QualiFLY – 2 nd Project Meeting Malta, Feb 2006 Contact: Maren Elfert, UNESCO Institute for Education,

1 st Project Meeting Istanbul, Nov ‘05

AÇEV (Mother Child Education Foundation)

Presentations

Staff meeting

Tutors’ meeting

Father Support Program

Mother Child Education Program

Preschool Parent-child Education Program

Istanbul, Nov ‘05

Feedback sheets Extremely positive assessment of meeting Study visits – unique opportunity Be more focused in the discussions

Feedback sheets Interest in: More country experiences and study visits More concrete ideas for practical work More group work

Feedback sheets Interest in: How to find sponsors and participants Face-to-face work, home-visits The migrant as a parent, not only as a working individual

Tutors’ meeting Proportion of migrants in each country Minorities Practices

Tutors’ questionnaires Challenges: To motivate parents To see progress/to prove that the programme works To understand different cultures and backgrounds To increase funding

Tutors’ questionnaires What abilities do tutors need? Social skills, communication skills, psychological skills Knowledge of the culture (“be a cultural mediator”) Knowledge of adult education Knowledge of formal and non-formal education systems

Tutors’ questionnaires In which areas do they wish more training? Work with migrants Managerial and administrative skills

Tutors’ questionnaires How can the literacy skills of parents be developed? -develop a programme that meets their personal history -make the learning fun -raise self-esteem of parents

Tutors’ questionnaires Good ideas: To recruit participants, let other parents who have already took part talk about the project Empower parents to “own” their programme Find out how parents already support their children and strengthen that support.

Definition Common work definition: “Family literacy is an approach to learning that focuses on intergenerational interactions within the family and community which promote the development of literacy and related life skills.”

Questionnaire Context of the country Aim of the project/concept of family literacy Target population/cultural and social context and languages Programme design, content and progression routes Teacher training Teacher background/qualification

Questionnaire Focus (children, young people, adults) Curriculum Methodological approach Monitoring and evaluation How is the project financed? Partnerships Best practice example

Questionnaire Context of the country Bulgaria: 60% of the Roma at risk, 25% totally illiterate Germany: 4, functional illiterates 7, migrants (Turkish)

Questionnaire Context of the country Ireland: IALS study: 25% of the population at the lowest level Italy: 12% functional illiterates 2, migrants

Questionnaire Context of the country Malta: 11% of population over 11 illiterate High percentage of early school leavers not in further education Turkey: no standardized ECE system 12% illiteracy rate

Questionnaire Context of the country - Resume All countries: High illiteracy rates Germany, Italy: High proportion of migrants Bulgaria: Minority

Questionnaire Concept and aim of project Bulgaria: Increase level of literacy and vocational qualifications Germany: Prevent future drop-outs by promoting children‘s literacy skills Support parents to assist children

Questionnaire Concept and aim of project Ireland: Promote development of literacy and numeracy skills Assist parents in their role as primary educators Involve in lifelong learning Italy:

Questionnaire Concept and aim of project Malta: ‘Cycle of Literacy’ model: Basic Skills for parents and children Stepping stone for parent/adult empowerment (‘Bridge to empowerment’) Enhance school community development and parental empowerment

Questionnaire Concept and aim of project Turkey: MOCEP: Empower mothers to support their children PCPEP: Ensure educational support through strengthening school- family collaboration Prepare children for primary school FSP: Empower fathers in their parenting roles.

Questionnaire Concept and aim of project-resume All: Support parents to assist children Ireland/Malta: Focus on adults (lifelong learning)

Questionnaire Target population Bulgaria: Adult Roma Germany: 5-6-year-old children and their parents (mostly migrants) Ireland: Adult learners Italy: formerly: individual working migrants, now: migrant‘s family

Questionnaire Target population Malta: Early primary (1-3) children and parents (Hilti) Turkey: MOCEP: Mothers of 6- year-old children PCPEP: 6-year-old children, their teachers and parents. FSP: Fathers with 2-10-year-old children.

Questionnaire Programme design Bulgaria: Literacy and vocational qualifications project in Sofia, June – Dec Partnership among Ministry, local authorities and NGOs. 3 modules: literacy, voc. qualifications, employment

Questionnaire Programme design Germany: Pilot project in 7 schools and 2 kindergartens in Hamburg Flexible time frame Three pillars: 1. parents in the classroom; 2. Activities with parents; 3. joint parent children activities

Questionnaire Programme design Ireland: Family literacy courses of 8 to 10 weeks in duration, held in schools or community based centres. The programmes start with the needs and interests of the individuals.

