1. COMPETENCE PROFILE OF TEACHERS/TRAINERS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TRAINING – VET IN EUROPE FROM THE GOOD TO THE BEST Quality in VET An European exchange and a comparator check

2. Preface 2 Within the framework of European Education program – the program of Long Life Learning (LLL) LEONARDO DA VINCI – we perform a partnership project with other VET institutions/-organizations in the EU-member states Germany, Finland, Lithuania and Italy. This learning partnership intends a common approximation and increase of efficiency of teaching- and vocational training methods in European VET (Vocational Education and Training). The questionnaire wants to determine the quality indications of education/teaching/vocational training.

3. The inquiry 3 Online-questionaire http://wp1061716.wp096.webpack.hosteurope.de/moodle2/course/vie w.php?id=6 http://wp1061716.wp096.webpack.hosteurope.de/moodle2/course/vie w.php?id=6 June – December 2010 Finland, Italy, Lithuania and Germany 278 teachers, trainers, advisors, learners, HRM in SME, executives in SME

4. The competence fields 4 Instrumental competencies  foreign language  knowledge didactics variety of teaching methods communication  public speaking  ICT competencies  subject knowledge and skills  management (time, office, decision making, conclusion finding)

5. The competence fields 5 Interpersonal competencies  to hold learners in esteem  to show empathy  cooperation skills to manage networking  to show and spread optimism  handling diverse groups/manage differences  to act multicultural  attitude towards students  attitude that making mistakes is allowed

6. The competence fields 6 Per personal competencies  to show authentity  to show transparency  to show sense of humour ethic  to act morally  to be trustable  to show fairness  to act peaceful  to show tolerance  to show self-esteem  to show motivation

7. The competence fields 7 Systemic competencies  willingness  to continuing professional development  reflection/changing perspectives  self reflection  evaluation of the results learners'  orientation innovation /experimenting  role model - show good example

8. The results 8 Most important competencies Instrumental competencies  Communication Interpersonal competencies  handling diverse groups/manage differences (Germany)  attitude towords students (Italy)  cooperation skills (Finland) Per personal competencies  to be trustable Systemic competencies  willingness to continuing professional development

9. The results 9 Also very important is for 85 % - The evaluation of outcomes in VET and for 88 % - The training needs analysis in VET

10. The results 10 It was not possible to compare the priorities of indicators of the different target groups (teachers/trainers and learners), because only 2 % of all participiants were learners. This could be a goal in a new project.

11. Contact Project Partners 11 Volkshochschule Ennepe-Ruhr-Süd Mittelstr. 86-88 58285 Gevelsberg GERMANY Ines Thranberend thranberend@vhs-en-sued.de www.vhs-en-sued.com

12. Contact Project Partners 12 PERSPEKTIVwechsel – Institut für Bildung und Beratung Hofaue 54 42103 Wuppertal GERMANY Karen Blümcke bluemcke@perspektiv-wechsel.de www.perspektiv-wechsel.de http://pwprojects.wordpress.com

13. Contact Project Partners 13 Keski-Pohjanmaan Koulutusyhtymä The Federation of Education of Central Ostrobothnia Narvilankatu 8 67100 Kokkola FINLAND Teija Tuunil teija.tuunila@kpedu.fi www.kpedu.fi

14. Contact Project Partners 14 Associazione FORMA.Azione srl Via Catanelli, 19 06087 Perugia ITALY Sylvia LIUTI liuti@azione.com www.forma.azione.com

15. Contact Project Partners 15 Lietuvos švietimo profesinė sąjunga J.Jasinskio 9-413 LT-01111 Vilnius LITHUANIA Tatjana Babrauskiene Tania.bab@gmail.com www.svietimoprofsajunga.lt