, mentors, tutors) in all the stages of the project: the planning, implementation and evaluation and the dissemination of the results. The trainees will be involved in all the stages of the training programme (research, planning, experimenting, evaluation). It is essential for the adults in the target group to develop skills in the field of curriculum management, as in their turn, they will have to create and develop training programmes. Due to the fact that this is a project in which teachers, trainers and tutors are now trainees, it is expected that they will have a better understanding of: the characteristics of adult education; the teaching methods which are more efficient, appealing and motivating; the means of ensuring quality in education and training; the better promotion of the principles of ‘lifelong and life-wide learning’. In order to ensure the quality of the education and training process, and the acquisition of ‘know how’, there will be specific strategies that will ensure the quality of the training programme and the implementation of the project. These strategies will be focused on the trainees: they will be consulted, they will have to express their opinions, they will evaluate, they will take part in transnational meetings, they will contribute to the creation of the final products. This project works with both the learners and the staff of participating institutions. Through our pedagogical issues and management of our project, our aim is to provide innovative and challenging techniques to the learners. We will have be in the contact with our partners and learners, we will write regular project evaluations and reports. Our team will create the project methodology and technology necessary for the e-learning program. We will share the pest practice with our partners. The feedback from the program will be sent to the coordinator on a regular basis. Project Partners Involvement