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1st QALLL CONFERENCEon Quality Assurance in Lifelong Learningfocussing on Vocational Education & Training and Adult Education

WORKSHOP:

QUALITY ASSURANCE IN ADULT EDUCATION AND GUIDANCE

Chairs: Tanja Možina Ph. D. and Tanja Vilič Klenovšek, Ma.Slovenian Institute for Adult Education (SIAE)

Bled, March 23rd/24th 2011

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THE FRAMEWORK FOR QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND QUALITY

DEVELOPMENT IN ADULT EDUCATION GUIDANCE CENTRES IN SLOVENIA

Tanja Možina, Ph. D. Slovenian Institute for Adult Education

(SIAE)

REGIONAL ADULT EDUCATION GUIDANCE CENTRES IN SLOVENIA

A network of 14 adult education regional guidance centres. Developed by SIAE from 2000 to 2005.Guidance centres provide adults with:

Free, impartial, confidential, wholesome and quality information and guidance at their education and learning.

Informing and guidance before the enrolment in an education programme, during the process and at the end of the education process.

Accessibility of information and guidance in different ways (personal, telephone, ordinary and electronic mail etc.)

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BASIC CONCEPTUAL PRINCIPLES OFQUALITY FRAMEWORK

The project is financed by the Ministry of Education and Sport and by European structural founds (ESF).

SIAE developed the Quality framework for guidance centres in 2008. It was implemented for the first time in 2009.

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QUALITY AREAS AND INDICATORS

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DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR QUALITY ASSESMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

The quality framework has two main purposes:

Demonstrating accountability for quality of guidance

Development of the quality of guidance.