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Projet INTENTS - Partenariat Stratégique pour la définition de la profession de professeur en arts du cirque et la reconnaissance de ses compétences
Start date: Sep 1, 2014,
End date: Aug 31, 2017
PROJECT
FINISHED
For the last 40 years, the contemporary circus arts education sector has been evolving towards a professionalization of actors. However, there is still no common definition of the circus arts teaching profession or recognition of its educational paths (initial training, validation of experience/skills acquired during a continuous training) or educational tools despite a growing need.
INTENTS aims to address these gaps and needs identified by teachers, directors and policy makers active in the recognition of the profession, training and validation of skills by:
-defining a core European profile for the circus arts teaching profession at secondary/vocational/HE levels
-developing a thematic continuing training session format based on the 3 pilot sessions
-developing innovative educational tools for continuing and initial training
-obtaining recognition of the profession definition at national/EU levels
-creating methodologies for validating skills acquired during the continuous training
-establishing a partnership with intersectoral dynamics between VET & HE, recommendations for national qualification frameworks, and EU tools (ECVET,Europass)
These objectives will be achieved by developing methodologies, consultations, training sessions, writing tools, transnational meetings and dissemination events such as:
-publication of a core European profile for the circus arts teaching profession (SAVOIRS01) in EN-FR
-organization of 3 thematic training pilot sessions focused on educational/artistic/linguistic/informatics skills
-evaluation methods through observation and interviews in order to identify learning outcomes and non-formal and informal skills acquired during continuous training
-creation of a strategy for future recognition of learning outcomes at sectoral/national/EU in accordance with the national EQF and existing EU tools (EQF-ECVET-EQAVET, Europass, CEDEFOP recommendations).
-set up of a continuous training program model incorporating the structuration of programs in learning outcomes/identification/validation of skills, and a methodology of continuous training engineering that can be adapted/multiplied by other sector’s segments (leisure, social) or areas of artistic training
-development and dissemination of 3 educational tools in Open Educational Resources in 4 languages EN/FR/ES/DE
Strengthening cooperation of several actors:
-direct employers of teachers via schools/federations/networks
-researchers specialized in defining professions and engineering training
-decision-makers with a strong private sector involvement in the definition of its business, its professionalization and the validation of skills
-other sectors of living art education (dance/music/theater) providing a definition of core skills for any art teacher. INTENTS will enrich the work on future models of training programs of initial/continuous training.
The project consortium consists of 33 structures allowing to:
-reach the entire profession practicing at the different levels of education, represented by schools and vocational training centres: secondary/vocational/HE
-reflect the artistic excellence and aesthetic diversity, record resulting educational developments through educational tools
-mobilize partners with complementary roles
-allow for the observation of the entire profession and for training engineering initiated by the sector, but accompanied by research centres and observatories of professions and jobs
-policy/local recognition and a systemic impact through the involvement of a national federation of schools, a EU network or national/local policy makers
The project will impact on the:
-definition of teachers competences and its application in initial training and HR strategies
-recognition and valorisation of an entire profession at EU level
-higher quality of circus arts vocational training through continuous training, and consultation with employees/employers in particular by addressing skills mismatch between professionals and the market
-employability of teachers and relevance to the job market
-development and quality of artistic pedagogy in other fields (music/dance/theatre), creativity and quality of the entire circus arts sector
-sector's contribution to the definition & evolution of the profession and long-term collaborations with decision-makers at national/EU level