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may 30th 2008
Something with “prior learning”
APL in Rijn IJssel
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43 ROC13 Agricultural OC
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Regional situation
Population:Region: 472.000Arnhem: 141.500Area/region: 800 km2
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Rijn IJssel, Arnhem
• Regional vocational training centre• 15.000 students• 1200 staff• Up to EQF level 5 ( nurse, bookkeeper, manager in
hotel, trainer/coach, shop manager)
• 250 licenses (= different professions)
• Adult Education and special needs
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Something with “prior learning”• Starting 98 : high skilled migrants and
refugees• 99- 2005 specific qualifications ( low skilled
workers in fresh food trade, low skilled health staff, follow)
• 2000- collaboration with other institutes ( technology, economics)
• 2006 Start APL- plus centre for the whole! institute.
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APL-plus centre• One stop• All qualifications we have.• Assessment and tailor made training.• Guiding and Assessment bij “own” staf• Training coordinated by “us”• School year 2007 – 2008 150 candidates in
procedure, increasing.• 2,5 FTE management and support ( 4 persons) ; 5FT
“production” (20 counselors / assessors )
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What is in a name? ….. of prior learning
• Recognition • (159.000 hits)
• Validation• (4.800 hits)
• Accreditation• (32.000 hits)
• Assessment • (13.800 hits)
• Valorisation ( a leonardo pilot project 2002, eurospeak)
• (1 hit)
Making explicit
Giving it a value
Matching it with a formal standard
Learning, achievements, competences
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Accreditation of Prior Learning
Matching the competences (or skills, knowledge, attitude etc)
of a candidate with a formal standard and giving formal acknowledgement.
This is what we do!
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What do we need?
A standard, e.g. qualification profile
Counselor
Assessor
A kandidate with “something” to bring and with a wish
Instruments
Quality depends on the quality of the actors together
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The standard
• Crucial, often not to be influenced ( only selected)
• What are the descriptors? (competences, skills, knowledge, attitude, aptitude, tasks, work processes)
• Is the standard known and accepted? (civil effect)
• Is the standard written in an accessible way?
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“personnel”
Counselor• Intake, helping to collect evidence, improve quality of
evidence, making the decision with candidate: “this is it”.• Knows the procedures, criteria but gives no judgmentsAssessor (s)• Matching the evidence with the standard• Using different instruments• Guarding procedure and /or content ……• 4 eyes• Trained? Certified? Intervision? Supervision?
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Instruments
• Procedure description, criteria ( variation, relevance,
authenticity, actuality and quantity), decisive rules. in general:• Portfolio in which evidence is linked to specific
parts of the standard (competences ,skills, knowledge, attitude etc)
• Secondary instruments: 360 degree feedback, reflection report,
• Criteria Bases Interview• Workplace assessment
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What is the “plus”, “the two loop model”
Initial APLFinal APL
assessment
APL report +PDPcertification
tailor made programor “the end”
certification
tailor made programIntake and assessment
Done “somewhere”,
Preferably with “us” ;-)
We coordinate!
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Case: Marijke de Boer• Woman, 44, recently divorced, 2 children at home.• Low educatated: “a couple year spinach accademy as she says”• Worked before marriage, started since divorce.• Works as non skilled working in a nursing home for the elderly.• Has worked 10 years as a scout leader and has done training
• Wants to be qualified on level 2• Brings in her peoples skills from Scouting• Brings in her skills on running houshold and children for 20 years
• Is qualified after little extra training
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Organisation of qualification Structure
KeyTask
Work proces
description
result
competence
Component Indicator Knowledge/skill
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Executing projects and activities
Guiding, coaching participants
description Bla bla bla ( 150 words)
result Optimal guided participant according to gaols
competence Component Indicator Knowledge/skills
-Empathy and understanding-coping with pressure and setbacks(10 out of 26)
-giving support
(13)
… optimal…goal-..productive … stressfull environment(also 10)
-Developmet psycology-Communicative skills-ICT (15 items)
Proof of learning has to
be linked!! HELP US!!
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What can “other” experience bring?
• Real work processes:• E.g. making minutes, guiding children,
• Transferable competences• E.g. leadership, collaboration
• Quantity• E.g professional products, reading, writing
• Life skills• E.g. consumer, participation in society, labor skills
Linked to the
qualification
structure !!!
EXPLICIT
!!
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Issues, for a complete qualificatione.g. diploma• Time
• 20 to 40 hours of portfolio building for the candidate• 6 hours guidance• 4-6 hours assessment and reporting
• Good evidence• Implicit has to be made explicit• Authentic, logos, signatures, dates
• Trust versus proof• You say that you have done it, I believe it but…. (CBI)
• It involves a lot of money. ( the work itself, “diploma money”, sector funding, extra students).
• Quality assurance, apl is ONLY apl when it done according the APL code: certified providers! Diplomas are the same!!
• A lot op paperwork: application forms, status forms, signatures and so on
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It does not matter were you have learned it, only that you can prove you have.
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Want to get in touch?Henry Soyer
Rijn IJsselEVC plus Centre
Kadestraat 3Arnhem
+31651112180
