ROC Midden-Brabant

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ROC Midden-Brabant

• Work placements abroad

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Objectives work placement abroad

• Part of the curriculum
• Job orientation and preparation
• Personal development
• Learning to operate in different cultures
• Being open-minded and independent
• Improvement of language skills
• Having a wonderful experience

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Legislative environment

• Qualification structure in vocational training
• Qualification ? partial qualifications ? national
  standards
• National bodies
• Minimum 20 of practical training on the job
• TAR (Training and Assessment Regulation)
• TA Training agreement student and school

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Legislative environment

• Theoretical items ? school
• Practical items ? company (assignments)
• Companies partially take over role of the school
• Companies must be approved by national body
• Companies must appoint a (trained) practical
  trainer
• School is manager of training process
• PTA Practical Training Agreement student,
  school and company

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Work placement abroad Student preparation

• Selection procedure
• Obligatory in some courses
• Applications of individual students
• Special agreement student ? ? school
• Practical issues insurance, traveling, finances
• Pedagogical, cultural and language preparation
• Introduction of student to partner institute
• Introduction of student to company

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Work placement abroad The partner organizations

• Agreement with partner institutes
• Agreement with companies
• Arrangement of accommodation
• Cultural introduction, language training
• Guidance and tutoring by school
• Guidance and tutoring by partner
• Guidance and tutoring by company
• Reciprocity

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Work placement abroad Evaluation and validation

• Europass
• Assessment of practical training report
• Financial report
• Internal and external dissemination

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Financing work placement abroad

• EU Leonardo da Vinci Mobility project
• Own funds of ROC Midden-Brabant
• Regular extra study grant ( 220 per month)

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Work placements abroad 2002

• Total 70 work placements
• From all three vocational colleges
• In UK, Sw, It, B, Sp, Fr, D, Slov.