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Beiträge aus der Praxis der beruflichen Bildung – Nr. 24

Development of a
National Advanced Education System
for Teaching and Management Personnel
Published by:      Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Registered offices: Bonn and Eschborn
Address:           Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße 15, 68169 Mannheim, Germany
                   tvet@giz.de. www.giz.de
                   Academy for International Cooperation Human Capacity Development (HCD)
                   for Vocational Education and Training
Responsible:       Martin Purpur
On behalf of:      Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ), Bonn
                   Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Authors:           Hans-Peter Buggermann, Reichenbach an der Fils
                   Reinhard Klose, Mannheim
Graphic Design:    Andreas Hesse, fgl-werketage, Berlin
Graphics:          Figures 1, 4 – 12: Hans-Peter Buggermann, Reichenbach
                   Figures 2 + 3: Verordnung des baden-württembergischen Kultusministeriums über
                   den Vorbereitungsdienst und die Zweite Staatsprüfung für die Laufbahn des höheren
                   Schuldienstes an beruflichen Schulen (APrObSchhD) Vom 10. März 2004
Picture:           GIZ / Thies
Date of publication: November 2013
                     ISBN 978-3-944152-36-3
Development of a
National Advanced Education System
for Teaching and Management Personnel
Introduction

    The wide range of services offered by the Deutsche            The intention of this series is described in the title itself
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    workable, sustainable and effective solutions in political,   in Human Capacity Development programmes. The
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    engaged in international education work around the            section Human Capacity Development for Vocational
    globe.                                                        Education and Training Mannheim, and is available in
                                                                  printed and electronic form.
    Located in Mannheim and Magdeburg, the section
    Human Capacity Development (HCD) for Vocational               These Reports
    Education and Training at the GIZ Academy for
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    excellent technical and regional competence and                   Education and Training in the partner countries and
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    cooperation networks.                                             Human Capacity Development programmes, and
                                                                     will be improved and adapted with a view to global
    Across the world, we offer our partners customised                learning according to the recommendations of the
    services in consultation, concept work and the                    partners or the results of the pilot events.
    implementation of Human Capacity Development
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    different target groups and intervention levels in            readers and users of the series.
    Vocational Education and Training. Our partners also
    have the option of accessing existing standard offers.        This report is part of a series of GIZ publications
                                                                  ensuing from Human Capacity Development
    We combine a variety of education formats and develop         programmes. At the end of this publication you will
    demand-oriented, practical services for Human                 find an overview of all available titles in the series.
    Capacity Development in Vocational Education and
    Training, labour market and employment. Our goal is           Our special thanks go to everyone who has made
    to establish strategic personnel resources to promote         invaluable contributions to these activities.
    sustainable social and economic development.
                                                                  Academy for International Cooperation
                                                                  Human Capacity Development (HCD)
                                                                  for Vocational Education and Training

                                                                  Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
                                                                  Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany
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Table of Contents

Imprint .......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 2

Introduction .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 4

Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 5

1.         Development of a National Advanced Education System for Teaching and Management Personnel . . . . . . . ..... 7

2.         Education Policy Guidelines and their Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 8

3.         Structure of Teacher Education . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 9

4.         Institutional Structure of Teacher Advanced Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 12

5.         Organisational Structure of an Advanced Education Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15

6.         Demand and Programme Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 17

7.         Publication of the Advanced Education Programme and Registration for Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 19

8.         Use of Teaching Staff in Teacher Advanced Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20

9.         Structure of Teacher Advanced Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23

GIZ Profile ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 25

Publications Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 26

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Individual learning does not guarantee
    organizational learning [that will lead to changes].

    Peter M. Senge:
    The Fifth Discipline:
    The art and practice of the learning organisation.
    1990, 2006.

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1. Development of a National Advanced Education
   System for Teaching and Management Personnel

Constant updating of knowledge has received much             management personnel be attained. Ultimately, this is a
international attention and is particularly important for    decisive factor for achieving the urgently needed labour
the development of societies that lack natural resources.    market-oriented vocational qualifications for young
Many countries therefore allocate a high priority to         people – with the aid of better qualified education
developing their knowledge society.                          personnel.

