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FINNISH DEVELOPMENTS IN QUALITY ASSURANCE IN VET. NCP-VET-CO – project 21 – 22 October 2010, Prague Mari Räkköläinen Counsellor of Education Head of Unit Finnish National Board of Education. Finnish Education System. Finnish National Board of Education. Role of the FNBE in VET QA. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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FINNISH DEVELOPMENTS IN QUALITY ASSURANCE IN VET
NCP-VET-CO – project
21 – 22 October 2010, Prague
Mari Räkköläinen
Counsellor of Education
Head of Unit
Finnish National Board of Education
Finnish Education System6 Polytechnics postgraduate
5
4 Universities 4
3 3 Polytechnics2 2
1 1
3 General upper 3 Upper secondary2 secondary 2 vocational1 schools 1 qualifications *)
9 (10)
1 Pre-school education, 6-year-olds
*) Also provided in the form of apprenticeship training
Basic education, ages 7 - 16
WORKINGLIFE
Additional VET *) Further voc. qualifications Specialist voc. qualifications
Finnish National Board of Education
Role of the FNBE in VET QA
• Prepares the national qualification requirements for VET• Decides on the learning outcomes of the studies and
their assessment• Evaluates nationally learning outcomes• Promotes quality management in VET and support the
providers in QA• Supports and develops nationally important aims in
close co-operation with the providers and working life
School leavers after 9 years of compulsory education
School leavers(comprehensiveSchool)
66893 (year 2010)
47,9 % upper secondarygeneral education
49,8 % upper secondaryvocational education
2,0 % optional 10th year incomprehensive school
3,4 % did not continue directly in education
Quality Management in Finland(Important topics)• Decentralisation• Normative regulations decreasing• The provider is the main actor• Importance to look at same time at different levels:
institution/provider/regional/national and EU levels• Decisions on quality enhancement mainly made by the
education provider• The provider choices the method of quality management
and self-evaluation• the law obligates providers to evaluate their VET
provision and its effectiviness and participate in external evaluation of their operations
EXAMPLES OF NATIONAL STEERING OF QA IN VET Licencing of VET providers
Accreditation: fields of training, maximum number of students/year, other requirements and provisions
National requirements for VET Requirements and local curricula designed in cooperation with students and representatives of working life Individual study programmes
Quality Management Recommendation The CQAF (the EQAVET) has been reference model
On voluntary basis
foundation for long-term development of QA
Quality awards Quality award for vocational education and training
Quality award for apprenticeship training
Quality award for civic colleges/open colleges
STRUCTURE OF THE QUALITY ASSURANCE RECOMMENDATIONSEDUCATION AND TRAINING POLICY DEFINITIONS AND PRIORITIES
NATIONAL STEERING OF VET
RECOMMENDATIONS
GENERAL BASIS OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT
The Common QualityAssurance Framework(CQAF)- planning- implementation- evaluation and assessment- review (feedback and procedures for change)
Characteristics of excellence-consideration of functions as a whole-customer focus -leadership- result orientation- continuous learning, innovation and improvement- people as resources- effective processes- relevance to the world of work and partnerships- social responsibility
Design, assessment, validation and recognition of competences / learning outcomes in Finland
Current developments in national steering of QA
Performance-based funding 2% -> 3% (2011)Indicators: employment rate, drop out rate, graduation rate, transition to HE, staff qualification and staff development
Measurement (2011): effectiviness (90%), teachers´ qualification (7%) and staff development (3%) More focus on local situation and present conditions of providers Take more into considerations providers own efforts on graduation and employment Take into consideration students background and underlying factors
DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IN VET CURRENT ACTIVITIES
• Taking actively part in QA activities at European level (ENQA-VET, EQAVET)
• FNBE is QANRP (quality assurance reference point) in Finland (website, organize QA seminars, provide training, cooperate with other QARNPs and all the QA activies )
• Active national QA network: network of the people who work with quality issues in VET has been established
• the national development and support activities to promote the use of Peer Reviews.
• Peer learning/ review activities at national and local level-> requirements and recommendations
National Peer Review activities in Finland
• The procedure for Transnational European PeerReviews can be used in Finland for both IVET and CVET (only some slight modification needed)
• National criteria for IVET and CVET have been developed based on European Peer Review cirteria.
• Many Peer Review trainings have been organised.• Peer Review procedure have been used in ESR projects (experience on European Peer
Review projects have been used) and criteria have been developed• CIMO in cooperation with FNBE has developed draft criteria and Peer Review
procedure for TOI projects and they will be piloted in autumn• Establishment a coordinating group for Peer Reviews used in quality improvement tool
for projects at national level.
DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IN VET CURRENT ACTIVITIES
• Ministry of Education and Culture with FNBE and key stakeholder groups are preparing quality assurance strategy for VET. The strategy will be ready at the end of the year 2010
• Quality improvement of apprenticeship training
-> National development project 2009 – 2010
-> Designing quality requirements and recommendations
-> Handbook of QA
First results of the survey on Quality Management
• FNBE has made a survey on QA year 2004 and spring 2009 again.
• FNBE has sent the on-line questionnaire to 158 VET providers.
• 110 answered the questionnaire (69 %).• 27 respondents (27 %) has made systematic quality
work over 10 years, 28 respondents (27 %) 6 -10 years, 19 respondents (19 %) 3-5 years and 28 respondents (27 %) less than 3 years.
How long have the VET providers made systematic quality work on year 2009 and 2004?
Leena Koski
Year 2004 the respondents were mostly persons responsible for quality work in a college. Year
2009 the respondents were VET providers.
Quality models/methods which have been used and/or are in use at VET provider level?
Documentation of QA principles(All together 186 choices, almost every second respondent (N = 110) has answered that they have been documented at least in two places)
Leena Koski
FUTURE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT (Survey 2004 /2008, by FNBE)
To motivate and to commit the managers and the staff
To ensure enough resources for Quality Management
To describe the key processes of education and training
To manage by processes
To measure the results of learning and teaching processes
FUTURE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT (Survey 2004,2008 by FNBE)
To develop the systematic feedback proceduresTo identify good indicatorsTo analyse and to evaluate the results and make
decisions based on results (development activities)To implement BSC model and combine it with EFQM-
modelTo promote the co-operation and exchange of good
practiceQUALITY WORK INTO EVERYDAY PRACTICE!
THANK YOU!
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN FINLAND - More Information
www.minedu.fiMinistry of Education
www.edu.fithe Finnish education portal information in Finnish, Swedish and English
www.oph.fiFinnish National Board of Educationinformation in Finnish, Swedish and English