ACTIVE-ATS

Objectives:

• Implementing fluently the overall work plan, coordination and governance structures, finance and reporting of the project

Main activities:

• Kick-off meeting in March 2023 in Cairo
• Regular project meetings
• Active internal project communication via emails and on the project Teams environment

Main outputs:

• Project Handbook on the data management, quality assurance and project’s dissemination practices

Lead: Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), Finland

Objectives:

• Connecting the stakeholder groups (teachers, schools, private sector) in the project activities
• Defining the role and competencies of the TVET teachers and trainers to support the TVET students learning in new learning environments
• Clarifying the demands for in-service teachers’ capacity building during the career in TVET

Main activities:

• Planning and implementing surveys for teachers and trainers and also stakeholder interviews

Outputs:

• Report on the definition of teachers’ role in TVET
• Analysis report of the surveys for TVET teachers and interviews of stakeholders
• Guideline paper to develop TVET teachers’ and trainers’ competence development in initial and continuing education

Lead: Helwan University (HU), Egypt

Three deliverables under WP2

D2.1 Analysis reports and presentation materials

D2.2 The definition of teachers’ role in TVET: Guidelines for the teachers’ capacity building

D2.3 The definition of teachers’ role in TVET: Actions to include in the implementation of WP3 and WP4

Objectives:

• Support participants’ reflections on their professional development purposes and practices in it
• Develop participants’ knowledge and understanding of learning and teaching methods in work-based learning
• Increase participants knowledge about student-centered approach, general and soft skills, dialogue and interaction in education and individual needs of learners

Main activities:

• Three offline weeks and several online sessions for the TVET teachers and trainers

Main outputs:

• Piloted Pedagogical Enhancement Development programme with the advanced study material

Lead: Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), Finland

Deliverable D3.1 Pedagogical Enhancement Development Programme

Objectives:

• TVET institutions and companies have new practices to support learners’ work-based learning
• Teachers have active role and use versatile assessment methods in learners on-the-job training
• Teachers’ and trainers’ technical capacity have improved
• Private sector has advanced opportunities to take part in the processes to improve the quality and relevance of TVET

Main activities:

• Teachers have the supervised on-the-job learning -period at the company

Main outputs:

• Guidelines to develop teacher’s role in work-based learning in school level
• Models for the collaboration between the TVET schools and companies

Lead: IHK Projektgesellschaft mbH (IHKPG), German

Objectives:

• Dissemination of project objectives, activities and the results nationally and internationally
• Dissemination activities and engagement of private sector
• Targeted dissemination and engagement for TVET actors nationally and internationally
• Engagement of policy makers

Main activities:

• Developing the contacts with the Applied Technology Schools (ATS) and regional companies
• The project websites and social media are informing the project activities, news and events updated for the project target groups
• Articles and conference papers will be written and disseminated on the project www-pages
• Seminars and workshops are organized for the project stakeholders
• Final seminar is organized in November 2024 in Cairo

Main outputs:

• Stakeholder events have developed new national and international networks for the TVET actors in Egypt

Lead: Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MoETE), Egypt