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Validation of experiential acquired learnings “VAEâ€. Definition. Experience = a source of apprenticeship Validation = a new possibility of assessment, recognition and certification for these experiential learnings : for a complete diploma or parts of it A recent law : January 17th, 2002.
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Validation of experiential acquired learnings“VAE” Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
Definition • Experience = a source of apprenticeship • Validation = a new possibility of assessment, recognition and certification for these experiential learnings : for a complete diploma or parts of it • A recent law : January 17th, 2002 Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
How does Le Cnam develop it ? Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
A few information about Le Cnam • Exists since more than 200 years (1794) • A public institution dedicated to lifelong training • Higher education, from Baccalauréat to PhD • Many specialities in : • economics and management, industrial sciences and techniques, information and communication, labor and society studies • 80 000 students each year • Courses and distance-learning programmes Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
Le Cnam and its experience • Since the beginning (1794), the Cnam is dedicated to adults training • Students’ experience is integrated in their trainings • It used to practice older (but more limited) validation formats, which existed before Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
Why use validation?1. For candidates • A tool for live or job application • A system to get an official recognition of competencies, or to get a diploma related to these, or to specific function • A way to increase your chance in the job market Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
Why use validation?2. For companies and business sectors • To optimize their training investments • To optimize their human resources management • A way to attract candidates (recruitment) and retain employees • To increase the social image of the company or the sector Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
How to do it ? Key points (1) • First, select the right diploma • In VAE information centers all over France • Through a personal assessment and analysis of your experience • Attached to the diploma descriptions : job competencies and training programme Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
How to do it? Key points (2) • So, choose the education or training center where the chosen diploma is available • If it is Le Cnam, use the following information sources : • Web site : cnam.fr • Information meetings • Appointments with a specific advisor… Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
The process (1) • Register for VAE at Le Cnam (fees) • Fill in a specific file • With the help of a VAE advisor • Develop your personal port-folio • to identify and analyze your work situations and previous job activities • to define the competencies developed during your professional experience Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
The process (2) • The port-folio shall present : • Professional activities, tasks and responsibilities, • How you did them • Problems faced in the job, problem solving skills developed, • Results achieved, • How the skills developed were reused in other situations. Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
The process (3) • The port-folio must prove • the aptitudes, • competencies • and knowledges facing the diploma and its descriptions Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
The process (4) • 4 special VAE juries at the Cnam • Every six-month • Members : teachers and professionals • Candidate’s face to face with the jury Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
Some VAE results at Le Cnam (1) • 2002 -2005 : 1150 VAE applications and results Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
Some results at the Cnam (2) • 42 % of total fully validated • Half partly positive • Only 9% were denied (2004 datas) Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation
E-validation : VIATIC • To fill in your file and develop your port-folio through Internet • A personal and secured area within Le CNAM website • With interactive comments and advises from your VAE advisor and referent teacher • We will test it now….. but in French! Cnam - DNF - Service Compétences et Validation