Bu proje Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarafından finanse edilmektedir. Quality assurance adapted to local needs A case from SOSU C A basic health care college in the Copenhagen area, Denmark

Bu proje Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarafından finanse edilmektedir. Facts about SOSU C Independent educational college regulated by the Ministry of Education Vocational programs / Basic social and health care training programs Precourses /Social and health care, Level 1 & 2 /Educator assistents programs Duration: Precourses 20 weeks – Main courses up to 2 years and 3½ months Students: Age / 1500 annual students (7000 persons) / Staff: 230 Funding, admission and special circumstances Fully funded by the Ministry Admission is free Most students in the main courses are employed by Municipalities SOSU C co-operates with 18 Municipalities and 1 County

Bu proje Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarafından finanse edilmektedir. Student work experience in nursing homes Student working in groups at the college Simulation teaching at the college

Bu proje Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarafından finanse edilmektedir. Challenges for the VET educational system - for the moment in DK Only smaller porportion of young people chooses VET Most young people chooses the gymnasium Drop-out is a problem within VET But we know that some of the students return to the school system again Students with diverse backgrounds Students with very different social, economical and educational backgrounds

Bu proje Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarafından finanse edilmektedir. Quality assurance – requirements from Ministry The college has to develope a plan for the quality assurance 1.Create a system for continuous internal quality developement and assesment. 2.The system must include procedures on how to self-asses. 3.The procedures for self-assesment ”has to ensure that selected areas are made subject to systematic and critical discussions - on the way the college plan and complete the education programs”.

Bu proje Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarafından finanse edilmektedir. Content The collected data are discussed and interpreted which again lead to new goals and action plans The startingpoint for working with quality at the College is the visions and goals for the College Visions and goals are transformed in to action plans To assess to what degree the College has met its goals and visions Data such as student grades and surveys of satisfaction amoung student and employees are collected The process in systematic Quality assurance

Bu proje Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarafından finanse edilmektedir. Quality Assurance TasksTopics Performing Self-assesment (self-evaluation) Focus on Pedagogical topics to improve / to develop Collecting Statistical data Student marks. Completion. Drop-out rates Performing Surveys Satisfaction: Students & Employees. Results on homepage Designing Action plan against drop-out Yearly plan/report to Ministry / feedback from Ministry Project evaluations Output/outcome of projects

Bu proje Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarafından finanse edilmektedir. 3 examples 1.Self-assesment 2.The use of surveys 3.Action plan against drop-out

Bu proje Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarafından finanse edilmektedir. Important knowledge in order to obtain quality - is knowing where you are - self-evaluation can provide this kind of information Self-evaluation is carried out on a pedagogical day We have a number of non-teaching days that involve all the teachers, who work together to discuss (evaluate) and improve a pedagogical theme. Results & benefits - The goal is improvement of the college through self-evaluation. - The effort itself may be useful to us (we do it not only because we are obliged to). - The critical discussions will lead to improve a (self)choosen pedagogical theme. Methods: Self-evaluation

Bu proje Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarafından finanse edilmektedir. Methods: Self-evaluation A,B, C

Bu proje Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarafından finanse edilmektedir. How do we benefit from surveys? Get focus on how students and employees experience SOSU C - The importance of having a well-functioning school and workplace invironment - The importance of having an attractive School environment appeling to student Use of results from surveys to develop quality - Measuring performance and showing strenghts and weaknesses - Finding and deciding what particular areas need improvement - Comparing the organisation to others (similar VET colleges) - Possibility of benchmarking and -learning (carried out in a network cooperation) Methods: Surveys Student & employee satisfaction suryeys

Bu proje Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarafından finanse edilmektedir. Action Plan against Drop-out A yearly report to the Ministry shows last year’s results and next year’s efforts at SOSU C - aganist drop-out Use of Statistical data of student drop-out/student completion to set goals, we aim to achieve the following year Drop-out frequency no higher than 22/14 % (Precourses /Main level) The report is published on our homepage Feedback from the Minstry Presented to the board and discussed within the manager- and teachergroups

Bu proje Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarafından finanse edilmektedir. The well-funtioning Internal Quality assurance 1.Adapted to local needs (fit for purpose) 2.Contains both elements of quality assurance- and quality development 3.Supports the development of a local quality culture and meaningfull dialoges 4.Hopefully it closes the Quality-circle

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