A highly efficient and key building block in becoming a      A national advanced education system targets sustaina-
knowledge society is undoubtedly the human capacity          bility if it has been developed by the country‘s national
development (HCD) of an education system‘s personnel         and regional decision-making bodies in vocational
and their related teaching, managerial and administra-       training. Having thus contributed to the concept, these
tive functions. Human capacity development plays a           individuals will consequently be qualified to effectively
leading role in meeting technological, economic, ecolo-      implement the system at all levels. The requirements of
gical and social changes.                                    the knowledge society can therefore be much better met
                                                             and the advanced education system much better realised
In many countries, however, teacher advanced edu-            with a pool of decision makers who are familiar with the
cation in the vocational training institutions is sporadic   development of the advanced education system.
rather than systematic – both in vocational and in
technical subjects. National, bilateral and international    The report covers the major elements necessary for the
organisations often realise their planned advanced           fundamental establishment of an advanced education
education events - that are communicated but not             system. The primary elements should enable com-
coordinated with others – in isolation. Only rarely do       parisons between the partner institutes and support
national vocational training institutions provide annual     independent development of an own advanced edu-
catalogues with an overview of all the relevant advanced     cation system. An initial stage of vocational advanced
education courses available to vocational schools for        education system development involves drafting key
personnel qualification. Technology and educational          parameters: a structure for teacher advanced education
developments are described and widely published in           with a nationwide network of teaching personnel for
vocational curricula and education plans, yet have no        every vocational discipline and for pedagogic issues, the
effect on instruction and teaching quality because the       implementation of education policy guidelines, the
teachers have not been made familiar with the                institutional set-up of teacher advanced education and
education reforms.                                           the organisational set-up of a teacher advanced
                                                             education institute, course demand and programme
It is vital to create a dynamic offer of sustainable HCD     generation, announcement of and registration for
programmes of the highest technological and teaching         advanced education. These and further fundamental
standards, embedded in an advanced education system          issues will be competently addressed in this report, from
that is networked with the schools, provincial autho-        both a technical and development-related viewpoint.
rities and the national education administration. Only       The report on everyday practice in technical and
then can the objective of introducing a comprehensive        vocational education and training can be used for
national advanced education system for teaching and          self-study and for cooperative learning.

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2. Education Policy Guidelines and their Implementation

    Reform processes in vocational training systems can           Students‘ learning outcomes at vocational schools
    only be successful if the involved parties (teachers,         primarily depend on the technical-educational quality
    school principals, faculty heads, teacher trainers, school    of the teachers and the organisational conditions.
    developers) in the ministries and subordinate insti-          Teachers must be state-of-the-art with their respective
    tutions are suitably and timely trained and qualified.        subject area academically as well as in practice-oriented
                                                                  and methodical terms.
    The measures range from short-term adaptation
    qualifications to developing and anchoring long-term          The design and organisation of initial and advanced
    training and advanced education offers and concepts for       teacher education is therefore a key to the development
    the personnel. All the while, the profiles of vocational      of a vocational school system.
    training must be continuously adapted to the dynamic
    progress of vocational education, the economy, tech-          As such, a systematic, one-source teacher education
    nology and society. It is important that everyone             concept, that includes initial and advanced teacher
    involved at the different levels of responsibility of voca-   education and is structured and coordinated in succes-
    tional training develops an appreciation for this. School     sive units, should be developed for the vocational school
    principals play a key role here and must be in a position     teachers.
    to recognise and realise these changes.
                                                                  The objective is to further develop and consolidate at a
                                                                  high standard the quality of vocational schools in
                                                                  general, and in teaching in particular, with the aid of
                                                                  systematic and structured teacher education.

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3. Structure of Teacher Education

Teacher education has the core objective of teaching and        The respective “advanced education institutions“ must
further developing pedagogical skills and the necessary         observe the education policy guidelines of the
scientific and practical basics.                                responsible education ministry and the relevant articles
                                                                of the national development plan in all their concept
This advanced education is embedded in the “teacher             developments and activities.
education“ system. The system comprises initial teacher
education at the respective University (phase 1),               In the state of Baden-Württemberg, initial and advanced
followed by practical in-school training (phase 2), up to       teacher education is structured as follows:
permanent advanced education (phase 3), in which
teachers will participate at every stage of their career.

