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Andragoški center Slovenije. Slovenian Institute for Adult Education. QUALIFIED EUCEBS ASSESSORS AWARD (QEAA) presentation EUCEBS European Certificate in Basic Skills pilot project. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award. Content of presentation What is EUCEBS?. QEAATP.
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Andragoški center Slovenije Slovenian Institute for Adult Education QUALIFIED EUCEBS ASSESSORS AWARD(QEAA) presentation EUCEBS European Certificate in Basic Skills pilot project
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Content of presentation • What is EUCEBS? QEAATP
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • EUCEBS – European Certificate in Basic Skills • 3 years Leonardo da Vinci pilot project,funded under Transparency thematic action, 2002-2005 • 9 partners from 8 countries: • University of Edinburgh, UK, contracting org • Edinburgh University Settlement, UK, co-ordinating org • partner countries: Slovenia, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, • Romania, Ireland • advisory: European Trade Union, Bruxelles, • Basic Skills Agency, London
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • EUCEBS • overall goal • to develop multilingual, competence basedEU • 6-part certificate, that will make visible to • employerswhat those who gain itcan do. • methods • - system of accreditation of prior non-formal • andinformal learning in the area of basic • skills • - e-portfolio and EU standard test for overall • competence in each domain
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • EUCEBS • 6 domains of competences: • communication • numeracy • ICT • learning to learn • interpersonal skills • citizenship
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • EUCEBS • target audience • socially and economically excluded groups of • adults, no formal qualification (early school • leavers, immigrants, ethnic groups, prisoners, etc) • rationale • removing barriers to learning and labour market, • improving learning of risk groups, • improving employability and mobility of population, • strengthening social inclusion, • making learning more visible and attractive.
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • EUCEBS • products and added value • standards of knowledge and competences • on each of 6 domains structured into elements, • performance criteria and range statements • tests for each of 6 domains (CAA) • project website: www.eucebs.orgin seven languages • project specific e-portfolio enabling on-line • assessment • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training • Programme
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • EUCEBSimplementation • within the duration of the project • endorsement of the certificate on national level throughnational • qualification authorities in (some) partnercountries (responsible • Ministries) • partners org. - initial testing centres • future of the project • - national testing centres (in contact with EUROPASS) • EUCEBS Foundation, non profit company • Single Framework on Transparency of Qualifications and • competences including EUROPASS (certificate supplement • or mobility pass)
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme - • proposal (SIAE) • rationale • quality assurance and transparency • philosophy • - to make visible non-formal and informal learning, • experience based and modular, • two methods of validating and accrediting knowledge and • competences, by portfolio and EUCEBS tests
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme - • Proposal (SIAE) • aims Trainees: • Recognise EU and national documents on NFL and IFL • develop positive attitude to validation and certification • master EUCEBS domains and structure of standards • qualify for using two instruments: EUCEBS tests and portfolio • qualify for direct assessment of knowledge and competences • master the building up portfolio • qualify for communication with candidates • manage the characteristics of the target groups, • masters EUCEBS ICT
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme – • proposal (SIAE) • The structure- 2 parts - The general part defines (the content and the structure): • aims of the training, • duration and content of the training, • crediting of the programme, • entry requirements, • completion of the programme with award, • verification and assessment of knowledge and competences, • resources for implementing the training programme, • the professional role of the qualified assessors.
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme - • proposal (SIAE) • The special part defines (standards of knowledge and competences) • (in tune with SI legislation concerning NVQ): • the name of the programme, • professional background of assessors, • relation to the formal programmes, • ways and criteria of assessment of knowledge and compet. • the benefits of QAA, • required his/her educational level, • resources and standards of knowledge and competences of assessors, supporting documents, literature and sources, • validity of the licence, • monitoring of the QAATP.
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme - • proposal (SIAE) • implementation • national level • partners institutions ‘nests’ for providing QEAATP • EU level: • EUCEBS Fundation: monitoring, evaluation, developing assessors network • EU Inventory on the identification and validation of NFL/IFL
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme - • proposal (SIAE) • added value • training fornew professional and occupational roles • (new professional field) • a pathway to EU market of basic skills and competences
Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme - • Proposal (SIAE) • problems foreseen • government monopoly in some countries on what may be validated • uncertanty of local / regional funding support for testing centres • suspicion, in some countries, of innovative methods