Supporting professional skills in organising and implementing Skills competition in VET Erasmus Project

Project Title

Supporting professional skills in organising and implementing Skills competition in VET

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Cooperation between educational institutions and business

Project Summary

<< Background >>

We applyed for this project in order to exchange good practices in organising skillscompetions and how to implement in the curriculum.
And we want to abroad the possiblities for our students to have a skillscompetitiion experience abroad.

The needs:
Tools and best practices in order to prepare students on skills competitions
integration of skillscompetiion jn the school: by policy document and by integrating in the curriculum

<< Objectives >>

Professional development of VET teachers in preparation of students in VET competition. Developed sustainable partnerships to establish further national, regional and sectoral skills competitions. Increase the attractiveness of VET by offering skills competition. Regarding the needs to be addressed, the partners shared the aim to seek improvements of the organization of the skills competitions and furthermore to integrate the skills into the pedagogical approach and curriculum.

<< Implementation >>

The partners exchanged good practices in organizing skills competitions and collected it in a handbook (attachment 2). It’s available online on the website of this project:

https://www.skillscompetitions.online

The handbook also contains tools which are successfully used for the preparation of students in skills competitions. The handbook is available for students, teachers and policy workers. The handbook provides guidance to teachers to improve the preparation of students regarding skills competitions. Examples of those tested tools are: time management, teambuilding, communication, personal profiles, and training plans. A good example of embedding in the curriculum is the introducing of the minor in ‘Excellent craftmanship’. We expect impacts of: a greater volume of different skills competitions; increased awareness of value of skills competition; and at the end more students who participating in skills competitions.

<< Results >>

1. We developed 3 masterclasses via webinars for the professional development of VET teachers (1)*
2. We developed a policy document on implementing skills competition in the curriculum (1)
3. Three schools has broadened the amount of vocational fields involved in skills competitions (1)
4. We developed and tested tools of preparation during the LTTA (2)
5. We established constructive links with our stakeholders (2) which was a challenge due to Covid19.
6. We developed a good practice handbook based on learning from each others best practices and tested tools (2)
7. We developed guidelines for a successful training program (3)

* numbers correspond to the list of attachments added to the final report.
Attachment 1; Masterclass, Policy document, List of vocational fields en Logo
Attachment 2; Tools voor preparation participants Skills competitions List stakeholders, Handbook
Attachment 3; Guideline training program
Attachment 4: Quality Survey and Quality Assurance Plan
Attachment 5; Evaluation Transnational Meeting
Attachment 6; Basecamp screenshot
Attachment 7; Basecamp screenshot of virtual meeting
Attachment 8: Agenda + minutes Transnational Meetings
Attachment 9; Dissemination sheet

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 60324,49 Eur

Project Coordinator

Rijn IJssel & Country: NL

Project Partners

• CITY OF GLASGOW COLLEGE
• Salpaus Further Education Regional Consortium
• Southern Regional College
• ASOCIACION DE CENTROS DE FORMACION TECNICO PROFESIONAL DE INCIATIVA SOCIAL DE EUSKADI HETEL HEZIKETA TEKNIKOKO ELKARTEA DE DURANGO (BIZKAIA)