Figure 1: Three pillars of teacher education

                Phase 1                                    Phase 2                             Phase 3

     Studying at a university               Training in school and at               Being a vocational school
     and professional practice in           the teacher training institute          teacher: permanent advanced
     a company                              (preparatory phase /                    education throughout the enti-
     (initial training)                     trainee teacher)                        re professional life

Initial Teacher education (in phases 1 and 2) should            pendently and in a subject-oriented manner, and to
qualify the teachers to implement education-policy              train the students‘ technical competencies over the
guidelines and the teaching objectives of the respective        long-term.
curriculum in class, to enable students to think inde-

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Becoming a teacher at a vocational school

     Figure 2: Two types of teachers –
               for vocational theory and professional practice

         University graduation (Master degree + min.             Intermediate secondary school leaving certificate
         1 year of professional practice), e.g. in technology,   and completed vocational training in an industrial-
         commerce, social science, agriculture ... or as a       technical trade and master craftsman examination
         technical instructor or business teacher ...            followed by at least two years of practical profes-
                                                                 sional experience

                                                                                        
         18 months of preparatory phase                          Employment as a technical teacher incl. 12
         (=student teacher training)                             months of training
          at the teacher training institute (theory)             at the teacher training institute (theory)
          and at the training vocational school (practice)       and at the training vocational school (practice)

                                                                                        
         An exam pass provides eligibility to apply for a        An exam pass provides eligibility for a permanent
         position as a vocational school teacher                 position as a technical teacher at vocational schools

                        Academic teacher                                         Technical teacher

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Figure 3: Initial teacher education in practice

    Duration and structure of the preparatory phase         Duration and structure of the extra-occupational
    for academic teachers                                   training for technical teachers
    1.5 years (3 school terms)                              1 year – extra-occupational; 6 hours release from
                                                            work per week
    1st and 2nd term:
    Introduction to educational and tuition work,           Subjects at the teacher training college:
    training at the teacher training college and in         Pedagogy, psychology, principles and methodology
    school, start of a 2-week compact phase at the          of practice-oriented teaching,
    teacher training college                                subject-specific events and teaching exercises,
    3rd term:                                               school law, youth and civil service law, school
    Education and teaching practice at a school             organisation

  Source for figure 2 and 3: Verordnung des baden-württembergischen Kultusministeriums über den
  Vorbereitungsdienst und die Zweite Staatsprüfung für die Laufbahn des höheren Schuldienstes an
  beruflichen Schulen (APrObSchhD) vom 10. März 2004

A concept needs to be created for the time following the   discuss and subsequently find solutions for any
2nd phase of teacher training (the career entry phase)     problems and issues relating to their professional
that serves professional initial experience exchanges.     situations in cooperative case conference groups with
At the earliest convenience, and under competent           other entry-level professionals.
guidance, teachers should be given the opportunity to

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4. Institutional Structure of Teacher Advanced Education

     Ensuring professionalism in teacher advanced education
     requires a certain organisational setting and involvement
     in the education policy system.

     Figure 4: Proposal for organising an advanced teacher education system

                                              Ministry for vocational training [a]

                                          ▼                                           ▼

                                                                    Teaching training institute for the
                               Curriculum development                 2nd phase of teacher training
                                    institution [b]                   (practical training phase) [c]

                                                      Cooperation on concept
                                                      work and realisation of
                                                     advanced education with

         ▼                                      ▼                                 ▼
                                                 ▼

                                                                              ▼

             Central advanced education offered by the                Regional advanced education services offered by
                           academy [d]                                        the provincial school boards [e]
                                                                                  ▲
                 ▼                                                                                              ▼
                                                 ▲

                     make use of the                  support the design of               make use of the central
                      central offers                   advanced education                   and regional offers

                                                 ▼                                ▼

                                                      Vocational schools [f]

