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Lightning talks Thessaloniki, 9-10 April 2019

Second policy learning forum Unlocking the potential of learning at the workplace by, and for, teachers and trainers in VET. Lightning talks Thessaloniki, 9-10 April 2019. Vita Žunda , Trainer of Tutors for WBL in Latvia

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Lightning talks Thessaloniki, 9-10 April 2019

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  1. Second policy learning forum Unlocking the potential of learning at the workplace by, and for, teachers and trainers in VET Lightning talks Thessaloniki, 9-10 April 2019

  2. Vita Žunda, Trainer of Tutors for WBL in Latvia Lead trainer, methodology expert in KA3 Policy Experimentation project “Testing New Approaches for Training of Tutors for WBL” (TTT4WBL) Baltic Bright, Ltd., Latvia TandemTraining of Tutorsfor Work-basedLearning

  3. What is TandemTraining? • Tutors from VET + trainers from companies • learn together

  4. Aims of TandemTraining • Quality of VET throughquality of WBL • (EU Commissioner M.Thyssen: Skills – key to future, VET – key to skills, apprenticeships – key to VET) • Quality of WBL through: • Continuousprofessionaldevelopment of WBL tutorsfrom VET and companies (learning together) • atthesametime • Strengtheningcooperation, partnershipbuildingbetween VET and business;

  5. WhyTandem? WorkingTogether! • Teamworkof VET and company: • Guidance for traineesthroughcommunicationand supportfrombothsides VET Trainee Workplacetutor VET tutor

  6. TandemTraining: where and when • In Latvia and Baltics – nationaltrainings • Developed Tandem Approachsince 2014 through lifelong learning and Erasmus+ projects, now linked with national initiatives • Policyexperimentation KA3: Testing Tandem Approach • So far trained 300 tutorsin Latvia + Lithuania (>300) + Estonia (200) • For internationalmobilities: international tandem training when VET and workplacetutorsarefromdifferentcountries • Possible underStrategicpartnerships, Estonia-Latvia; Latvia-Finland-Germany-Estonia, Interreg projects

  7. Tandemworkshops: Programme • What do they learn together - maingroups of skills: • Organization and planning of WBL (process Before-During-After) • Guidance and communicationinvolvingTrainee • Communication and cooperationbetweenSchool and Company • Through: • Practicalexamples, real cases (companies, trainees), roleplays. simulations, problemsolving,brainstorming;smallgroupsor pairs inwhich VET tutors and workplacetutorsworktogether • Preferably – VET and companiesrepresent thesamesectors

  8. TandemTraining - successful because ofimpact • VET and Companydevelopa commonvision of high-qualitywork-basedlearning; • Overcomestereotypes, learnabouteachother, make contacts • Build trust between VET and Company, learn to work in team

  9. Impact of Tandem Training • Quotationsfromfeedbacks of training participants (Latvian Railway company): • «It isgoodweweretogetherwithschooltutors. I uderstoodthattheirworkishard and weneed to worktogether» • «Before, when I sawmaycolleguesworkingwithtrainees, I thought: Thank God I don’thave to do this. Now I think I canhelpthemlearnsomething. And I realized, I have to changemyself»

  10. Main challenge:sustainability • Strongsupportersin Latvia (KA3 Policy Experimentation Project): • Ministry of Education and Science, National Centre for Education, LatvianChamber of Commerce and Industry, but • SofarTandemtraininghasbeenprojectbased • How to buildTandemtrainingintonational WBL tutortrainingsystem?

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