Questionnaire Programme design Malta: Klabb Hilti: After school, hosted in prim. schools, 1,45 h. twice a week 8-12 families per programme Provision in 38 schools NWAR Hilti-in-Sports Evening and weekend programmes

Questionnaire Programme design Turkey: MOCEP: 25-week program with mothers once a week in adult educ. Centres. Group meetings: mother support program (1,5 h); reproductive health (0,5 h); cognitive training (1 h) Home: Mother implements worksheets (0,5 h daily); 4-5 home visits by facilitator

Questionnaire Programme design Turkey: PCPEP: 28-week-program Child training: Classroom worksheets and home worksheets (20. min. daily) Parent support: monthly 2-hour-parent- support meetings Worksheets with child at home (30 min. daily)

Questionnaire Programme design Turkey: FSP: 13-week-program. Group meetings with 15 fathers

Questionnaire Programme design - Resume -Partnerships -From very flexible time frame (Germany) to very „school-like“ and structured programmes

Questionnaire Teacher training Bulgaria: Teachers selected by Regional Inspectorate of Education, Sofia. Teachers received short-term training on adult education by the IIZ/DVV.

Questionnaire Teacher training Germany: Teachers are primary school teachers with a qualification for language development (no experience with adult education) „Training“ is provided through a monthly seminar where input is given and experiences shared

Questionnaire Teacher training Ireland: Qualified adult literacy tutors having completed an initial tutor training programme Certificate and degree courses for adult literacy tutors

Questionnaire Teacher training Italy: Graduate in psychology, pedagogy or similar intercultural qualifications Experience with working with migrants Knowledge of the (legal) situation of Migrants Malta: Initial and ongoing tutor training In-built element of teacher studies Strong involvement and training of parent leaders

Questionnaire Teacher training Turkey: MOCEP: Teachers are either staff of adult education centres or social workers and psychologists. They receive 1 month training PCPEP: Teachers are graduates of child development of voc. schools or preschool teachers (9 days training). FSP: Teachers are primary teachers or guidance counselors (10 days training).

Questionnaire Teacher training - resume Qualification: From primary school teachers to adult education specialists Training: Initial training, ongoing training Intercultural qualifications, experience with migrants

Questionnaire Focus of project Bulgaria: Unemployed and (functionally) illiterate adults (Roma population) Germany: In principle, children and parents. Focus is more on children as programme does not enhance literacy skills of parents Ireland: Adult learners

Questionnaire Focus of project Italy: Adult migrants. Malta: Children and parents, focus on parents Turkey: MOCEP: Children and mothers. PCPEP: children, parents, teachers. FSP: children and fathers.

Questionnaire Curriculum Bulgaria: Curriculum provided by Reg. Inspect. of Education. Didac- tical materials selected by IIZ/DVV. Germany: Flexible curriculum developed together with teachers. Ireland: Curriculum developed in consultation with learners.

Questionnaire Curriculum Turkey: MOCEP: Curriculum consists of 25 group discussion topics and 25 worksheets. PCPEP: Curriculum consists of 8 group discussion topics, 25 „home worksheets“ and 28 „class worksheets“ FSP: Curriculum consists of 13 discussion topics.

Questionnaire Curriculum - resume Curriculum developed together with learners/teachers (Germany/Ireland) Structured and prescriptive curriculum (Turkey)

Questionnaire Methodological approach Bulgaria: Individual approach Germany: Process-oriented, low-scale, action- and individual-oriented Ireland: Learner- and best practice- oriented Turkey: Ecological approach; mediated learning

Questionnaire Monitoring/Evaluation Germany: „internal“ and „external“ evaluation using both quantitative and qualitative instruments Ireland: Courses are evaluated on a qualitative basis: group discussions, individual evaluation sheets and brainstorming sessions Malta: Teachers‘ survey, parental feedback

Questionnaire Monitoring/Evaluation Turkey: Projects are visited by ACEV specialists MOCEP: Observations and scales, interviews with mothers PCPEP: Tests with children, interviews with teachers, observations. FSP: Observations, quantitative evaluation by attitude.

Questionnaire How is project financed Bulgaria: Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Germany: Federal Ministry for Education and Research and Federal States Staff costs: UIE/LI Ireland: Dept. of Education and Science, also European Social Fund and Irish Development Plan

Questionnaire How is project financed Italy: Catalogo, Comune di Roma Malta: Ministry of Education?, ESF- funded projects Turkey: Cooperation ACEV-Ministry of National Education (ACEV provides teacher training; MONE provides training materials and pays salaries of teachers) ALL public funds!?

Questionnaire Partnerships Bulgaria: Sofia Municipality, Regional Educational Dept., Regional Labour Dept.; IIZ/DVV; Regional Inspectorate of Education; Foundation “Ethnocult. Dial.” Germany: UIE-LI-schools (project management); Ministry of Education, City of Hamburg, Univ. of Hamburg (funding); foundation and private company (add. courses)

Questionnaire Partnerships Ireland: Local Vocational Education Committees (tuition); NALA (training of tutors); Waterford Institute of Technology (training); schools (venues, recruitment of parents) Turkey: ACEV-MONE

Questionnaire Best practice

Germany: Parents writing family stories Germany: Learning with different letter „stations“ Ireland: Cooperation of all relevant partners in the planning and implementation of programmes Awards ceremony presenting certificates

Questionnaire Best practice Turkey: Teacher training: Long duration Detailed and structured training materials Intensive program implementation: Observation and feedback Ongoing process and product evaluation

QualiFLY – 2 nd Project Meeting Malta, Feb 2006 Contact: Maren Elfert, UNESCO Institute for Education,