The Qalll Potential
Kim Faurschou
International Sciencepark
Forskerparken 10
DK 5230 Odense M
faco@spo.dk
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Agenda
Quality in VET and Adult education?
European perspective – history and future
European visions and objectives
Qalll – at a glance
The ten qalll recommendations
Selected recommendations
Critical reflections
Strategic questions for the next steps
- Getting the most out of QALL recommendations
- Turning input to impact
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Quality in VET and Adult Education ?
Difficult to define
Quality is a construction
Many different actors and point of views
Quality can be seen as a way of thinking, an
attitude and a philosophy
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Quality in VET and Adult Learning –
in a European perspective
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
20??
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Lisbon
European Forum on Quality in VET (2001-2002)
Copenhagen
Technical Working Group on Quality in VET (2003-2004)
Maastricht
Common Quality Assurance Framework CQAF
Helsinki
ENQAVET - 2 work programmes (Oct. 2005- Dec. 2009)
Bordeaux
EQR
EQARF + ECVET Recommendation, The QALLL-Network
Brugges
EQAVET (1.1.2010)
Quality in the Adult Learning Sector
Qalll
Final conference Nov. 2012
Quality reference framework for Adult Education?
Quality reference framework for lifelong learning
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European visions and objectives
A stronger Europe
One European labour market
World class education
Transparency
Mutual trust and recognition
Common understanding
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qalll at a glance
Qalll combines VET and Adult education
Collected, analysed and presented the good practice
Reduced the complexity and gives an overview
An excellent example of proactive dissemination of
project results, tools and contactpersons
Strategic focus
A set of recommendations
A starting point for the use of the project result
Inspiration
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qalll recommendations
1 Joint approaches in AE and VET
Enhance exchange and cooperation between AE and
VET for mutual benefit.
2 Quality Culture
Develop and nurture a quality culture.
3 The EQAVET Quality Cycle
For constant development make sure to employ the
whole quality cycle.
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qalll recommendations
4 Quality Management Models and Indicators
Adopt easy-to-use and flexible QM models and develop/choose
meaningful indicators.
5 Methodologies
Make use of the rich repertoire and choose the methodology that
suits your requirements.
6 Work-based learning
Develop QA for work-based learning involving enterprises.
7 Guidance
Build upon existing QA models for Guidance and Counselling
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8 Professionalisation and staff development
Establish QA as an integral part of professionalisation
and staff development
9 Dissemination and Valorisation
Ensure dissemination and valorisation to enhance the
impact of your project.
10 Innovation in QA
Support further innovation of quality assurance in AE and
VET
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qalll recommendations
The recommendations are based on:
• 39 good practice projects which have been subjected to
a comparative analysis, fleshing out in detail how they
contribute to key issues in European quality assurance
policy,
• the outcomes of two QALLL conferences and eleven
QALLL national expert panels carried out in the partner
countries
• a survey on sustainability of project results which was
conducted among the 39 good practice projects.
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Selected qalll recommendations - 1
For constant development make sure to employ the
whole quality cycle – systematically! Measurable!
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Selected qalll recommendations - 2
Establish QA as an integral part of professionalization
and staff development
Teachers and trainers are the single most important factor the
quality in VET and Adult education
Training in quality work needed
Management support needed
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Selected qalll recommendations - 3
Develop QA for work-based learning involving
enterprises
The quality has to be developed, secured and documented in
all education and learning, including the activities in
enterprises.
Cooperation between the many actors needed
Motivation both at enterprises and schools needed
Need for clarifying the expectations + follow-up
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Critical reflections - 1
Many examples of good practice, a good overview,
a lot of inspiration, but
still difficult to see the lifelong learning perspective
Still far from project to everyday practice
Still limited involvement of learners
Still limited focus on learning outcome
Still far from quality paper and policy to systematic
practice
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Critical reflections - 2
Still limited knowledge about quality in work based
learning
Still limited involvement of external stakeholders
Still limited staff involvement in the quality process
Still challenges in relation to dissemination
Many projects results/instruments are context
dependent
Still organisational challenges in relation to quality
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Quality approaches and philosophy
Strategic alternatives
Quality approach
Own?
Common?
Education
Pre-school
General
VET
HE
Adult
Lifelong
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Strategic questions - 1
How will you enhance exchange and
cooperation between AE and VET?
How will you develop and nurture a quality
culture?
How will you make sure to employ the whole
quality cycle?
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Strategic questions - 2
How will you adopt easy-to-use and flexible QM
models and develop/choose meaningful
indicators?
How will you make use of the rich repertoire
and choose the methodology that suits your
requirements?
How will you develop QA for work-based
learning involving enterprises?
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Strategic questions - 3
How will you develop QA models for Guidance
and Counselling?
How will you establish QA as an integral part of
professionalisation and staff development?
How will you ensure dissemination and
valorisation to enhance the impact of your
project?
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Strategic questions - 4
How will you support further innovation of
quality assurance in AE and VET?
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Strategic questions - 5
What are your
objectives with your
work on quality in VET
and Adult education?
+ Quality approach?
How will you follow up
on the evaluations and
set new objectives?
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How will you
implement your work
on quality in VET and
Adult education?
Focus? + systematic?
How will you evaluate
the quality in VET and
Adult education?
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