Conference Presentations (following the order in the agenda) Opening session – Teachers and trainers, key drivers of education and training reforms Teachers and trainers at the heart of VET reforms Aviana Bulgarelli, Director, Cedefop Teachers and trainers, key drivers of quality in VET João Delgado, European Commission Towards a strategic vision of teachers and trainers’ roles and professional development Europe needs teachers. Teacher Education in Europe, an ETUCE policy paper Mr David Poissonneau, Policy Assistant, ETUCE Learning for jobs: the OECD review of vocational education and training Malgorzata Kuczera, OECD Teachers as professionals and stakeholders in VET reform Mr Søren Nielsen, European Training Foundation Three parallel sessions: Changing context, emerging roles and competences of VET teachers and trainers Panel 1: Teachers and trainers, drivers of quality in initial vocational education and training: How to support them for their changing roles? Challenges and perspectives for the professionalisation of VET teachers Philipp Grollmann, BIBB, Germany Teachers as lifelong learners, Continuing Professional Development for general education teachers Bernadette Forsthuber, Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency, Eurydice ‘Defining VET professions’, a TTnet project: the expanding roles of teachers Ausra Fokiene, Vytautas Magnus University, TTnet Lithuania and Ken Marsh, University of Greenwich, TTnet United Kingdom *Panel 2: Professionalisation of in-company trainers. How to support them in their changing roles?* Trainers in enterprises – key actors to make lifelong learning a reality in Europe Simone Kirpal, ITB Bremen, Germany Bringing learning at the work place. What kind of trainers do we need? Francesca Torlone, University of Florence, Italy Defining VET professions”, a TTnet project: rethinking the roles of in-company trainers Eddy Donders, VDAB, TTnet Flanders; Hannelore Calmeyn, VOV, Flemish organisation of Training Managers Defining VET professions”, a TTnet project: rethinking the roles of in-company trainers Rasmus Frimodt, Danish Institute for Education and Training of VET teachers, TTnet Denmark *Panel 3: What kind of VET leadership do we need?* Improving school leadership - Policy and practice in OECD countries Deborah Nusche, OECD Leadership and management standards in the UK lifelong learning sector Jill Jameson, Director of Research and Enterprise, University of Greenwhich, Centre for Excellence in Leadership, Learning and Skills Improvement Service “Defining VET professions”, a TTnet project: VET leadership Kristiina Volmari, Finnish National Board of Education, TTnet Finland, and Lidia Fekete, Observatory for Educational Development, Corvinus University of Budapest, TTnet Hungary Parallel sessions. Snapshots of promising practices: supporting teachers and trainers through non formal and informal learning *Snapshots 1: Mobility an opportunity for professional development (transnational and cross sectoral mobility)* Mobility of teachers across education sectors in Norway Morten Rosenkvist, advisor, Ministry of Education and Research, Norway Transnational mobility, a key to the professional development of teachers and trainers Sören Kristensen, Techne, Denmark *Snapshots 2: Supporting beginner teachers and trainers through mentoring* Supporting beginner teachers and trainers through mentoring David Gray, University of Surrey, United Kingdom, and Janet Taylor, University of Greenwich, TTnet United Kingdom *Snapshots 3: Continuous professional development through informal and non-formal learning* The Danish Innovation and Development Programme: a competence development model to follow? Pia Cort, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University Parallel workshops *Workshop 1: dealing with vocational skill mismatches of VET teachers: how to keep abreast with innovation at the work place?* Improving the quality of workplace learning- Developing vocational competency, work process knowledge and pedagogic competencies of vocational teachers and workplace instructors Jeroen Onstenk, Inholland University, the Netherlands *Workshop 2: New demands on in-company trainers, from a training role to a recognised occupation?* Denmark – qualifying training rather than professionalizing trainers Regina Lamscheck Nielsen, DEL, Denmark What trainers do we want? Establishing Competence standards for Trainers in Ireland Ms Nora M.T. Byrne, The Trainers Network, Ireland *Workshop 3: Raising the attractiveness of VET professions: retaining and attracting talented practitioners* Raising the attractiveness of VET professions in Finland Martti Majuri, HAMK University, Finland Routes to teaching and training: strategies to retain and attract talented practitioners in Flanders Yves Beernaert, Educonsult, Belgium Plenary session: European Cooperation an innovation driver in VET teaching and training Round table of Leonardo da Vinci Projects Development of a training package for the improvement of access to training activities for low qualified employees in the field of production Dieter Wilsdorf, IMPEX Transfer of innovative methodology for assessment of VET teachers’ prior learning Ausra Fokiene, TIMA-BALT Blended Learning knowledge and skills for European teachers, VET trainers and Education Entrepreneurs Jane Mägi, Kuressaare Vocational school Learning Task systems for Europe. Integrated learning for SME Tilmann Krogoll, GALA Closing Session: Reporting from Workshops Panel 1 Lucian Ciolan, University of Bucharest, Romania Panel2 Anna Manoudi, GHK, Greece Panel 3 Heidi Paju, Tallinn University, TTnet Estonia Workshop 1 Rena Psifidou, Cedefop Workshop 2 (first document) Workshop 2 (second document) Cristiana Porcarelli, Isfol, TTnet Italy Workshop 3 Lore Schmid, Cedefop

Conference Presentations (following the order in the agenda)

Opening session – Teachers and trainers, key drivers of education and training reforms

Teachers and trainers at the heart of VET reforms
Aviana Bulgarelli, Director, Cedefop
Teachers and trainers, key drivers of quality in VET
João Delgado, European Commission

Towards a strategic vision of teachers and trainers’ roles and professional development

Europe needs teachers. Teacher Education in Europe, an ETUCE policy paper
Mr David Poissonneau, Policy Assistant, ETUCE
Learning for jobs: the OECD review of vocational education and training
Malgorzata Kuczera, OECD
Teachers as professionals and stakeholders in VET reform
Mr Søren Nielsen, European Training Foundation

Three parallel sessions: Changing context, emerging roles and competences of VET teachers and trainers

Panel 1: Teachers and trainers, drivers of quality in initial vocational education and training: How to support them for their changing roles?

