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<< Background >>The percentage of low-skilled jobs in the EU is expected to decrease by nearly 30 % between 2015 and 2025 (Cedefop, 2016). This means that today’s jobs require better skills and more education since the future of the workplace will become even more basic skills dependent.Learning to learn skills affect work life and the duration of employment shows that learning difficulties limit individual capabilities, reduce productivity and prevent innovation. Recent research shows that adults with poor skills are less likely than the more highly skilled adult to engage in education programs designed to improve their skills.Migrants and refugees are overrepresented in unemployment statistics in most European countries. Adult migrant learners are often disadvantaged adult learners and learning to learn becomes even more ambitious in its purpose, as for this group of adults, learning must become learnable. So ‘learning to learn’ means actually more than just a key competence for work and life – it actually means a pathway to learning for adults who are struggling with learning. The better is the progress for adult migrant learners in all kinds of learning activities, the better are the chances for further education or access to the job market. According to Cap Ulysse (France), Olemisen (Finland), Prios Kompetanse (Norway) and Orient Express (Austria), 4 organisations committed in training Migrant learners and other project stakeholders working in the field of migrant adult training, there are some undefined skills missing among many adult migrant learners, which are important skills to make the most out of their learning opportunities and working life. We call them “learning to learn” skills to broaden the established definition of basic skills. From our preparatory work, we see that trainers/teachers in adult migrant training need new approaches and tools, adapted the current situation, in order to train learning to learn skills, as well as to better implement those skills as part of all trainings. The lack of certification to qualify trainers/trainers for such training provides very varied outcomes for migrant learners. By designing a common certification the project aims to improve the quality of the training offer for a better inclusion of adult migrants in the labour market.<< Objectives >>S.K.I.L.L.S 4 work partners are adult learning providers, having experience in training migrants and refugees in different topics and subjects. The main objective of the project is to improve the quality standards among trainers in adult migrants education, empowering them to implement needed “learning to learn” skills in their training and teaching in order for adult migrant learners to maximize their learning process. With this project we wish to improve the quality among trainers involved in adult migrant training. The project aims to- Design 4 curriculum for trainers within a learning to learn approach for their learners.- Create a powerful web-based resource centre with learning modules, tools, guidelines and external resources to support adult migrant trainers - Agree on a certification for trainers based on common criteria, in order to allow Adult training centers to certify their staff with the 4 curricula<< Implementation >>Partners will design the frame and the contents of 4 curricula on the following skills: ”Oral and intercultural communication skills”, “Autonomy on the learning process skills”, “Basic Digital skills” and “Relation with others in a learning context skills”.The project partners will conduct a Learning Teaching Training Activity for 8 trainers to learn the developed tools and methodology.Each partner will conduct a local pilot to implement learning to learn skills among 10 adult migrant learners. All resources will be available in an Open Education Resource : the project’s Online Resource Center, in 5 languages.Once the 4 curricula will be enriched with the pilot feedback (PR1), a transnational certification based on common criteria will be tested by each trainer among 10 learners. A final certification will be available for partners and stakeholders.3 onsite transnational project meetings and 13 web-based meetings are scheduled for the general coordination of the project.In order to achieve longer term benefits, the project partners will make 4 multiplier events in all partner countries with 100 stakeholders, such as adult learning centres, adult trainers in different positions, educational unions and umbrella organisations, NGO and volunteer organisations in the Migrant field of work, municipalities/local authorities, and migrant organisations.<< Results >>The project will develop three outputs. PR 1 - Learning to learn Skills: 4 trainers curricula based on a needs analysis will be developed, tested at local level with 40 migrant learners, improved and translated (English, French, Finnish, Norwegian and German). PR 2 - Support for Training: The Online Resource Center will be designed and developed, and all project’s resources will be available on the platform together with collected material from stakeholders. PR 3 - Trainers quality standards: common certification criteria will be designed and an assessment tool will be created and tested during a local certification test, involving 8 trainers and 40 migrant learners in total. The certification will be improved and translated (English, French, Finnish, Norwegian and German).For the trainers the project will: -Empower their skills and knowledge within the Learning to learn approach, -Enhance their confidence and their motivation at work during the exchange of practice and the LTTA-Recognize and value their abilities within other adult education centers, through a formal certificationFor the learners, the project will strengthen their oral and intercultural communication skills, their autonomy on the learning process skills, their basic digital skills and their relation with others in a learning context skills. The learning to learn approach will facilitate their future learning acquisition. By facilitating their learning process we aim to facilitate their language proficiency, their access to qualifications, their network and their inclusion in the labour market. The success of the project results will allow partners to increase stakeholders and policy makers’ awareness on the importance of Learning to learn skills, for a better inclusion of migrants not only in the labour market but also in their environment.For the partnership and associated partners, the project will raise their credibility thanks to the research of the innovative approaches and the delivery of a transnational certification. It will improve their efficiency in supporting migrants with new methods/approaches. It will give their staff new professional development opportunities and motivation by involving them in collaborative work with other European organisations active in a common field. It will boost their will to cooperate at local and European levels with new stakeholders creating potential synergies and new opportunities.
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