ECVET TrustRendsburg, January, 2011

• Where are we now?– Two examples realized (Ványai, Euro Trans Log)– Further initiations (MAP: ECVET, Hansági)

• Obstacles• Suggestions• Summary

Content

Projects of Ványai Ambrus Secondary Grammar School and Secondary Technical School (Túrkeve)

1st project 2nd project

Given trade Car mechanic Motor vehicle technician

Given countries HU, FR HU, FR, GE, SP, GB, IT, RO

Beginning of the project 2002 1997

Project-cycle 3 weeks 9 months (1 school year)

Project-form Exchange-practice(1-2 students / year)

„European class”(2-2 students / country)

Project work-out The sender and the host institutions together

2 heads of institutions and 2 experts / country

Places of practice Car services Car services + schooI workshop

Guides Students of the host institution

Mentor of the host institution

Selection of students Basic level of French, English, or German languages, good grades, discipline, motivation

Tasks of students Writing work-diary, preparing a project-report

Project-products Introducing the trade of car mechanic to ECVET

French national state exam (C.A.P.)

• Title of the project– Studying the development of vehicle frame repairing techniques in French services (2002)

• Partner institution– Lícée Plyvalaent „Louis Davier”, France

• Criteria of selecting students– suitability, good grades at school, personal development and professional knowledge

• Fields of student preparation– Language, professional, psychological and cultural

The most important details of the 1st project

• Characteristics of project-development– Continuous communication among the institutions– Took part in project development: the exchange students, the preparing teachers, the school management– Development was coordinated by overall project management

• The most important results of the project– Real work, real working conditions– New methods, tools and technologies to get acquainted with – Remarkable development of labour market chances of students

Important details of the 1st project (cont.)

ECVET credit points of the car mechanic trade

• Title of the project– Development of the European programme of alternative vehicle-technique training (1997)

• Partner institution– Roanne, France (by the mediation of the French National Vehicle Vocational Training Association)

• Partner countries– Germany, Spain, Italy, England, France, Hungary, Romania

• The essence of the alternative training (1st cycle)– 1 week of theoretical and vocational training (at school)– 2 weeks professional practice (at car services)

The most important details of the 2nd project

• Characteristics of project-development- Comparison of vehicle-technique services and the belonging system of tools- Comparison of the levels, forms, syllabuses, and modules of vehicle-technique training

• Developers of project– 2-2 leaders and 2-2 experts from each institution

• Composition of the „European class”– 2-2 students from each country

• The most important results of the project– French national state exam after 9 months (C.A.P.)

Important details of the 2nd project (cont.)

• Field of profession– Transport and logistics

• Partner countries– FR, BE, DE, ES, UK, HU, RO, IT

• Developers of the project (Managing board)– representatives of the sectors, companies, educational institutions, ministries of education

• Developed documents (2008-2010)– Professional profile (definition of the right profile)– Referential system of vocational moves (work description)– Referential system of attestation (development of necessary competencies)

Leonardo da Vinci / Euro Trans Log

• Aims of the project– acknowledgement of the trainings and competences among the partner countries– supporting European mobility of students– shaping an independent and acknowledged vocational profile– forming a Memorandum of Understanding– creating learning agreement– continuous implementation the ECVET-system into practice from 2012– evaluation of the European Committee in 2014

Leonardo da Vinci / Euro Trans Log (cont. 1)

• Practical implementation of ECVET systems– descriptions of qualifications in educational results– attaching ECVET points to vocations and various modules– connections between training results and programmes– connections between method of evaluation and vocation– forming learning agreements – evaluation of results and credit attachments/allocation– recording the evaluated training results– enforcing training results and the right credit points– transporting and collecting training results

Leonardo da Vinci / Euro Trans Log (cont. 2)

• MAP: ECVET (medical trainings, continuative educations)• Partners: DMTF, Austrian Medical Association, Federation of Trade Unions, Austrian Institute for Research on Vocational Training , Training Center West, Schaffler Publishing, Federal Ministry of Health, Siksali Development Centre (Estonia), Medical Training and Continuative Educational Institution (Hungary), Ancona University Hospital, King William I College, Soros Educational Center Foundation (Romania), Auxilium– Further details unknown– Further programmes unknown

• Project of the Hansági Ferenc Catering and Tourism Secondary Technical School (example 1)

Further initiatives

Project of the Hansági Ferenc Catering and Tourism Secondary Technical School

1st project 2nd project

Given trade cook waiter

Given countries HU, FI, D, IT, E HU, FI, D, IT, E

Beginning of the project 2008 2008

Project-cycle 1 month 1 month

Project-form Exchange-practice(1-3 students / country)

Exchange-practice(1-3 students / country)

Project work-out the sender and host institutions together

the sender and host institutions together

Places of practice Places of catering Places of catering

Guides the mentor of the host institute and a guiding teacher

the mentor of the host institute and a guiding teacher

Selection of students Suitability, professional determination, capaticity of independent problem-solving, openess, training results

Tasks of students preparing project-report

Project-products Europass certificate, professional evaluation

Other characteristics of Hanság project

• Wide range of publicity– Selection from several students

• Preliminary preparation of travellers– Duration: 1 month– Field: foreign language, professional language– Psychological and cultural preparation – Possibility of linking the credits achieved

Obstacles

• Foreign language preparation is more difficult at vocational schools than in training adults

• The effectiveness of vocational exchange practices and language development is very high, but embedding these practices into the local educational system is missing.

• In the future, this gap can be filled with the acknowledgement, validation and adaptation of these mobilities, concerning ECVET.

Suggestions

• The already existing vocational system should not be dropped out, it has to be formed into an „ECVET-friendly”, comprehensive and permeable one

• The would-be users of ECVET should be given the opportunity to be called

• The ECVET should not be the aim, but a possible tool of professional development.

Summary

• There are some realized examples• There are possibilities in the cooperation• There are obstacles in our own area

There is a chance for introducing ECVET

ECVET TrustRendsburg, January, 2011

Köszönjük a figyelmet!