APL in Juvenile PrisonLeonardo da Vinci – Transfer of innovation

01-10-2009 / 01-03-2011

Co Middelweerdt

Project manager Aventus APL-Centre

• P.P. >> APL in Juvenile prison

• “Movie” >> Introduction ”de Sprengen”

• Building on the future.

Focus

on a very specific target group, youngsters in prison that undergo VET. There experience are interrupted or ad hoc vocations in education leading to a shortage of proved competences which makes it difficult to enter either vocational education or the labor market afterwards.

Aim

to provide them support in making a portfolio of their learning as well as to recognize the learning activities and link them to formal qualifications though APL. This should give them a better change to continue VET or start working after leaving the prison should prevent fallback into criminal behavior.

Based on

the instrument ROC Aventus and JPC De Sprengen have used during a pilot: a portfolio and APL. The project will upgrade this instruments based on experiences of others and will pilot the upgraded instrument in all participating countries.

The project

• sharing experiences on VET in prison in an international context;

• update the Dutch materials for portfolio and APL for this target group;

• adapt the materials for use in the project other countries

• pilots with portfolio and APL in the juvenile prisons

• evaluate experiences and results

• publish portfolio and APL-tools

• publish lessons learned

This project includes

Work package

WP Aim

1. -Getting got know each other-Install project communication tools-Shared view on focus of the project-Shared view on targets and results-Clear view on project tasks and expectations for all partners-Explanation of local situation by all partners-Explanation of needs per local situation by all partners

2. -Sharing practices on examples of portfolio and APL in prison-develop a common framework for portfolio

3. -Exchanging experiments with the use of portfolios-Building a shared view of how to use APL in prison

4. -Evaluate the project-Monitor results-Collect all experiences -Prepare and describe final products-Disseminate final products and results

Wim van de SteegSimone van der Donk(project management)

National Agency Leonardo NL

ROC AventusPromotorexpertise

Zuidemaco-ordinatorexpertise

JPC De Sprengenexpertise

CSCSexpertise

ISQexpertise

Jolanda BotkeJoris Rietman

(project management)

Co Middelweerdt(APL Centre)

Marieke Oudshoorn

Cees BakJon Dogger

Giovanni Crisona Maria Margarida Segard

Day to day project

management

Pilot APL in Prison (to be transferred)

Partners in this project

Wim van de SteegSimone van der Donk (project management)

• The largest regional VET college in the ‘Stedendriehoek’-area

• ‘ROC’ stands for ‘regional community college’

• Locations in Apeldoorn, Deventer and Zutphen

• Educational career centre for secondary vocational education and training (VET) and courses on a contract basis

• Over 200 courses, more than 17,000 students and trainees

• Large employer in the area: ca. 1,250 employees

About ROC Aventus

About JPC de Sprengen

• Juvenile prison JPC de Sprengen• Zutphen and Wapenveld (The Netherlands)• boys between 12 and 24 years old• 150 youngsters • All boys <18 receive education• boys >18 can choose for education or work

The Sprengen is one of the most modern juvenile prisons in the country with a strong desire to innovate its curriculum.

About ISQ

• ISQ is a private and independent technological institution • ISQ runs operations in the EU, East Europe, Africa, Americas and China• ISQ offers experience on the fields of training, certifications, engineering studies, auditing and consulting for quality, research and development • >986 workers in Portugal and >500 abroad • works closely with the Carregueira Prison and the women’s prison of Tires.• ISQ will provide the national information for Portugal and will test the portfolio and the APL in the prisons.

About CSCS (Centro Studi "Cultura Sviluppo)

• CSCS is a vocational training provider

• Integration of new technologies in teaching practices

• accredited by Italian Government

• Operating with a Quality Assurance System in the following sectors: Initial vocational education; Apprenticeship; Continuous training for companies and professionals; Vocational guidance and orientation.

•CSCS is the National Coordinator for Italy of EFVET, the European Forum of Vocational Education and Training

APL in this project

Different definitions of APL:• Accreditation of Prior Learning • Assessing Prior Learning

APL in the project:• includes formal, non formal and informal learning• is a tool to serve the youngsters in their professional career (education & work)• includes a procedure with portfolio building and some kind of valuing/assessing/certification of learning

APL in the Netherlands

Information and assignment

Intake

Collecting evidence

Accreditation of competences

APL-report

Expected resultsWP Results

1. -project handbook-project leaflet-Overview of local situation in the prison on training, APL and portfolio as well as on needs for this. About 5 pages per country-Project website

2. -Framework for a portfolio (product)-Framework for the use of portfolio (process)

3. -Article on project results so far-Framework for APL (product)-Framework for the use of APL (process)-Portfolio set-up for youngsters following VET in prison

4. -Booklet on project results, including description portfolio and APL as used in the project as well as (best) practices from the use of them in the project-APL procedure plus best practices for younsters following VET in prison. Practical advises on how to use APL for this target group including examples.

Contact information:Co Middelweerdt

ROC AventusLaan van de Mensenrechten 500, 7331 VZ Apeldoorn

PO Box 387, 7300 AJ ApeldoornThe Netherlands

T: +31(0)88 283 68 87

c.middelweerdt@aventus.nl

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