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A sample list of the tasks of the involved               [d] Tasks of the central advanced education
organisations as part of teacher advanced                    institution
education                                                 Development of nationwide advanced education
                                                             concepts and offers
                                                          Further development of an advanced education
[a] Ministry tasks                                           culture
 Overall process management in advanced education        Operative planning of own training courses
    of teaching and managerial personnel                  Catalogue creation and calls for tenders of academy
 Specifications of the education policy framework           courses
    conditions                                            Evaluation and assessment of the courses
 Provision of resources                                  Set-up and maintenance of a database for participant
 Definition of contents and target groups                   data, course tutors, trainers, etc.
 Identification of necessary quantities                  Management and supervision of the task force
 Management schedule for advanced education                 groups responsible for creating the annual/semi-
    projects and tasks                                       annual programmes (consultants, experienced
                                                             teachers and/or tutors, and if necessary, specialists
[b] Tasks of the curriculum and media developers for         from private enterprise, administration ….
    teacher advanced education programmes                 Qualification of tutors with special tasks, e.g. as
 Participation in teacher advanced education on             multipliers in advanced education, school
    curriculum realisation                                   developers, consultants, department heads of
 Participation in teacher advanced education on new         vocational schools, school principals
    teaching and learning materials                       Certification of external offers
 Delegation of syllabus developers as advanced           Realisation of advanced education courses
    educators                                             Generation of statistics for further development
                                                             purposes, PR work, ministry requirements
[c] Tasks of the institution responsible for the
    second phase of teacher training (the student        [e] Tasks of the regional teacher advanced
    teacher phase)                                           education institutions (public authorities,
 Participation in the development and realisation of        institutions, provincial governments)
    concepts for advanced education                       Coordination and cooperation with the central
 Coordination of methodical developments                    advanced education bodies
 Participation in the realisation of advanced            Organisation of regional advanced education
    education by delegating consultant teachers           Recording, collection and coordination of the
 Participation in the work groups on advanced               demand for advanced education submitted by the
    education planning at central, regional and school       schools
    levels                                                Establishment of a system of qualified advanced
                                                             educators, consultants, school counsellors
                                                          Organisation of assignments
                                                          Support for the schools in their advanced education
                                                             plans and in the realisation of school-internal
                                                             advanced education

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f ] Tasks of the vocational schools                          The schools are to define, in an annual advanced
     Teachers and management personnel of the vocational          education plan, their school development-related
     schools are the recipients of the services provided by the   qualification requirements and measures. These should
     above-named organisations. Nevertheless, these               include: planning and definition of personnel
     organisations can only coordinate their tasks to the         development measures, definition of school internal and
     exact needs of the schools if the schools themselves – in    external qualification measures, definition of the type of
     the course of their advanced education planning –            content multiplication of the attended advanced
     define their specific needs for advanced education,          education and a respective schedule.
     which are then coordinated as part of the entire
     planning.

     Figure 5: Demand and supply-oriented process of advanced education
               concepts and programme development

          Advanced education needs of the schools /
          teaching staff
          Ensuing from:
                                                                  ▲                       Education policy government
                                                                                          specifications
                                                                   bottom up

          – school concept                                                                Ensuing from:
                                                                               top down

          – school advanced education plans                                               – education plans
          – school evaluation outcomes                                                    – new school types
          – agreed targets between schools and school                                     – school evaluation outcomes
            supervisory boards                                                            – new subjects
          – technical, economic, social developments
          – etc.
                                                                               ▲          – final examinations
                                                                                          – etc.

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5. Organisational Structure of an Advanced
   Education Institute

The structural and process organisation of the advanced           effectiveness of uniformly applying standardised process
education institute must be such that it meets the re-            descriptions (according to established quality systems
quirements arising from the education policy condi-               such as ISO or EFQM) for the individual processes has
tions, regional particularities and responsibilities of the       been proven.
provincial governments, and of advanced education
provided by the vocational schools.                               In all processes it should be ensured that the offered
                                                                  advanced education courses take into consideration the
The process organisation regulates the work and infor-            demands voiced by the vocational schools and the
mation processes of the organisation, and is to be                education policy conditions.
designed such that it complies with the criteria of high
capacity utilisation, low administration costs and efforts,       The structural organisation, as a formal matrix for
flexible processes, safeguarding of quality standards and         organisation, must take the above conditions into
quality developments, adherence to schedules, etc. The            account.

Figure 6: Example of an institutional organisation for advanced education
          for teaching and management personnel

                                                          Manager

                                                                                                   ▼

                                                                                            Deputy manager

                                                              ▼
                            ▼

                                                                                             ▼

          Course organisation                          Administration                       Building administrator
                                                                                         in the case of own building

                  ▼                                           ▼                                         ▼

       Concept creation services                       Organisation                              Facility management
       Course management                               Accounting                                Hotel management
       Course planning                                 Internal administration                   Kitchen/canteen
       Course assessment                               Purchasing                                Reception

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For course organisation it is vital that the courses          For the educational system:
     are run by individuals with teaching experience in             Highly qualified staff is also available for other
     vocational schools (teachers/tutors) as well as in             management tasks.
     advanced education (teacher trainers, consultants,
     school counsellors).                                          For those involved:
                                                                    Proof of successful work experience in teacher
     To achieve high flexibility within the system and to           advanced education can have a beneficial impact on
     ensure long-term viability, it makes sense to ‚lend out‘       career opportunities.
     these persons (so-called academy instructors) to the
     institution as required. This will ensure staff rotation      For the advanced education institution:
     and can lead to a “win-win“ situation for everyone.            Highly qualified and motivated staff is interested in
                                                                    taking on advanced education tasks.

