QIBB - VET Quality Initiative. Werner Timischl GD VET Conference March, 2006 Vienna

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1 QIBB - VET Quality Initiative Werner Timischl GD VET Conference March, 2006 Vienna

2 The QIBB project Planning & developing QIBB-system & instruments Implementing & testing Pilot programme Motivation Quality Academy Changing & improving Teaching community Evaluation culture Educational standards Networking

3 Austrian VET system QIBB principles & elements Evaluation & management instruments QIBB & EQF & concluding remarks

4 VET system n ~ students ( CVET) HUM social & service 17,74% LUF agriculture & forestry 3,23% KSP nursery & social pedag. 3,23% BS part time voc. schools 38,71% HAK business 17,74% HTL engineering 19,35%

5 Education management National level bm:bwk GD VET Regional level Provincial school boards School inspection Local level Schools HTL

6 Autonomy and decentralization Low regulation: Management by objectives and frameworks; Involvement of stakeholders Great influence by teacher unions PERSONNEL TEACHING Highly regulated BUDGET Budget suplied by government (student based mechanism)

7 QIBB Principles Benefits CIP 3 r s (result, responibility, respect) Reference model Network All system levels Optimisation

8 The QIBB System European reference model for quality in VET Austrian reference model for quality in VET CQAF QIBB National reference models Austrian QM-system for VET providers in engineering HTL Q-SYS 6 school types Specific implementation 75 Schools (approx.) 10 School Inspectorates HTL-unit in Ministry

9 Quality Manifesto Implementation of QIBB (2005, each level of administration) Regular and systematic evaluation Annual quality report (balance, followup) Annual management & performance review

10 PDCA Cycle Plan (P) Instruments: legal standards, mission statement, quality objectives, control & development programme, annual work programme Act (A) Instruments: quality report, management & performance review QIBB-methodology Principles: process orientation, continuous improvement, systematic evaluation Instruments: joint Q-matrix, web-based evaluation instruments, uniform system for reporting and agreement on targets Do (D) Instruments: process descriptions, support structures, resources Check (C) Instruments: traditional appraisal systems, internal and external self-evaluation from the system level and individual level

11 Q-Matrix QIBB-MISSION STATEMENT QIBB-quality area 1: teaching and learning HTL-MISSION STATEMENT (with 7 quality areas) HTL-QF 5: offering students support in a motivating learning and working envrionment HTL Q - MATRIX 17 OBJECTIVES Objective 5.2: To keep the teaching process transparent 48 SUB- OBJECTIVES Sub-objective 5.2.2: To make the performance assessment transparent Measures, output, indicators, evaluation (instruments) Measures: to show students the requirements, dates and criteria of performance assessment,... Output: defined performance requirements and assessment Indicators: criteria,... a transparent performance assessment that is perceived as fair,... Evaluation: survey (students),... Instruments: questionnaire

12 Main Indicators CQAF # 1 share of VET-providers applying QM-systems respecting the CQAF # 2 investment of training of trainers # 6 share of participants who have completed a VET programme successfully QIBB M11 Systematic Evaluation M10 Systematic staff development K4 School achievements & educational success

13 Main Indicators cont. # 7 Destination of trainees after training # 9 Mechanism to relate developments in labour market to VET-systems # 8 Utilisation of acquired skills at the workplace K1 Career prospects and professional usefulness of training K3 Up-to-dateness, innovation and practice-orientation

14 Evaluation principles Usability, feasibility, objectivity, data safety & anonymity Feedback from all relevant groups Evaluation on each system level Centrally developed instruments System evaluation & individual feedback Focus on internal self-evaluation & cross school evaluation with externally specified objectives

15 Evaluation platform School Release of defined standard evaluations Regional level Central level Release of an evaluation instrument for a target group (TAN) Retrieval of standard evaluations Web application Data pool of school Central database Internet Students, graduates, teachers, patrents,...

16 Standard Evaluation Question 8: The grades I get correspond to my actual performance 40 % of interviewed students Fully disagree Fully agree N M Relative frequency in % Class (bar) 23 3,8 5,1 12,0 23,1 30,8 16,2 12,8 School (polygon) 456 4,1 2,5 8,3 18,7 35,6 18,4 16,5 class with smallest M 21 3,5 class with largest M 18 4,7

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18 Control mechanism GD VET Provincial quality reports School quality reports Key processes School inspection Key processes Agreement on objectives valid across Austria Agreement on objectives valid across a province M-Instruments: - Quality report - Management & Performance Review School Key processes

19 QIBB and NQF Quality JOB MARKET Regulated professions, other professions Qualification Framework EDUCATION MARKET Courses, Modules etc. Level n+1 Courses, Modules etc. Level n EQF 8 levels Personal & Professional Competencies Knowledge Knowledge LEARNERS WORKERS Personal & Professional Competences Skills

20 National Education Market (public & private) Job Market QUALITY National Education Market (public & private) Common Education Market Job Market Job Market National Education Market (public & private) Job Market Thank you for your attention!