NATIONAL FORUM ON GUIDANCE 2013-2014
Testing the European Resource Kit – Building the evidence base in Ireland -
Updates
MEETING 4, NOVEMBER 13TH 2014
JENNIFER MCKENZIEDIRECTOR, NCGE
ELGPN....
October 2014 – 16th Plenary meeting – last of 2013/14 work programme
EU Commission - approved funding for ELGPN 2015 to:
•Complete and publish various documents / guidelines etc.
•3 meetings in 2015 – February / September / December
•Work Stream – Quality Assurance / Career Management Skills
•Prepare proposal to EU Commission re future of ELGPN
•ELGPN – approved publication of the QAE Framework as separate
document within the “Guidelines “
In Ireland we are focusing on..
• Quality Assurance and Evidence Based Practice
• Career Management Skills• Ireland – Lead Country in
ELGPN QAE • Full active participant in
ELGPN CMS • Access , Co-operation and
Co-ordination via the National Forum on Guidance
April – October 2014NCGE attended ELGPN meetings in •June, - Zagreb, Croatia•September – Prague re CMS •October, - Rome, Italy •November - Riga re QAE
Career Management Skills....
Career Management Skills
•Work plan is being agreed by lead countries and
consultant
•Likely good practice guidelines for developing and
implementing CMS at national level
QAE Framework …
Quality Assurance and Evidence Framework•Gathered information from AEGI•Schools •LES•Higher Education
•Forum - Templates
Data Gathered – general....
1. Practitioner competenceSchools / PLC - Post graduate Qualification in Guidance & TeachingAEGI - Post graduate qualification in guidance AEGI - Info Officer - Cert in Adult GuidanceLES - some have post graduate qualifications LES - some have Cert / Dip in adult guidance
2. Citizen/user involvementClient Feedback - AEGIStudent feedback - Schools Student feedback – HE
Data Gathered – general....
3. Service provision and improvement" Quality management system (QMS)“AEGI Qualitative and Quantitative dataSchool - Whole school guidance planning - School self evaluation guidelines / School Inspections Appropriate ICT tools and software Sector specific systems – AEGI / LES / HEUp-to-date knowledge education / LMI Qualifax/Careersportal / FORFAS Profile / characteristics of service user groups Clear target groups per sector
4. Cost-benefits to governments Reduction in Live register ?
5. Cost-benefits to individuals – NFQ progression statistics
Other reports – ESRI / CSO ?
Evidence Base – Guide
Published October 2014
Examples for Funders , managers and practitioners - policy
makers
Types / range of evidence
Linked to Quality Assurance
Lifelong Guidance Policy Cycle
Quality assured and evaluated to ensure effectiveness
Lifelong Guidance Policy Cycle
In Ireland ....what next?Access - inform policy makers / funders
Co-ordination and Co-operation - role for FORUM ?
Quality Assurance and Evidence Framework - use QAE to
inform development of Quality Management System for
Guidance
Career Management Skills - document learning outcomes
across all sectors and
Data gathering and evaluation across / within sectors
In Ireland ....what next?
Examples-
•Post Primary Working Group
•Course Recognition Framework
•FET Strategy – Section 10 Guidance in FET
•Junior Cycle – guidance programme
DiscussionQAE - In your guidance sector…..
Would a Quality Management System (QMS) - with quality standards -be of use?
What data could you gather in your service to provide evidence for quality
assurance?
Who would you involve in development of QMS in your service?
Co-operation and Co-ordination
Do you see a role for the National Forum on Guidance in development of QAE /
standards / systems in guidance ?