Knowledge, Capability, Positive Attitude

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Knowledge, Capability, Positive Attitude

• Federation
• Founded in 1962
• Staff 350
• Students 3000 (includes adults)
• Budget/turnover 30 M
• Projects c. 6,2M
• ( 7 big EU projects bioenergy, stone,metal,
  staff development, virtual and e-learning
  environments)

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• KAM includes the following colleges
• HAAPAJÄRVI VOCATIONAL COLLEGE (HAI))
• NIVALA VOCATIONAL COLLEGE (NAO)
• KALAJOKI VOCATIONAL COLLEGE (ARTEMA)
• OULAINEN VOCATIONAL COLLEGE (OULA)
• YLIVIESKA VOCATIONAL COLLEGE (YSO)
• ADULT EDUCATION AND APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING
  CENTRE (AIKUKAM)
• DRIVING ACADEMY

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Facing the choices searching for career
Sectors of vocational education

• TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORT
• TOURISM, CATERING AND DOMESTIC SERVICES
• CULTURE
• SOCIAL SERVICES, HEALTH AND SPORTS
• NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
• SOCIAL SCIENCES, BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION
• NATURAL SCIENCES

Knowledge, Capability, Positive Attitude
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ORGANISATION CHART year 2010
Municipalities
The Council of co-opetation 28 members
Executive Board 11 members
Central Ostrobothnia Polytechnic (COP) ( 37 )
Co-operation Services Development
Services Finance and Management
Services Information Technology Services Adult
Education and Apprenticeship Training Centre
The Board of COP Principal
COP
Driving Academy
Common activities
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FINANCING OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PERFORMANCE-BASED FINANCING
STATUTORY CORE FUNDING

• BASED ON
• THEME
• ENTITIES
• themes
• development
• plan

• BASED ON
• OPERATIONAL
• OUTCOME
• impact
• processes
• staff

BASED ON UNIT COSTS
OUTCOME- BASED FUNDS
QUALITY AWARD
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• More information about performance based
• financing in Vocational education and training
  Finland

• Performance-based financing is an umbrella
  concept, consisting of
• Outcome-based funds granted on the basis of
  operational performance indicators
• b) Quality awards granted on the basis of
  success n larger thematic entities.

 
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• OUTCOME-BASED FUNDS, indicators
• Impact
• Placement in employment
• - 40 of the impact indicator set
• - Regional youth unemployment taken into account
• Placement in further education
• - 15 of the impact indicator set
• Processes (effectiveness)
• Dropout rate
• - 15 of the process indicator set
• - Acceptable reasons for dropout
• Graduation rate
• - 13 of the process indicator set
• - number of students graduating in the norm time

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• OUTCOME-BASED FUNDS, indicators continues
• Staff (competence)
• Formal competense
• - 11 of the set of staff indicators
• Staff development
• - 6 of the set of staff indicators
• - Training providers total financial input
• - contacts with working life
• - other staff development training
• QUALITY AWARD IN VET
• The quality award is primarily desingned to
  promote the aims of the development plan for
  educational and research 1999 2004, 2003 2008
  and 2007 - 2013.
• The quality award is granted for excellent
  implementation of stated thematic entities.

 
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• Most of the data needed by the Ministry of
  Education to evaluate performance will be
  produced by Statistics Finland. The rest of the
  data will be collected by the National Board of
  Education directly from training providers.
• The written applications for quality awards will
  be supplemented by site visits when needed.

 
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• EDUCATIONAL VISION 2015
• The Educational Municipal Federation of the
  Kalajokilaakso Region (KAM) is a responsible
  agent in its area and the most attractive and
  successful organiser of vocational education in
  Northern Finland. KAM is an active player in an
  extended group of educational institutions, and
  its supply of education covers the entire
  secondary education in the area by the year 2015.
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• KAM provides an open, high-quality and
  multi-field learning environment, where
  information and communication technology is
  widely used in all fields of education.

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• MISSION 
• The Educational Federation organises and develops
  successful, multi-field vocational education and
  related service activities for regional needs.
  KAM training has an excellent reputation on the
  regional, national and international level,
  because it is well-qualified, innovative, willing
  to co-operate, supporting life-long learning and
  internationally interactive. 
• The education meets the constantly changing needs
  of industrial life and population in home and
  abroad by training skilled labourers and
  entrepreneurs for developing industrial
  activities.
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• The students who graduate know the basic
  information required in the working life and
  skills. The vocational education supports the
  development of vocational and social readiness.
  The students who graduate are active members of
  the society. The vocational education also
  provides special support to those being under the
  risk of social and professional isolation.

