Indicator 10 – Involving multipliers
1.10. Indicator 10 – Role of multipliers
The “Youth on the move” Recommendation invites Member States to:
- encourage the use of ‘multipliers’ such as teachers, trainers, families, youth workers and young people who have participated in a mobility experience to inspire and motivate young people to become mobile. Encourage employers in the field of education to recognise and value teachers’, trainers’ and youth workers’ commitment to learning mobility;
- promote and support opportunities for learning mobility as a component in the initial training and continuous professional development of heads of educational institutions, teachers, trainers, administrative staff and youth workers.
The indicator for measuring how this reference behaviour is applied is defined based on the following five criteria:
- Countries have a process for setting up countrywide policy targets (whether quantitative or qualitative) in the area of using multipliers to promote learning mobility in IVET;
- Countries have in place actions to:
- Encourage the use of ‘multipliers’, such as teachers, trainers, families, youth workers and young people who have participated in a mobility experience, to exchange with not yet mobile learners and inspire and motivate them to become mobile;
- Encourage IVET institutions to recognise and value teachers’, trainers’ and youth workers’ commitment to learning mobility;
- Mainstream learning mobility as a component in the initial training and continuous professional development of heads of IVET institutions, teachers, trainers, administrative staff and youth workers;
- The existing initiatives to develop and involve multipliers are coordinated countrywide so as to ensure their consistency, convergence and effectiveness;
- The existing initiatives to develop and involve multipliers are subject to evaluation oriented to improving the next generation of this policy strand;
- Involvement of learners and stakeholders in making the Multipliers initiatives effective and better over time is ensured through:
- A visibility and access policy by which learners and stakeholders are informed about the initiatives to develop and involve multipliers and how to access them;
- Learners and stakeholders surveys are carried out to check their satisfaction with the initiatives to develop and involve multipliers and get their feedback in view of taking account of it in the evaluation process;
- Impact measurement / Assessment of the extent of use of the initiatives to develop and involve multipliers is in place and part of the evaluation process.
The table below presents the indicator in terms of criteria and benchmarks.
Indicator 1 – Information and guidance
Criterion 10.1 – Target setting
Criterion 10.2 – Action taking
Criterion 10.3 – Coordination
Criterion 10.4 – Evaluation
Criterion 10.5 – Involving learners and stakeholders
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Countries have a process for setting up countrywide policy targets (whether quantitative or qualitative) in the area of using multipliers to promote learning mobility in IVET
Countries have taken initiatives to:
- Encourage the use of ‘multipliers’, such as teachers, trainers, families, youth workers and young people who have participated in a mobility experience, to exchange with not yet mobile learners and inspire and motivate them to become mobile;
- Encourage IVET institutions to recognise and value teachers’, trainers’ and youth workers’ commitment to learning mobility;
- Mainstream learning mobility as a component in the initial training and continuous professional development of heads of IVET institutions, teachers, trainers, administrative staff and youth workers.
The existing initiatives to develop and involve multipliers are coordinated countrywide so as to ensure their consistency, convergence and effectiveness
The existing initiatives to develop and involve multipliers are subject to evaluation oriented to improving the next generation of this policy strand
Learners and stakeholders are involved in making the Multipliers initiatives effective and better over time. Involvement is ensured through:
- A visibility and access policy;
- Learners and stakeholders surveys;
- Impact measurement / Assessment of the extent of use.
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5
A process is in place
The country has taken initiatives in the following three dimensions:
- Encouraging the use of ‘multipliers’ to exchange with not yet mobile learners and inspire and motivate them to become mobile;
- Encouraging IVET institutions to recognise and value teachers’, trainers’ and youth workers’ commitment to learning mobility;
- Mainstreaming learning mobility as a component in the initial training and continuous professional development of heads of IVET institutions, teachers, trainers, administrative staff and youth workers.
Complete countrywide coordination of initiatives to develop and involve multipliers is ensured through a countrywide framework which is set by regulations and/or arrangements agreed between players
The existing initiatives to develop and involve multipliers (or at least some of them) are evaluated: not only are they monitored (e.g. through reports, audits, user surveys, etc.), but also recommendations for future improvement are set up, implemented and followed-up along time for (re)adjustment as necessary
The country has taken initiatives of the following three types:
- A visibility and access policy;
- Learners and stakeholders surveys; and
- Impact measurement / Assessment of the extent of use.
4
The country has taken initiatives in two of the three dimensions.
Coordination of initiatives to develop and involve multipliers is incomplete (elements of coordination exist, but no complete countrywide coordination of all players or initiatives in a given dimension; or not all dimensions are coordinated). However, plans for setting up complete coordination are being prepared.
The existing initiatives to develop and involve multipliers (or at least some of them) are monitored (e.g. through reports, audits, user surveys, etc.). But there is no systematic process of setting up recommendations for future improvement, implementing them, and following them up along time for (re)adjustment. However, a plan to set up such a systematic process has been at least initiated, e.g. in the form of preliminary preparation, initial debate / consultation / design, etc.
The country has taken initiatives of two of the three types.
3
The country has taken initiatives in one of the three dimensions.
Incomplete coordination of initiatives / dimensions. There are no plans to make the coordination complete.
The existing initiatives to develop and involve multipliers (or at least some of them) are monitored. But there is no systematic process of setting up recommendations oriented towards future improvement, and there are no plans to develop any.
The country has taken initiatives of one of the three types.
2
No such process exists but there is an intention to set up one
The country has not taken any initiatives in any of the three dimensions, but preliminary preparation (initial debate, consultation, design, planning, etc.) to develop at least one action has begun.
No countrywide coordination of initiatives, but preliminary preparation (initial debate, consultation, design, planning, etc.) to develop one has begun
The existing initiatives to develop and involve multipliers are not monitored. However, a plan to develop a monitoring or evaluation process has been at least initiated, e.g. in the form of preliminary preparation, initial debate / consultation / design, etc.
The country has not taken any initiative of any of the three types. However, preliminary preparation (initial debate, consultation, design, planning, etc.) to develop at least one measure has begun
1
No such process exists and there is no intention to set up any
The country has not taken any initiatives in any of the three dimensions, and there are no plans to develop any.
No countrywide coordination of initiatives, and there is no plan to set up any coordination
The existing initiatives to develop and involve multipliers are not monitored, and there is no plan to develop any monitoring or evaluation process.
The country has not taken any initiative of any of the three types, and no measure is in preparation.