The association of

public vocational collegesfrom the Basque Country

A non profit organization,composed by 23 centresin the area of Bizkaia

More than 20 colleges from our organization got the silver Q and 10 the gold Q during the last five years. The formation is certified according to the international standard ISO 9001-2000 and EFQM international system.

Our goal isto promote the personal and

occupational developmentof

the persons enrolled in our courses and centres, by

means of high-quality education and training provision

Our colleges are focused on initial vocational education and continuing training for workers as well as educational and occupational sche-mes for unemployed persons and workers threatened with unemployment. 23

centres

Public Centersof Professional Training

Training titles are groupedinto

23 professional families,responding to the needs demandedby

the production system

Within each occupational family includes a set of training cycles with a modular organization of variable duration, consisting of areas of theoretical and practical knowledge based on various professional fields.Usually, the duration of the education is two academic years (2.000 hours), and they can be:

Intermediate-level Vocational Training diplomasLevel 2 qualification

Higher-level Vocational Training diplomas Level 3 qualification

Furthermore, in all higher-level vocatio-nal training and in some intermediate level, include a professional module project, according to the characteristics of the field work activity training cycle, and includes aspects of professional practice and business management.

All training courses include a module “Workplace Training”, which aims to complete the acquisition of the profes-sional skills of each title achieved at school, with 400 hours of duration.

Our Vocational Training

400hours

Workplacetraining

module

CompulsorySecondary education

Primary education

Intermediate-level vocational training

Middle gradetraining cycles

Access course+17 years

Aptitude test+17 years

Open access test+18 years

Nursery

Initial Professional Qualification ProgrammeCompulsory + voluntary

Our Trainingroute

High School

Open access test+20 years

Aptitude test in University entrance

+25 yearsAptutide test in higher

vocational entrance+18/19 years University

education

Access course

Higher-level vocational training

Upper gradetraining cycles

Courses for ProfessorsInnovationMobility Projects

IKASLAN BIZKAIAparticipates actively in the training of the educational staff

courses for professors

We design and facilitate courses to improve the pro-fessional skills of our professors in their fields, an also, providing the immersion in new technologies, expand their knowledge of Internet free tools to ge-nerate new multimedia content and promote coope-ration and co-creation between our centers.

IKASLAN BIZKAIAbets on innovation and modernisation

innovation

Because of that, with other partners such as TKNIKA, DFB, MEC,…We work for an effective use of the new technologies and focus on the creativity in all his fields.During the last years be have been promoting edu-cational materials in order to help the professors in their daily work.

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PROFESSORS We encourage the knowledge of good practices of other vocational training systems

During the last years we have developed Leonardo and recently Erasmus projects focused on work placements in companies abroad for a period of 12 weeks. Each year, IKASLAN and the colleges that belong to the Association send more than 400 students to different countries in Europe; United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Latvia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta, Denmark, Austria, Italy...

The experience in other countries and cultures gives us the opportunity of knowing other teaching methods and working practices, share knowledge. It provides a broader view of the reality of our professional field.

mobility projectsSTUDENTSWe have been working on differentinternational projects since 1993

We also receive each year students from different countries from Europe for practical training in companies of the Basque Country.One of the main targets of IKASLAN on working in this project, is to put into contact our colleges with colleges from different countries in Europe so they can get the opportunity to cooperate in different international projects. At the same time we would like to contact different organizations similar to ours to explore any possibilities of collaboration in different fields that they consider interesting for both partners.

We have done mobility of teachers and directors of our centres, through Europe: Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Finland, and so on.

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Los Cuetos s/n48980 SANTURTZIBizkaia. Basque CountrySpain

Telf.: +34 94 493 84 00Fax: +34 94 493 72 46

coordinacion@ikaslan.net http://www.ikaslanbizkaia.netSkype: ikaslan.bizkaia

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