1. Grænseløst samarbejde Fehmarnbeltregion Grenzenlose Zusammenarbeit EFRE Europäischer Fonds für Regionale Entwicklung Workshop Competence Boards June the 4th 2010 in Malente Why discus this ? Concept What are they Implementation Experiences represented by Gert Møller Preben Jensen

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3. Why discus this ? Competence Boards Because we need to know: How do we qualify the production schools as a vital part of the educational system ? How do we make it clear that there are different ways of learning for different kinds of youth ? and that working in a workshop could be the best way of learning for some students ? cause they are cause there are cause it is How do we document that the students learn in a production school ? How do we document what the students learn in a production school ?

4. Why discus this ? Competence Boards Because we need to know: How do we document what the students learn in a production school ? We need a system to do that. The system should be recognized by the common educational system The system should make sense to the students, their peers, their parents, their world The system should not interfere with the pedagogical concept of the workshop - but enhance it (i.e. It should reflect the workshop and be a logical tool for the workshop teacher) The Competence Boards are a part of our attempt in that direction

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6. Concept (the basic credos) Competence Boards The meaning of life is:Meaning Why bother doing anything if you don’t see the point You become somebody by making a difference and that making should be recognized by somebody else to some youngsters it could be study math after 10 years: get a phd invent something important win the Nobel Prize to our typical students: there’s no point in math 10 years is a very long time don’t know anybody with a phd don’t expect to invent anything It’s easier just to become a TV-star or kill a rock star It is here we (production schools) offer meaning recognition of the making of a difference thru production/ working in a Binding Working Community

7. Concept (the basic credos) Competence Boards The meaning of life is:Meaning You become somebody by making a difference Our solution for our students is described in Charter for Danish Production Schools 11 Principles for the Danish Production schools http://www.pro-net-projekt.eu/?page_id=73 http://www.pro-net-projekt.eu/?page_id=73 Intern/WorkGroup 2 in Danish In English In German

8. Concept Competence Boards Charter for Danish Production Schools Here, let’s emphasize 2 of the 11 principles, ## 2 and 10 2 Learning takes place in a binding working community. The aim is the young person’s personal, social and professional development. At a production school, the production itself is not an end but a pedagogical tool forming the basis of a different way of learning. Therefore, it is i. a. important to maintain the production as an end in order for it to function as a means. When the participants face a workshop practice where things must be done because it is necessary, they will be challenged on their responsibility and ability to cooperate to finish a task. The work must therefore be organized to include the participant in a working community founded on genuine cooperation and joint responsibility, which at the same time makes sense to the individual participant. Learning thus takes place in a social practice involving and developing the young people both professionally, socially and personally, for instance by means of peer tutoring by more experienced participants which is a valuable way of promoting social, personal and professional goals.

9. Concept Competence Boards Charter for Danish Production Schools Here, let’s emphasize 2 of the 11 principles, ## 2 and 10 10 The young people’s development of competencies is documented in a production school certificate. It is of great importance that the competencies that the participants obtain at the production school are recognized in order to give the young people the possibility of feeling appreciated. At discharge, the production schools issue a certificate proving the participants’ level of competence within selected areas of competence and supporting the participants’ future search and selection in relation to further education and employment.

10. Concept Competence Boards In this concept there is no difference between learning/education and working/production Working = Learning Production = Education So how do we describe all that to the students ? to our environment ? to ourselves ? One answer is Competence Boards real What do we mean by "real“ The work/the product has to be important. The product has to be important to the students and the teacher There is no guarantee that the product is important to the students, even if it's important to the teacher. But there is a guarantee that if it's not important to the teacher, it won't matter to the students at all. This means that as a teacher you are working width the workshop and you are still the teacher you are a participant and the boss this is teaching by doing

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12. What are they Competence Boards A Competence board is a Matrix ProgrammingMaintaining HTMLCSSPHPFirewallPower Dennis Benjamin Sulejma Across you have the workshop, skills/competences (what's possible to learn in the workshop) Down you have the crew i.e. students And where the students meets the skills, you can (giving a color) evaluate (i.e. give value to) the effort red = beginner yellow = skilled green = competent Virus ck

13. Competence Boards What do they look like (in real workshops) In the workshop the board is a dynamic tool in the planning of production and education

14. Competence Boards How can it end up as documentation For every line (student) in the matrix, the student has a piece of paper where the skills are noted The paper is signed by the workshop teacher as a guarantee (to the world) that the student has achieved these levels

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16. Implementation Competence Boards 2 conditions 1 The competence boards are meant to be used in production school workshops. It's hard to define the competences if you cannot define the production. On the other hand, working with the board competences can be a help in the process of finding and defining the production. 2 The boards should be seen as a (vital) part of a larger documentation system. The documentation system should also address practical info, the social and personal competences, safety etc - i.e. all the issues that are important to production school education

17. Implementation Competence Boards If the conditions are met just do it Our model ( used in 12 Danish schools ) is Do it school by school Some preparing 2 - 3 workshop days (all teachers and management) with a consultant Some home work in between Board production 1 - 2 workshop days (all teachers and management) implementing the system in workshop routines and connecting to the rest of the documentation And then it's an ongoing process keeping the system alive Costs ?

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19. Experiences Competence Boards In Korsør we have used the boards for more than 7 years It was an effort making the system It's an effort maintaining the system and keeping it alive But it’s been worth it It has clarified the views on the workshops and what's happening there regarding production regarding education for the students for the families for the official educational system for visitors from abroad and last, but not least for us

20. Experiences Competence Boards In Korsør we have used the boards for more than 7 years 4 more schools are using the same system now 5 more schools are in the process of implementing 2 schools stopped the process at least 3 more schools in DK are (without help from Korsør) using similar systems with documentation boards

21. Why discus this ? Concept What are they Implementation Experiences End of story – beginning of a process Competence Boards