ATEE ATEE Budapest 2010Budapest 2010

Responsibility for Professional DevelopmentNational initiative and individual engagement for completing a teacher exam

Laila NiklassonStockholm UniversityMälardalen University

PresentationPresentation

BackgroundTeacher ProgrammeNational initiative VALTo organise VALRequirements for application to VALIndividual responseChallenges, hope, feelingsThe end ...

BackgroundBackground

Quality

? to get quality

Teacher Programme, teacher exam = teacher quality

Teacher ProgrammeTeacher ProgrammeSubject + General Teacher Knowledge (90 ECTS)

Younger ages 90 + 120 Older ages 90 + 180Teacher for vocational programme upper secondaryProfessional knowledge + 90 ECTS

10-12 000 in, 35 000 each year in the regular programme6 of 10 gets the exam...

National initiativeNational initiative

2007Government finance further education for teachers VAL Aim: increase the amount of quality teachers at school, secure quality, give individual teachers a possibility to get their exam60 ECTS in the VAL project

To organise VAL To organise VAL

8 universities, one coordinatorLocal administrative teamYes or no to applicationsIndividual studyplan

Requirements for Requirements for application to VALapplication to VAL

Job as a teacherHead masters signatureTwo years of experienceNo teacher exam

A new registrationA new registration

Directives for the Teacher Programme From 2001

That is, new registration, new demands....for some

An individual study plan I An individual study plan I Shirley TempleWorkplace: Artist profile schoolExam: English Spanish secondary school English 90 ECTSSpanish 82,5 ECTSGTK Level 1 30 ECTS from earlier TPGTK Level II 30 ECTS from earlier TP

Studies in VALSpanish 7,5 ECTSGTK Level III 30 ECTS

Signature

An individual study plan II An individual study plan II

Woody AllanWorkplace: Woodys upper secondaryExam: vocational programme upper seconary, construction programme

GTK Level 1 30 ECTS Validated because of 2 years teaching expStudies in VAL GTK Level II 30 ECTSGTK Level III 30 ECTS

Signature

An individual study plan An individual study plan III III Mohammed YassirWorkplace: Exam: Mathematic PhysicsMaths 90 ECTSPhysics 90 ECTSGTK Level 1 30 ECTS validated because of 2 years teach exp

Studies in VALGTK Level II 30 ECTSGTK Level III 30 ECTS

Signature

Individual response Individual response

Example from Stockholm University2007-2009 1000 applications

455 were accepted

447 started the education

5 groups, all ending June 2011

Challenges, hope, feelingsChallenges, hope, feelings+ GTK courses -To find subject courses-- To re code courses, to get the adm to fill in correct-- Where to find supervisors for the exam paper- - Late information-- To handle students that are not so happy-+ To share the joy with student who get their TEx

Challenges, hope feelings Challenges, hope feelings cont.cont.

+ Happy to get another chance-Have to study another year..-How to handle full time employment and part time studies-How to learn to work through a learning platform ICT-I am accepted, how are you going to give me service so I can have my Tex?-+ Thank you for your patience and support through all the years

The endThe end

A happy ending...

Individual level, hundreds of participants in VAL at SU have got their Tex- But not for all

National level a new VAL II-90 ECTS

Thanks for listening!Thanks for listening!