Rwanda Omnia, TVET in Finland

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Education for work and life in Finland

Satu Järvinen, Esko LiusOmnia, the Joint Authority of Education in Espoo Region

5/11/2015 THINK FINLAND 2EXPERIENCE / INGENUITY / COURAGE

POPULATION: 5.4 million

CURRENCY: Euro

INTERNATIONAL STATUS: Achieved

independence in 1917; member of the

European Union since 1995; militarily non-

aligned

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE: Services 67 % of

GDP, industry 30 %, agriculture 3 %; exports

account for 39 % of GDP

AREA: 338,000 km² (130,500 square miles)

LOCATION: Northern Europe; shares borders

with Sweden, Norway and Russia

CAPITAL: Helsinki (population 596,000)

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Finnish 90.4 %,

Swedish 5.4 %

RELIGIONS: Evangelical Lutheran Church 78 %;

Orthodox Church 1 %; no religious affiliation 19

%; other religious communities 2 %

SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Parliamentary

democracy; presidential elections every six years;

Parliament (200 members) elected every four

years

GDP PER CAPITA

€ 33,600

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Finland’s history is a history of progress on education.

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”…every child should have exactly the same

opportunity to learn, regardless of family

background, income, or geographic location.

Education has been seen first and foremost not as a

way to produce star performers, but as an instrument

to even out social inequality.”

- Pasi Sahlberg

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HOW DO WE DO IT?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcC2l8zioIw

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Top scores are achieved

where everyone has equal opportunities.

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Free education for all.

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Life-long learning.

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Teachers are highly trained &

appreciated.

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Finnish Education System

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National Administration of Education

Two-tier structure:

The Ministry of Education and Culture is the highest authority

educational legislation, all necessary decisions and its share of

the state budget.

Finnish National Board of Education

national development agency responsible for primary and

secondary education as well as for adult education and training.

Higher education is the responsibility of the Ministry of

Education and Culture.

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VET in Finland

Finnish National Board of Education,

Regulations on vocational qualifications

qualification requirements

assessment criteria

other regulations concerning vocational education and training

At present, there are 371 qualifications in Finland

52 vocational qualifications divided into 113 study programs

88 further vocational qualifications

131 specialist vocational qualifications

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Funding of VET in Finland (2015)

Vocational basic education 1,646 m. €

Vocational additional education 170 m. €

Apprenticeship training, basic education 70 m. €

Apprenticeship training, additional education 70 m. €

State budget 54.3 billion € of which MinEdu 6.8 billion €

Gross national product (2014) 204 billion €

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Vocational education has a high profile in

Finland.

apr. 50 % of 9th graders apply to vocational

institutions.

Optional double degree track; vocational

qualification and matriculation certificate.

No dead ends! A graduate can continue to a

university or polytechnic with a vocational

qualification.

Strengths of Finnish VET 1/2

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Stengths of Finnish VET 2/2

Lifelong learning skills embedded into the curriculum.

All teachers have a bachelor’s or master’s degree, job experience and have

completed a 60 credit teacher training program.

The Finnish National Board of Education has focused programs on

developing the VET curriculum, learning environments and working life

cooperation.

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EDUCATION FOR WORK

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Long Term Laborforce Planning

Study to get forecasts of the supply and demand for labor within 12 main

sectors. Scenarios cover the next 25 years.

The Finnish National Board of Education (FNBE) uses the LLM results to

anticipate educational needs on a time frame for the next 5 to 7 years.

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Long-term anticipation of demand for labor

and educational needs in Finland

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TRAINING OF VET TEACHERS IN FINLAND

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VET Teacher Qualification in Finland

Applicable university or polytechnics degree

Three years of working experience

Vocational teacher education: pedagogical qualification

Further professional training

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National Goals

Finland to be the most competent nation in the world in 2020

85% of VET teachers have their Vocational Teacher Qualification

- Omnia: 91.6%

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Vocational Teacher Education

● Arranged by universities and polytechnics

● Connected to work environment and contexts, interaction,

collaboration and networking

● Personal development plan, takes into account previous acquired

competences

● Teacher is a team-player, guidance-counselor > reflected in studies

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VET Teacher Studies Consist of

Recognition, display, development plan and

assessment of competence 5 cp

Basic studies in pedagogy 25 cp

Teacher activity in communities and networks 6 cp

Teaching practice 13 cp

Research and development of learning and

the Work of Teachers 6 cp

Advanced studies 5 cp

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Further Professional Training

National Board of Education (NBE) sets the emphasis on the areas of

development and further professional training

NBE funds further professional training for 8.4 m. € (2015)

▪ Particularly allocated to VET 1.7 m. €

The pedagogical studies for vocational teachers are regulated by

the competence objectives and qualification requirements set by

vocational institutes or universities of applied sciences

(law on universities of applied sciences 351/2003 and the

decree on teaching personnel qualification requirements 986/1998)

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Topics and Forms of

Further Professional Training

Pedagogical competences

ICT competences

Specialist in competence based qualifications

Workplace instructor training

Short term courses

Long term courses

Combined with development projects

RPL & open badges

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Further Professional Training in Omnia

Pedagogical competences

Substance competences (on-the-job training minimum every 5th year)

70% of personnel (2014)