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• VALUES 
• Openness and willingness to serve, which are
  manifested in
• fast and interactive communication
• functional usage of power and responsibility
• atmosphere of openness, discussion and
  encouragement
• ability to work in national and international
  networks
• spirit of close co-operation and KAM-spirit
• Development both as an individual and a member of
  community, which is expressed in
• belief in ones own ability and capability
• support of professional and intellectual
  development
• respect for ethnic values 
• Responsibility and cost-effectiveness, which is
  expressed in optimal use of resources and
  operations sustainable development

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Quality Assurance Model of the CQAF which KAM
use(Common Quality Assurance Framework)


Planning (purpose and plan)


Methodology
Implementation
Review (feedback and procedures for change)
Evaluation and Assessment
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MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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EFQM-Model
INABLERS
RESULTS
Leadership10
People9
Key Performance Results 15
Processes 14
People Results9
Policy Strategy8
Customer Results 20
Partnerships Resources 9
Society Results 6
INNOVATION AND LEARNING
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TIMETABLE FOR YEAR 2010
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• On-the-job learning and skills tests
• On-the-job learning is part of education included
  in getting the vocational qualification.
  On-the-job learning is based on setting up the
  goal and working out the educational plan to suit
  the individual and tutorial system of education.
  The duration of the on-the-job learning is at
  least 20 units, i.e. about half a year, and it
  could be realized in one or several periods, and
  at different jobs.
• The training periods can be scheduled in any
  phase on the whole education process. A student
  is to get some of the professional skills of
  qualification at the job and is ready to meet the
  needs of the labour market and gets a better
  possibility to become employed.
• Skills tests denote skills demonstrations and
  arrangements, realised together with working
  life, with which the students shows how well they
  have reached the goals of the professional
  studies and the professionalism required in
  working life.

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• Internationalization and international projects
  in KAM
• Students of the vocational institutions of the
  Educational Municipal Federation of the
  Kalajokilaakso Region can partially get education
  at educational institutions and businesses
  abroad, thanks to our international cooperation.
• The Educational institutions are working in
  cooperation with other colleges on the
  international scale, e.g. in China, Denmark,
  Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russian,
  Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and United
  Kingdom.
• EU funding from Leonardo Da Vinci- programs
  assists more student and staff exchanges
• Nord Plus Junior program 1 project in OULA
• Comenius assistant teacher program - teacher
  coming from Spain in September
• Comenius In service training for staff

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• International LdV -projects in KAM
• SUFUCA Development project
• - Supporting the Functional Capacity of Older
  People with Skill and Quality from October 2008
  till September 2010
• MAMEKAM 3 and 4 -LDV projects
• - 2 Mobility projects for students (on-the-job -
  learning periods)
• DEMOKAM 2 LDV project
• Mobility project for staff ( 4 weeks working
  periods abroad)
• To be In 2 LDV project
• - Mobility project for students (Social and
  Health care in Oulainen)
• Sustainable Development LDV project
• - Sustainable Development- from an e-learning
  course to practice in
• different European countries
  (Social and Health care in Ylivieska)
• KAMoon Veva LDV project(ended 6/2009), KAMoon
  VEVO continues the same idea
• - Peer review and self-evaluation project for
  administrational staff
• - Four Federation partners in Finland and four
  from abroad
• KAMoon CHINA mobility project for staff and
  students

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• Management and Leadership team of KAM

 
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• FINLAND - Facts Figures
• http//virtual.finland.fi/ Under that link more
  about Finland
• Finland (Finnish name Suomi) is a republic which
  became a member of the European Union in 1995.
• Its population is 5.3 million. The capital
  Helsinki has 561 000 residents. Finland is an
  advanced industrial economy the metal,
  engineering and electronics industries account
  for about 60  of export revenues, the forest
  products industry for about 20 .
• Finland is one of the leading countries in
  Internet use
• Some 190 000 lakes and islands
• Forest covers about 75 per cent of Finland, lakes
  cover almost10 per cent

 
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• FINALLY
• Thank you for having had the strength to listen
  to my presentation.
• I wish you rewarding days here and all the best
  in the future.