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Level 5 in Flanders and. The current situation & expectations Patrick Mariën AG Stedelijk Onderwijs Antwerp Partnership AP Antwerp. Content. Flemish qualification framework level 5 The HBO5 trainings in Flanders Expectations for. Flemish qualification framework (VKS).
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Level 5 in Flanders and The current situation & expectations Patrick Mariën AG Stedelijk Onderwijs Antwerp Partnership AP Antwerp
Content • Flemishqualification framework level 5 • The HBO5 trainings in Flanders • Expectations for
Flemishqualification framework (VKS) • The VKS has 8 levels of which level 5 is the first of the higher education levels. Level 5 HigherEducation 5 VKS: → professional leg → educational leg
Professional qualification level 5 A set of competences required for professional functioning on a level 5 formulated by the economic sectors and validated by the Flemish Government (n=17 on 31/01/2014) • Competences: • Knowledge →specific for a domain, to be extended and supplemented • Skills → build-in cognitive & motor skills → problem-solving skills • Context • To act in new & complex situations • Autonomy • To take initiative on a medium level • Responsibility • To achieve personal results & to stimulate collective results
Educational Qualification level 5 • A set of competences required for functioning in society and participating in the professional and educational fields based upon professional qualifications level 5 and validated by the Flemish Government (n=2 on 31.01.2014) • Higher education / 90 or 120 ECTS • Starting point for a HBO5 training which gives a graduate degree = level 5 degree = associate degree
Educational Qualification level 5 EQ 5 90 or 120 ECTS Graduatedegree Content relation Educational Qualification 5 Professional Qualification 5 Professional Qualification level 5 Professional Qualification level 5 Professional Qualification level 5 HBO5 training
HBO 5 trainings: past, present & future • The existing HBO5 trainings (n=58) are oldertrainingslabeledby the Flemischgovernment level 5, who are in fact level 6 trainingswith a shorter curriculum →theywilldisappearfrom 2017 on • The new HBO5 trainings (n=0) based on the VKS willbelaunchedfrom 2015 on • The present = in transition
The new HBO 5 trainings: twomain targets • Employment of the students: a job which requires professional functioning on level 5 • A further educational career for the students: a auxiliary program towards level 6 is compulsory to every new HBO5 training validated by Flemish government
Creating a new HBO5 training : steps • A shared education profile based upon the competences of the educational qualification 5 → set of learning outcomes on level 5 • A program (90 or 120 ECTS) = aims, contents and methods description with work based learning of the training modules • A quality check on the program performed by the accreditation organization →NVAO • A decision by the Flemish Government to launch the training at the applying partnerships
Organization of the HBO5 trainings in Flanders • Partnership between adult education center(s) & a college of applied sciences = compulsory (01.09.2014) • Financed by the Flemish government • With a fair amount of work based learning • Aligned with target groups for training variations ( generation students, distant learning groups, jobseekers or working students)
Expectations for • On the micro level • To obtain good practices from EU on • Target groups and their specific training needs • Distant learning on level 5 • Work based learning in different economic sectors • To create skills alliances on level 5 = content validity for the level 5 training • To create an international perspective on level 5 content for validating the national programs
Expectations • On the meso level • To create a learning platform for professionals on level 5 • To create a think tank for level 5-issues to incorporate into policy