Challenges and perspectives for the professionalisation of VET teachers
Philipp Grollmann, BIBB, Germany
Teachers as lifelong learners, Continuing Professional Development for general education teachers
Bernadette Forsthuber, Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency, Eurydice
‘Defining VET professions’, a TTnet project: the expanding roles of teachers
Ausra Fokiene, Vytautas Magnus University, TTnet Lithuania and Ken Marsh, University of Greenwich, TTnet United Kingdom

Panel 2: Professionalisation of in-company trainers. How to support them in their changing roles?

Trainers in enterprises – key actors to make lifelong learning a reality in Europe
Simone Kirpal, ITB Bremen, Germany
Bringing learning at the work place. What kind of trainers do we need?
Francesca Torlone, University of Florence, Italy
Defining VET professions”, a TTnet project: rethinking the roles of in-company trainers
Eddy Donders, VDAB, TTnet Flanders; Hannelore Calmeyn, VOV, Flemish organisation of Training Managers
Defining VET professions”, a TTnet project: rethinking the roles of in-company trainers
Rasmus Frimodt, Danish Institute for Education and Training of VET teachers, TTnet Denmark

Panel 3: What kind of VET leadership do we need?

Improving school leadership - Policy and practice in OECD countries
Deborah Nusche, OECD
Leadership and management standards in the UK lifelong learning sector
Jill Jameson, Director of Research and Enterprise, University of Greenwhich, Centre for Excellence in Leadership, Learning and Skills Improvement Service
“Defining VET professions”, a TTnet project: VET leadership
Kristiina Volmari, Finnish National Board of Education, TTnet Finland, and Lidia Fekete, Observatory for Educational Development, Corvinus University of Budapest, TTnet Hungary

Parallel sessions. Snapshots of promising practices: supporting teachers and trainers through non formal and informal learning

Snapshots 1: Mobility an opportunity for professional development (transnational and cross sectoral mobility)

Mobility of teachers across education sectors in Norway
Morten Rosenkvist, advisor, Ministry of Education and Research, Norway
Transnational mobility, a key to the professional development of teachers and trainers
Sören Kristensen, Techne, Denmark

Snapshots 2: Supporting beginner teachers and trainers through mentoring

Supporting beginner teachers and trainers through mentoring
David Gray, University of Surrey, United Kingdom, and Janet Taylor, University of Greenwich, TTnet United Kingdom

Snapshots 3: Continuous professional development through informal and non-formal learning

The Danish Innovation and Development Programme: a competence development model to follow?
Pia Cort, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University

Parallel workshops

Workshop 1: dealing with vocational skill mismatches of VET teachers: how to keep abreast with innovation at the work place?

Improving the quality of workplace learning- Developing vocational competency, work process knowledge and pedagogic competencies of vocational teachers and workplace instructors
Jeroen Onstenk, Inholland University, the Netherlands

Workshop 2: New demands on in-company trainers, from a training role to a recognised occupation?

Denmark – qualifying training rather than professionalizing trainers
Regina Lamscheck Nielsen, DEL, Denmark
What trainers do we want? Establishing Competence standards for Trainers in Ireland
Ms Nora M.T. Byrne, The Trainers Network, Ireland

Workshop 3: Raising the attractiveness of VET professions: retaining and attracting talented practitioners

Raising the attractiveness of VET professions in Finland
Martti Majuri, HAMK University, Finland
Routes to teaching and training: strategies to retain and attract talented practitioners in Flanders
Yves Beernaert, Educonsult, Belgium

Plenary session: European Cooperation an innovation driver in VET teaching and training

Round table of Leonardo da Vinci Projects

Development of a training package for the improvement of access to training activities for low qualified employees in the field of production
Dieter Wilsdorf, IMPEX
Transfer of innovative methodology for assessment of VET teachers’ prior learning
Ausra Fokiene, TIMA-BALT
Blended Learning knowledge and skills for European teachers, VET trainers and Education Entrepreneurs
Jane Mägi, Kuressaare Vocational school
Learning Task systems for Europe. Integrated learning for SME
Tilmann Krogoll, GALA

Closing Session: Reporting from Workshops

Panel 1
Lucian Ciolan, University of Bucharest, Romania
Panel2
Anna Manoudi, GHK, Greece
Panel 3
Heidi Paju, Tallinn University, TTnet Estonia

Workshop 1
Rena Psifidou, Cedefop
Workshop 2 (first document)
Workshop 2 (second document)
Cristiana Porcarelli, Isfol, TTnet Italy
Workshop 3
Lore Schmid, Cedefop