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6. Demand and Programme Generation

Responsibility for the further development of schools            The continuing education provider must react to these
and teaching primarily lies with the schools themselves,         requirements by anticipating the potential demand
who must then implement the respective education                 when developing the services (education offers),
policy requirements within their organisation. Conse-            generating respective concepts and advanced education
quently, planning the qualifications of the teaching staff       courses, and by finding and qualifying trainers/tutors
and school-related advanced education is also in the             for these programmes.
hands of the school. Teaching development, school
development and staff development should all tie in
with each other.

Figure 7: Interest groups and activities for planning advanced education
          programmes for teaching and management personnel

                                                     Ministry
                                        – education policy requirements –

                                                             ▼
                      ▼

                                                                                                   ▼

       Central academy level                        Provincial level                      Vocational school level

    Organisation and realisation              Organisation of the cen-                     Development of own
    of central advanced edu-                  trally coordinated regional                   advanced education plans
    cation offers for vocational              advanced education offers                    Reporting and coordina-
    schools                                   for vocational schools                        tion of the demand for
                                                                                          advanced education with
                                                                                            the regional head office
                                                                                            for advanced education
                                                                                           Attend advanced educa-
                                                                                            tion courses
                  ▼                                          ▼

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Contributors to programme generation                             should also be involved in shaping the advanced edu-
     It is vital that all levels of school administration are         cation on a regional level. Additional experts from
     represented and networked during the programme                   industry, universities or other organisations can be
     generation phase.                                                consulted if and as necessary and according to any
                                                                      particular needs.
     Central work groups
     Programmes should be developed under the guidance of             Example of the programme topic scope
     the respective academy instructor in cooperation with            Several subject teachers work together in a central
     the teaching staff. The latter should be highly qualified        working group and prepare the advanced education
     specialists in the expert field with respective expertise in     concept for their specialist area. Teachers from different
     methodology/teaching principles. These same specialists          regions should be members.

     Figure 8: Central work groups for vocational subjects and management
               training

                                                        Central work groups
                        ▼

                                                                                                               ▼
                                                                             ▼
                                                         ▼

                  metal                        automotive                    electrical                    business
               engineering                     engineering                  engineering                  administration

     Work group tasks                                                 Persons who are represented in a central work group
      Drafting the advanced education concept                        should simultaneously also be members in the regional
      Drafting individual advanced education courses                 work groups to ensure good coordination and
      Nominating managers for the individual advanced                cooperation between the central and the regional levels.
       education courses
      Nominating instructors for the individual advanced             The regional work groups assume the tasks of the
       education courses                                              continuing education programme generation on a
      Nominating persons for special advanced education              regional level.
       courses

     Figure 9: Regional and Central Work Groups
                                     ▼

           Central work groups
                                                                                                ▼

                                                                                                    Regional work groups
                                                    Participants should be identical

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7. Publication of the Advanced Education Programme
   and Registration for Courses

Publication of the advanced education programme            Experience shows that a semi-annual or annual
should be:                                                 programme with respective announcements of the
 informing all schools via posters, flyers, brochures,    courses and, approx. 3 months prior to course begin, a
  and                                                      short programme with detailed contents of the course,
 in electronic form via the internet on the information   are effective.
  platform of the advanced education institution.
                                                           Schools should register the teachers directly with the
Publications should guarantee that information about       respective institution for participation in the advanced
advanced education reaches the school principals, the      education. The principals may agree to or reject
various departments and also the individual teachers.      participation (stating reasons).

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8. Use of Teaching Staff in Teacher Advanced Education

     In central and regional advanced education for quali-       The following diagram represents a guideline for the
     fying teachers in vocational subjects, the teaching staff   composition of teaching staff in the vocational subjects.
     should include a mixture of teaching professionals as
     well as specialists from industry, technology, academia,
     associations, social institutions, etc.

