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Day Project update, interim report feedback & quality management review 10.00Pilot & evaluation – partner presentations 10.45Coffee 11.00Pilot presentations, reports & new activities Lunch & photo Overall pilot results, target group views & translations 15.00Dissemination & partner presentations 17.00Summary

Project objectives Adapt & transfer LIFE Train the trainer programme Add greater focus on employability & entrepreneurship Help disadvantaged young people Develop potential for LIFE products to be included in VET teacher training

Target groups Vocational teachers and trainers Vocational learners Employer groups Organisations which support disadvantaged young people Key influencers in national VET teacher training frameworks

Meeting objectives WP1 Review progress including interim report feedback, finances & target group feedback WP2 Review quality management WP5 Review pilots in each partner country & overall findings WP6 Review dissemination progress & plans WP7 Review country sustainability reports & overall strategy

Actions from last meeting

Key milestones & results 1.Needs analysis survey *complete 2.Training package * complete 3.Pilot & evaluation * discuss today! 4.Website * - in place/update – more translation 5.Evaluation - interim report feedback 6.Sustainability reports - discuss today! 7.LIFE 2 leaflet *- done * Translations into partner languages

Interim Report feedback Good project management & partner cooperation Positive European dimension (EfVET) More dissemination – all partners Website – more input & translation Clear on added value from LIFE 1 Develop sustainability strategy Financial

WP2 Quality Management Review planplan Update indicator statistics from each partner Pilot – teacher, learner, employer, VET institution totals & satisfaction/improvements Dissemination – web links, statistics, range Sustainability – target group links & progress Agree actions – pilot group feedback & intentions after training

WP5 Pilot & evaluation Present country reports Written country reports now due Synthesis report 31 May/translations 30 June

Pilot - Minimum numbers 12 teacher evaluations; 1 learner group (minimum 8 learners) including disadvantaged student perspective; 1 employer group (minimum 4 employers) Minimum 2 tasks & 2 activities in each pilot Employer feedback on relevance & usefulness of product in terms of entrepreneurship & employability Ensure distribution of pilot tasks & activitiesactivities

Pilot – EfVET round tables Interest from Belgium, Denmark, UK, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal 11 felt Trainer Pack would be useful to their organisation

Pilot activity – EfVET Conference Ethics in Business activity Positive feedback Excellent for communication & language skills “I will use it to develop work placement skills” “practical, experience based”

WP5 Pilot & evaluation Amendments and improvements Product innovation: new activities, examples and videos for online pack – partners to present

WP4 Target group feedback Welcome

Day WP5 Pilot & new activities 10.30WP6 Dissemination Lunch 14.00WP7 Sustainability 15.30Interim feedback, final report requirements & finances 16.30Next steps 17.00Summary of outcomes and agreements

WP5 Pilot - common threads Well Positive feedback Helped teachers to reflect on life skills & share ideas Helped teachers & learners to connect with real world Creativity/entrepreneurial Useful source of ideas Worked well with disadvantaged learners Employers confirmed needs

WP5 Pilot - common threads Improve More time Some found evaluation difficult – needs to be linked to key competence Some activity instructions difficult to follow Some found group work difficult

WP5 Pilot - common threads Recommendations Teachers need to try out activities themselves first Teachers need to adapt activities to learner group & link to life skills Teacher as facilitator

Proposed changes Add translations banana split Use forum for feedback, suggestions & new materials Add examples of job profiles

Proposed new material Activities Interview practice Embedding English Tit for tat strategies for creating long lasting relationships Sharing information – International Energy My choice Self image Puzzle Dating profile characterisation Good practice example amendments Entrepreneurs’ Day Videos

Proposed new activities UK Interview practice Job ads, descriptions & person specifications 3 roles Use of video – communication skills Employer involvement

Embedding English Improve work related vocabulary, style and spelling Look, cover, write, check game Compose s Assessment chart Codes SP, GR Improvements