Management development

ICT competences

Specialist in competence based qualifications

5.7 training days / year / person (2014)

Development projects, peer mentoring, ICT-support, RPL & open badges

Annual personal development discussions with manager

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Omnia, the Joint Authority of Education in

Espoo Region

Our Vision Omnia – the path to top competence

Our Values– High appreciation of professional skills– Customer orientation– Responsibility– Social cohesion

Our Strategies– Socially and Ecologically Responsible

Development– Innovative Learning Solutions– Effective Regional Development– Effective Performance

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Omnia, the Joint Authority of Education

in Espoo Region 2015

Consortium meeting

Executive board

Inspection board

General director of Omnia

Committees

Consortium services

Accounting and financial

servicesHR services ICT services Facility services

Communication and development services InnoOmnia

General administration

Information, advice and guidance services InfoOmnia

Vocational upper-

seondary school

Vocational adult

education and training Youth workshops

Apprenticeship

training

General upper

secondary school for

adults

Liberal adult

education

Learning solutions for youth Learning solutions for adults

Board of directors

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Omnia in numbers…

Students 40 000

– In vocational education apr. 11 000

– General upper secondary education

– Liberal adult education

Personell 850

– Full-time teachers 2/3

Our region

– Capital region

– Population is growing

– SMEs at our focus

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…and with keywords

Life Long Learning , LLL

Life Long Guidance

Multi-sectoral training programmes

– Focus on competencies and the needs of worklife

Enterprises and worklife have a central role

– As clients

– As partners: Working life development and service assignment

Multi-cultural population

– Importance of international co-operation

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In Practice

Authentic, practical & real learningan learning environments

Work based learning Examinations based on

demonstration of skills and competences

Context and needs-specific design of training– Competences must meet the

needs of worklife Marketing: awareness raising and

dialogue with enterprises and potential students

Development work in partnership with stakeholders

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Vocational training cannot be relevant without close

connection to working life

There are many ways to do it - but we must do it

– and listen to the stakeholders:

Enterprises/employers, students

–and those who pay the bill

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InnoOmnia

creates 21st century learning

solutions and entrepreneurship

together with local working life.

offers training, rents workspace, but

above all is a buzzing community of

people with a passion for innovation

& entrepreneurship.

strengthens bridges between

employers and VET students.

aims at ensuring employability and

successful careers and life paths for

Omnia sudents.

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Regional Development

Ongoing dialogue with the three

municipalities owning Omnia, the local

entrepreneurs’ associations and working

life to improve the impact.

Multiple entrepreneurial and

pedagogical projects at the national and

international level.

Wide local, national and international

networks.

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Why new approaches?

Structural changes in Finnish industries

Increasing youth unemployment

Low rate of VET graduates’

entrepreneurship

Need for entrepreneurial education within

VET system

Need for novel ways of creating

innovations and services

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New Approaches Needed

for Staff Development

21st century transforms the world of work

Less money available

Teachers are not motivated to find time to attend training

Onsite training is not always available

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Anticipation of Demand for

Labor and Educational Needs

National skills & competences standards

Vision, mission, objectives, and strategies

Pedagogical and pedagogical ICT strategy

HR development strategy

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Action Plan for 21st Century VET

Set minimum skill requirements for permanent staff (including management)

School management must internalise the process and engage to it

Motivate to self-steering development

Mechanism how to assess and analyse development in organization

Peer mentoring

Public-private partnership

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Professional Development Based on

Recognition of Prior Learning

Open systems for recognizing competence according to

minimum requirements

Personalized learning paths

Use of ICT in competence development

Use of existing open standard systems like Mozilla Open Badges

Gamification: motivation of personal, team and organization competition

Updating the tools and environments of work and professional development

Open educational resources easily accessible

BYOD: Own smart phones in teaching and learning

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Applying Open Badges in Staff Development

Badges provide an easy and scalable tool for structuring HR development

Build a practical approach on minimum requirements

Let the operative field to set criteria and create badges

Utilize pools of ICT-competent teachers and organizations

Collaborate with private sector and third sector

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Some examples of our projects:

Egypt (Twinning)

Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of the Productivity and

Vocational Training Department PVDT within the Vocational Training

System in Egypt

Kosovo (Twinning)

Support Implementation of the Kosovo Education Sector Strategic Plan

2011-2016

Tunisia (AfDB)

Elaboration et mise en oeuvre d’un dispositif de formation en

entreprenariat et en pédagogie active au profit des Universités et

centres de formation professionnelle.

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Awarded work

• National Quality Award with special recognition for entrepreneurial learning

• Konsta award for promoting innovation in learning

• Member of UNEVOC, a global community promoting excellence in vocational

education and training

• 2013 WISE book Learning a Living: Radical Innovation in Education for Work

• InnoOmnia's mobile learning initiatives showcased by VISIR, a network

promoting micro innovation practices in the field of ICT for learning

• Member of the ETF good practice network striving to develop indicators for

entrepreneurship education

• Omnia's achievements in innovating vocational education and training were

disseminated as part of the Torino process

• Certificate of Sustainable Development in 2014

• Seniori365.fi rewarded by Design for All Foundation’s Best Practice 2014

• Awarded in Digital Media and Learning Competition: Open Badge Passport

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Thank you for your attention !

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