May 30th 2008 Something with “prior learning” APL in Rijn IJssel.

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

[email protected]

+31651112180