     Figure 10: Guideline for the recruitment of trainers and consultants
                for advanced education programmes

        Trainers and consultants for advanced education come from:

                                                                 Private
                                                                 enterprise 30%

                                           Schools 50%

                                                                 Universities,
                                                                 associations,
                                                                 chambers,
                                                                 etc. 20%

     Each course should be managed by a teacher in order         depends on these teachers. In addition to their subject-
     to ensure that the requirements of the schools and the      related and pedagogic skills, they must also have know-
     lessons are reflected in the concept of the advanced        ledge and expertise in adult teaching methodologies.
     education courses.
                                                                 An advanced education system must therefore provide
     The high number of teachers needed for advanced             ways and qualification procedures to qualify adequate
     education requires that they have special qualifications,   teachers for that system.
     as the quality of the advanced education significantly

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Figure 11: Steps to develop a system of qualified teacher trainers

                                Consultant Teacher (CT)
                                   prepares teacher advanced education measures on key topics of nationwide
                                    validity;
                                   works as a tutor in central and regional teacher advanced education;
                                   manages subject-specific work groups;
                                   organises symposia also in cooperation with third parties (academia,
                                    enterprises, associations);
                                   manages projects, cooperations, competitions;
                                   tests and develops new methods, subject-related content, media for teaching
                                    and learning;
                                   implements the acquired competencies of good teachers in a professional way;
                                   has good communication skills ;
                                   carries out counselling and appraisal interviews with teachers to promote
                                    tuition and tutor character quality.

                                    3rd step

                      Excellent Teacher (ET)
                         applies the acquired GT skills in everyday school life in a professional way;
                         determines the demand for advanced education under consideration of all
                          the significant frame parameters;
                         plans and designs teacher continuing education;
                         works in advanced education with methods and media suitable for adult
                          learners;
                         evaluates advanced education measures;
                         secures and develops the quality of advanced education.

                            2nd step

           Good Teacher (GT)
              uses contemporary teaching methods and media in teaching and learning;
              is familiar with general and subject-specific didactic concepts;
              takes teaching psychology findings into consideration during teaching
               planning,
              uses appropriate forms of performance measuring;
              continuously works on improving the quality of teaching;
              cooperates with partners from business and commerce.

                    1st step

   Qualified Teacher (QT)
      has several years of practical teaching experience.

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Good teaching staff, who have several years of                Modular curriculum to qualify teacher trainers
     experience in teaching in their specialist field, are often
     willing to pass on their expertise and experiences to         Part 1
     other teachers. It can therefore be useful to devote extra     Adult learning
     attention to this group to selectively win them for            Structure and planning of advanced education
     advanced education, and to train and qualify them to            courses
     this purpose and as future consultant teacher.                 Role perception
                                                                    Advanced education within the system
     The candidates should have
      qualifications in subject-specific, methodical,             Part 2
       pedagogic and organisational matters;                        Group phases and group processes
      the skills and willingness to familiarise themselves         Communication, counselling techniques
       with issues related to teacher training, and teacher         Self-perception, third-person perception
       advanced education in particular, and school                 Feedback
       development;                                                 Moderation & presentation methods
      an open mind for innovations;
      self-initiative;                                            Part 3
      excellent communication skills;                              Group management
      an understanding of school administrative processes          Communication models
       and management tasks;                                        Group dynamics
      willingness for continuous independent advanced              Understanding and conducting processes
       education according to the job specification.                Change management
                                                                    Consultation
     The concept work, preparation, generation and
     realisation of advanced education series for training of      Part 4
     prospective and already active consultants is essential for    Complex practice situations / simulation games /
     the development of a functioning advanced education             role plays
     system (see also www.lehrerfortbildung-bw.de/qm/               Forms of reflection
     fachberater [available in German]).                            Self-development planning
                                                                    Evaluation
     The advanced education series should have a modular
     concept that includes the categories: basic training with
     compulsory modules, self-learning phases, and
     continuous advanced education. Based on the concept
     model of the state of Baden-Württemberg, the basic
     continuing education series should comprise the
     following scope of issues:

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9. Structure of Teacher Advanced Education

Figure 12: Structure of advanced education for teaching and management
           personnel

                                 Advanced education structure
             ▲
             ▲                                        ▲                                     ▲
        Individual advanced (self)               Institutional advanced              School internal advanced
       education by the teacher [a]                   education [b]                       education [c]
                                      ▼