WP6 EfVET Conference 2012 LIFE 2 good practice example in employability workshop discussion & booklet Over 220 delegates

WP6 EfVET Ideas Oct 2013 Quarterly newsletters 520 hits on website

WP6 Dissemination & exploitation strategy Disseminate aims, progress, products and results of the project to target groups, VET providers and other stakeholders nationally and Europe wide Raise awareness and promote the project aims throughout Europe Facilitate the transferability of the results and knowledge to other stakeholders in other countries

Final Report By activity – group together Target sectors/group involvement Number of participants, organisation names Why organisations chosen and relevance? Results & feedback from stakeholders Aims of activities, suitability & success Impact on target groups & geographical Impact on national VET sector & sustainability

Intellectual property rights Product freely available to target groups Website continues beyond project end Market product in way best suited to country

Website Train the Trainer in all languages More translation Links with partner & other websites 544 visits 260 unique visitors Forum & LinkedIn – 10 members News sections - EfVET

Dissemination & plans Target groups database of national & local organisations Dissemination progress and plans from partners Update quality indicatorsindicators

Dissemination UK Press articles – Somerset Guardian & Radstock Journal Online – Bath Business News, SW Skills newsletter, What’s Hot News Your Scene December 2012 & Teaching Excellence January 2013 LEP employer forum February 2013

Dissemination UK Websites – Excellence Gateway National Agency news and blognews Institute for Learning e-newsletter & Linkedin Group (930 members) 9 seminars/meetings (teachers & employers) BSU & NRC

Summary Agree outcomes from Day 1 – WP1, WP2, WP4, WP5 & WP6 Plans for Day 2

WP7 – Sustainability strategy Potential for including LIFE 2 products in national teacher training Involvement of stakeholders & key influencers e.g. award bodies, decision makers, training support agencies Discuss potential for using Train the Trainer Pack with database of contacts Progress reports by partner Partner evaluation reports by March 2013

WP7 – Sustainability reports Partners to present country reports

WP7 - Sustainability Agree how the LIFE 2 Train the Trainer Pack can continue to be developed and exploited across Europe beyond the project lifetime Impact of innovation after project end & in other countries Continuing dialogue with labour market, authorities & colleges to maintain support Summary evaluation report by ANESPO by June 2013

Budgets, finance and reporting

Finance – key stages Feedback from interim report 2 nd payments made Final Report by Dec 2013 Final payment of 20% on approval of Final Report

Income Leonardo grant 75% Contribution by partners 25% Any national support to be declared

Financial requirements Payments based on results and receipts (invoices, boarding passes) Finance & administration handbook Exchange rates on date of transfer Keep within budget

Budget headings Staff costs – timesheets, evidence of day rate Travel & subsistence – overnight stays Equipment – no budget Subcontracting – translation, printing Other – EfVET conference fees, press releases, room hire

Reporting Complete Final Report financial tables for whole project period Staff costs consistent with timesheets State specific activity e.g. WP6 dissemination Staff declaration – timesheets Travel & subsistence – durations within dates VAT declaration

Reporting External printing in subcontracting Evidence – subcontract agreements/purchase orders to support invoices Keep within EC maximum day rates Exchange rates for RO & DK Eligibility Any questions? Individual partner sessions

Next meeting Copenhagen September Key topics for discussion – Final Report, WP2 final evaluation, WP6 & 7 dissemination & sustainability progress, finances

Next steps Summary and outcomes, actions for WP1, WP7 Areas where help required?

Did we meet objectives? WP1 Review progress including interim report feedback, finances & target group feedback WP2 Review quality management WP5 Review pilots in each partner country & overall findings WP6 Review dissemination progress & plans WP7 Review country sustainability reports & overall strategy

Evaluation

Summary Agree outcomes from Day 2 Agree actions and timescales Plans for Day 3

Day 3 Further discussions on amendments, new activities, innovation and added value and examples for online trainer pack; ideas and plans for dissemination and sustainability HAVE A GOOD JOURNEY HOME