Délégation à lemploi et aux formations VALIDATION OF NON- FORMAL LEARNING (LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE)

Délégation à l’emploi et aux formations

VALIDATION OF NON-

FORMAL LEARNING

(LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE)

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THE REASONS FOR A NEW LAW

VALIDATION OF NON-FORMAL LEARNING (LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE)

Acknowledgement of life-long experience is one of the corner stones of the individual right to training throughout life. It concerns :The value of the diploma in France (35% of actives are unqualified) which promotes professional mobility, that is the best weapon against unemployment and encourages women’s employment.

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THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SOCIAL MODERNIZATION LAW

  To create a right to the validation of non-formal learning and to spread its access to all diplomas, titles and professional certifications.

FROM VAP (Validation of Prior Occupational Learning) TO VAE (Validation of Non-Formal Learning)

  To improve the legibility and coherence of all the diplomas, titles and certifications existing in order to promote its accessibility

FROM RATIFICATION TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF VOCATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS (RNCP)

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•Extension to all diplomas, titles and qualification certificates to professional’s aim of State, private organizations, branches recorded in the Register

•A possibility to access the diploma or the whole title

•Otherwise, partials validations and additional assessment determined by the jury

•3 years of professional experience related to the intended diploma

•Acquired in a salaried, unsalaried or voluntary activity

MEASURES CONCERNING THE ‘VAE’

CHANGE OF EDUCATION CODE

Articles L.335-5, L 335-6

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•  Plurality of assessment’s modalities :

     File

     Possible on-job observation

     Interview with the jury at its request or at the candidate’s request

• Specificities for diplomas of Higher Education

MEASURES ABOUT THE ‘VAE’

CHANGE OF EDUCATION’S CODE (rest)

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF VOCATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

THE NATIONAL COMMISSION OF VOCATIONAL CERTIFICATION

• Ranking of titles and diplomas by sectors of activity and by level (except for the ‘CQP’-Certificate of Vocational Qualification)

• Placed under the authority of the Prime Minister (composed of ministers, social partners and qualified persons)

• Establish and update the register

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What is the validation of non-formal learning - ‘VAE’?

“Any person involved in active life has the right to have

validated the knowledge of his experience in order to acquire

a diploma, a title of professional finality or a qualification

certificate which appears on a list established by the national

joint employment commission, recorded in the national

register of vocational certifications…”

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What is the validation of non-formal learning- ‘VAE’?

 A right currently registered in Book IX of the Labour Regulations and in the Education

Code

An instrument enabling abilities acquired from experience to be recognized. The diploma obtained by the ‘VAE’ has the same value and the same dignity as a diploma

obtained by the training path

A procedure of testing the candidate’s knowledge, abilities and competences by the diploma jury,

which includes professionals.

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VALIDATION OF NON-FORMAL LEARNING IN THE FIELDS OF YOUTH AND SPORTS

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Which diplomas are concerned?

• ‘les brevets d’Etat d’éducateur sportif des 1er et 2 degrés (sports educator) et le brevet d’Etat d’alpinisme ‘(climbing)

In the fields of youth and sports, the diplomas concerned are :

• ‘le brevet d’aptitude professionnelle d’assistant animateur technicien’ (technician leader’s assistant)

• ‘le brevet d’Etat d’animateur technicien de l’éducation populaire et de la jeunesse’ (technician leader of community education and youth)

• ‘le brevet professionel de la jeunesse, de l’éducation populaire et du sport (youth, community education and sport)

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The conditions required in order to obtain a diploma through the ‘VAE’?

The involvement in salaried, unsalaried or voluntary activities must be significant: the reference retained is an hourly volume equivalent to 2400 hours on a minimum of 36 months accumulated. 

The periods of work experience scheme done as part of initial or continuous training (notably apprenticeship contract, block-release contract or vocational training course) are not considered.

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The conditions required in order to obtain a diploma through the ‘VAE’?

The validation jury determines the allocation of the diploma.

In the case of a partial validation, the candidate must obtain the whole diploma within 5 years.

The candidate will have to re-present his file in front of the jury for a supplementary assessment.

Some diplomas or parts of diploma might be excluded from the area’s application of the law for reasons related to the professional activities that are being prepared by those diplomas.

A decree of the Council of State will determine, for physical or sports activities done in a specific environment, the particular conditions and modalities of validation of non-formal learning.

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The conditions required in order to obtain a diploma through the ‘VAE’?

Only one request by diploma and calendar year can be submitted

up to 3 different diplomas per year.

The candidate can benefit from a support to describe and analyze his experience

the candidate or the jury can ask for a supplementary interview in addition to the file.

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THE STEPS OF THE ‘VAE’’S PROCESS

First phase Reception and Information

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Second phase

Third phase (facultative) Support

Fourth phase Validation jury of non-formal learning

Admissibility of your file

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THE FILE OF VALIDATION OF NON-FORMAL LEARNING

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THE ROLE AND THE THE ROLE AND THE

WORK OF THE JURYWORK OF THE JURY

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DEDUCTION OF COMPETENCES FROM THE DEDUCTION OF COMPETENCES FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIESDESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES

Validation of non-formal learning relies on a Validation of non-formal learning relies on a process of competences deduced from the process of competences deduced from the written description of the candidate’s activities.written description of the candidate’s activities.

The jury proceeds to the analysis of the work based on the The jury proceeds to the analysis of the work based on the description made by the candidate.description made by the candidate.

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DEDUCTION OF COMPETENCES FROM THE DEDUCTION OF COMPETENCES FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIESDESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES

An analysis of the activity in its contextAn analysis of the activity in its context

The presentation of some work situationsThe presentation of some work situations

Elements allowing the distinction between actual Elements allowing the distinction between actual work and prescribed workwork and prescribed work

Elements allowing the rendering of the dynamic Elements allowing the rendering of the dynamic aspect of the workaspect of the work

The process of deduction relies on :The process of deduction relies on :

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DEDUCTION OF COMPETENCES FROM THE DEDUCTION OF COMPETENCES FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIESDESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES

The jury determines the level of the intended diploma The jury determines the level of the intended diploma relying on the description made by the candidate, as relying on the description made by the candidate, as well as the different tasks related to those activities,well as the different tasks related to those activities,

The process of deductionThe process of deduction

BUT ALSO OF THE STRATEGIES THAT HE BUT ALSO OF THE STRATEGIES THAT HE DEVELOPS TO CARRY OUTDEVELOPS TO CARRY OUT

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THE VALIDATION WORK OF THE JURY

The candidate as the jury “discuss” with the diplomaThe candidate as the jury

“discuss” with the diploma

Scientific concepts: diploma’s referentialScientific concepts: diploma’s referential

Daily concepts : significant activities

Daily concepts : significant activities

Potential concepts :

written file of the candidate

Potential concepts :

written file of the candidate

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