                                                                                 ▼

                             Central (academy)                             Regional

[a] Individual advanced (self) education                      [b] Institutional advanced education
    by the teacher
                                                              Central advanced education – tasks
Each teacher has the obligation to take part in advanced      As part of a comprehensive quality development of
education:                                                    schools
 per self-study                                               central concept development and qualification of
 per participation in advanced education also beyond            advanced education of trainers and counselling staff
  the government-provided system                               qualification offers for educational management staff
                                                               qualification of teaching staff with special tasks
Support from the state system for teacher advanced               within the school system (consultant/facilitator, QM
education is essential.                                          consultant, school counsellor, ...)
                                                               provision of subject-specific advanced education
                                                                 offers for special groups
                                                               realisation of demand-oriented workshops for whole
                                                                 schools
                                                               consultation services for schools and school
                                                                 administration in the field of advanced education

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Regional advanced education                                [c] School internal advanced education
      implementation of central measures and plans
      realisation of own courses in line with central offers   Tasks of the school-related/school internal advanced
      qualification of trainers and multipliers in line with   education
       the central concepts                                      documentation of the demand for advanced
      coordination of the advanced education offer and           education, e.g. via specialist conferences = advanced
       demand with regional enterprises                           education planning
      documentation of the demand for advanced                  organisation and realisation of advanced education
       education at the schools                                   for the entire teaching staff
      evaluation of the advanced education in line with         organisation of advanced education for individual
       central evaluation measures (=comparability)               teachers or specialist groups
                                                                 cooperation with regional enterprises and external
                                                                  persons involved in school life (parents, associations,
                                                                  ...)
                                                                 definition of guidelines for advanced education (as a
                                                                  feature of quality management)

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     Serial No.   Title                                                              Language
              1   Competency-based Training                                          English, Arabic, Farsi, Indonesian
              1   Formation basée sur la compétence                                  French
                  Compilation des thèmes d'un séminaire: Formation des
                  formateurs
              2   Curricular Design and Development                                  English, Arabic, Farsi, Indonesian
              3   Innovative and Participative Learning-teaching Approaches          English, Indonesian
                  within a Project Based Training Framework
              4   New Forms of Teaching-learning for In-company Training             English
              5   The Project Method in Vocational Training                          English
              6   Training and work: Tradition and Activity Focused Teaching         English
              7   Instrumentos para la Gestión del Conocimiento -                    Spanish
                  Estrategias Organizacionales
              8   Instrumentos para la Gestión del Conocimiento -                    Spanish
                  Estrategias Individuales
              9   Developmental Psychology in Youth                                  English
            10    Theory and Practice of the Project-based Method                    English
            11    The Labour Market Information System as an Instrument of           English, Arabic, Farsi,
                  Active Labour Market Policies
            11    Le système d'information sur le marché du travail comme            French
                  instrument de la politique active du marché du travail
            12    Selecting and Structuring Vocational Training Contents             English, Arabic, Indonesian
            12    Sélection et structure des contenus de la formation                French
                  professionnelle
            13    Activity Analysis and Identification of Qualification Needs        English
            14    Structures and Functions of CBET: a Comparative Perspective        English
            14    Structures et fonctions de l'éducation et de la formation basées   French
                  sur la compétence (CBET): une perspective comparative
            15    Managing Change and Innovation: A Challenge for Modern             English, Arabic
                  Organizations
            15    Gestión del Cambio y la Innovación: un Reto de las                 Spanish
                  Organizaciones Modernas

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       16    Financing Technical and Vocational Education and Training      English
             (TVET)
       17    Corporate Human Resource Development I: From                   English
             Organization to System
       18    Corporate Human Resource Development II: From                  English
             Competence Development to Organizational Learning
       19    E-learning in Vocational Education and Training (VET) -        Arabic
             Basics, Problems and Perspectives
       20    The Training and Qualification of Target Groups in the         English
             Informal Sector
       21    Ecological sustainability in TVET - Planning aid to initiate   English
             and implement environmentally relevant topics in selected
             programmes and offerings of the development cooperation
             (DC)
       22    E-learning in Vocational Education and Training (VET) -        English, Arabic
             Didactic Design of E-learning Measures
       23    Desarrollo de competencias sistémico - Una estrategia del      Spanish
             Desarrollo de Capacidades (Capacity Building)
       24    Development of a National Advanced Education System for        English
             Teaching and Management Personnel

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