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Level up! Workplace Tutor goes Europe

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2015-1-DE02-KA202-002556
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training Funder Contribution: 383,037 EUR

Level up! Workplace Tutor goes Europe

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"The aim of the project ""Level-up! Workplace Tutor goes Europe"" has been to increase professionalisation and to improve qualification of in-company VET personnel as one of the key actors of vocational education. It worked at two levels, a) the practitioners level and b) the political level. At the practitioners level, it provided an example of innovative training for in-company training personnel that enables a high-level qualification as well as a peer-to-peer exchange at European level. At the political level, Level up! pursued the establishment of a pan-European multi-stakeholder dialogue on current debates surrounding European VET policy. These two objectives were implemented as follows:For the first aim, a group of 12-16 participants from five European countries (Portugal, Spain, Finland, Hungary and Germany) followed the blended-learning programme ""European Workplace Tutor"" previously developed in the Leonardo da Vinci projects ""it's time"" and ""European Workplace Tutor"" (EWT) and adapted to include European aspects of VET policy and systems as well as current issues in the respective countries in a pan-European training course. The course run over a period of 16 months and provided the participants with the complete learning outcomes of the European Workplace Tutor profile. Each seminar took place in another Country (Ireland, Finland, Spain, Germany). The second aim of the project was the initiation of a European debate on issues relevant to VET personnel. This debate has been put in action in the framework of the European Workplace Tutor Network. We pursued this aim by a series of measures: a) the implementation of five multipliers’ events gathering stakeholders in order to discuss selected issues of relevance to current VET policy in Europe; b) the integration of debate issues and European stakeholders in existing networks and events of project partners; c) dissemination activities and d) additional expert consultation on results developed. The events addressed aspects of the current European debate on VET issues and brought together VET personnel and stakeholders to discuss these and develop positions and recommendations to contribute to the further debate. These were published in the form of subject-specific political recommendations and brochures.The consortium consisted of 8 partner organizations from 7 countries. It consisted of institutions for vocational education and training, trade unions, a Universitys reasarch unit dedicated to the development of the educational sector and a consulting firm that focuses on adult education and vocational training.Through its objectives, the project wanted to address existing needs of VET personnel in Europe. There is a continued need for a better qualification and improved professionalisation of VET personnel in Europe. This issue is of increased importance against the background of the current shift of policy paradigms in Europe, away from ""streamlining"" vocational education and towards holistic vocational education according to the model of dual training. At the same time, growing youth unemployment, especially in the South of Europe, increasingly diverse and heterogenous learners in VET, the continued need for more and better work-based learning, further training, improved training offers for career changers, to name but a few, also means that VET personnel, specifically in-company trainers, are faced with new and increasingly complex challenges in their daily work. This requires new competencies which can only be delivered by high-quality training programmes for VET personnel. At the same time, the qualification market in this field remains highly fragmented. In many countries, there are no or few training offers that go beyond a basic training in instruction methods, often higher level qualifications are only offered at university level. The project wanted to make a contribution to an improved situation of qualification offers whilst also addressing the political situation that needs to create the framework to put the conditions in place that are needed for well-qualified VET personnel to contribute to an improved area of skills and qualifications in Europe.The results of the project include a pan-European training course for in-company trainers that can be adapted and implemented by training providers across Europe, and the initiation of a European dialogue on issues regarding the qualification of our target group that have influenced national debate and partially reform of training regulations, for example in Germany, where the results of the project will be incorporated into the revision of the ""Ausbildereignungsverordnung"" in Germany and thus influence national legislation."

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