Projet INTENTS – Partenariat Stratégique pour la définition de la profession de professeur en arts du cirque et la reconnaissance de ses compétences Erasmus Project

Project Title

Projet INTENTS – Partenariat Stratégique pour la définition de la profession de professeur en arts du cirque et la reconnaissance de ses compétences

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Reaching the policy level/dialogue with decision makers; Pedagogy and didactics; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

For the last 40 years, the contemporary circus arts education sector has been evolving towards a professionalization of actors. However, no common definition has ever existed of the circus arts teaching profession neither a common recognition of its educational paths (initial training, validation of experience/skills acquired during a continuous training) nor educational tools despite a growing need.
INTENTS has had a great role to address these gaps and needs identified by teachers, directors and policy makers active in the recognition of the profession, training and validation of skills by:
-formalizing a European competency framework for the circus arts teaching profession at secondary/vocational/HE levels
-developing a thematic continuing training sessions format based on the 3 pilot sessions
-developing innovative educational tools
-the appearance of a recognition of the profession definition at national/EU levels
-issuing recommendations for validating skills acquired during the continuous training
-animating a partnership with intersectorial dynamics between VET & HE, recommendations for national qualification frameworks

These objectives were achieved by developing methodologies, consultations, training sessions, writing tools, transnational meetings and dissemination events such as:
-publication of a European competency framework for the circus arts teaching profession (SAVOIRS01) in EN-FR
-organization of 3 thematic training pilot sessions focused on educational/artistic/linguistic skills, each one gathering more than 20 teachers from European professional schools
-evaluation methods through observation and interviews in order to identify learning outcomes and non-formal and informal skills acquired during continuous training
-Reflection started about a strategy for the recognition of learning outcomes at sectoral/national/EU in accordance with the national EQF and existing EU tools (EQF-ECVET-EQAVET, Europass, CEDEFOP recommendations).
-set up of a continuous training design guide incorporating the structuration of programs in learning outcomes, the identification/validation of skills, and a methodology of continuous training engineering adaptable/multipliable by other sector’s segments (leisure, social) or areas of artistic training
-development and dissemination of 3 educational tools in Open Educational Resources in 4 languages EN/FR/ES/DE
-organisation of 6 partnership meetings each gathering on average 20 partners out of 34 each

Strengthening cooperation between several stakeholders:
-direct employers of teachers via schools/federations/networks
-researchers specialized in defining professions and engineering training
-decision-makers with a strong sector involvement in the definition of its jobs, its professionalization and the validation of skills
-other sectors of performing arts education (dance/music/theatre) providing a definition of skills for any art teacher. INTENTS will enrich the work on future training engineering of initial/continuous training.

The project consortium, consisted of 34 structures of 12 EU member countries, allowed to:
-reach the entire profession practicing at different levels of education, represented and vocational training centres: secondary/vocational/HE
-reflect the artistic excellence and aesthetic diversity, record resulting educational developments through educational tools
-mobilize partners with complementary roles
-allow the observation of the entire profession and for training engineering initiated by the sector, but accompanied by research centres and observatories of professions and jobs
-policy/local recognition and a systemic impact through the involvement of a national federation of schools, a EU network or national/local policy makers

The project impacted on the:
-definition of teachers’ competences and its application in initial training and HR strategies
-recognition and valorisation of an entire profession at EU level
-higher quality of circus arts vocational training through continuous training in particular by addressing skills mismatch between professionals and the labour market
-employability of teachers and relevance to the labour market
-development and quality of artistic pedagogy, creativity and quality of the entire circus arts sector
-sector’s contribution to the definition & evolution of the profession and long-term collaborations with decision-makers at national/EU level

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 366177,21 Eur

Project Coordinator

Fédération Française des Ecoles de Cirque & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Associació de Circ Rogelio Rivel
• FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES ECOLES DE CIRQUE PROFESSIONNELLES
• UNIVERSITE DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE
• Académie des arts du cirque Fratellini
• FORCOOP c.s.s.c.s.i.s
• Les Thérèses
• Et vous trouvez ça drole !!! Centre régional des arts du cirque