The French collaborative approach : The ANLCI Forum as Communities of practice

The French collaborative approach :

The ANLCI Forumas Communities of practice

Forum ANLCI - Communautés de pratiques 1

Elie MAROUNNational project leader

[email protected]

http://www2.basicskills.eu/the-ebsn-academy-has-officially-been-launched/

Illiteracy in FranceA commonly agreed definition

For people who attended school in France yet did not acquire a sufficient level of reading, writing and basic numerical skills to be self-supporting in every day life situations, we use the word “illiteracy”

Widespread but unseen problem2 500 000 illiterate adults (2011) ; they are7% of people aged between 18 to 65, who has been schooled in France

The label “Grand National Cause 2013”for the group of 67 organizations “Fighting Illiteracy Together”, federated by ANLCI

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The ANLCI method :To gather together to act better (Réunir pour mieux

agir)Board of Directors :> 8 ministries> 4 national public organizations> 3 accredited bodies for collecting funds for training (OPCA)> One firm (SNCF-national train company)

85 organizations, members the Advisory Committee

A Scientific and Assessment CommitteeA National team27 regional project managers50 illiteracy resource centers



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8 universities offer option-courses to specialize in literacy and basic skills (apart from courses for French as a foreign language)

Some permanent training public centers for professionals and many private experts offer non formal teacher training sessions linked to Basic/key competencies

A few ministry’s departments organize specific training modules for their practitioners in this field

50 literacy resource centers offer short non formal training modules for teachers and practitioners especially relating to tools and didactic methods

What works in the professionalization of practitioners in adult basic education in France

Forum ANLCI - Communautés de pratiques


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To formalize specific national skills reference for teachers in adult basic education

To implement the Competence Based Training approach

To establish links between modalities of development of professional skills (high education, university studies, research-action, training courses, mutualization…)

To accredit professionalization actions according to needs and teachers requireds kills

To exchange practice and experience in the national and European areas

Continuing professional development of teacherspriorities and challenges




Specific teacher’s competences in « Basic skills »

Main links between specific teacher’s competences and the Key competences for

lifelong learning7 key competences(from the 8 EU framework)

5Learning to learn

C3To realize mediation to learning to learn

6-7Social and civic competences,

... entrepreneurship

… Digital competence)mathematical, science…

1-3-4Basic Competences

(French Communication,

C1To identify

difficulties in basic skills

C2To develop the

literacy, numeracy and ICT competences

C4To connect learning to professionnal and life

situations

8Cultural awareness and

expression

C4To connect learning to professionnal and life

situations

C5To facilitate learning by using

digital Tools in trainning



Since 2012

To share successful and efficience practices

To develop efficient ways of acting

To mutualize experiences and resources

The Permanent Forum of practices

System of Communities of practice

To develop practionners competences


Organized process to generalize best practices

to prevent and fight illiteracyPractices getting visible


Phase 12004 - 2005

Phase 22006 - 2008

Phase 32008 - 2011

Practices getting readable

Practices getting transferable

FORUM 2.02012 - 2013 Practices getting

generalized FORUM 2.0

2014… Practices getting officially recognised ?


Successful Action-5

PraticiensPraticiensPractitioners

ResponsiblePraticien

Successful

Action-4

PraticiensPraticiensPractioners

ResponsiblePraticien


StructureResponsible



Successful Action-1



Successful Action-2

Successful Action-3PRACTICE

Expert – coach

Practitioner

Practitioner

Practitioner

National Topic / Thematic

ProfessionnalizationProcess

The ANLCI Forum process in each region

Regional Plan

Menu

Open-days in centersCounty meeting

Regional meetingPractionner Kit

Recognized competences




Practice

Regional workshop

Local Partner(s)

Expert-Coach

ANLCI regional coordinatorpractitioners Local

coordinators

Local meetings

ANLCI national coordinator

National expert

Others Partners

Regional meeting

Forum ANLCI 2.0 process (since 2012)

Successful Actions


The ANLCI collaborative plateform



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Through its collective dynamic, almost ”200 good practices" were formalized and presented thanks to the contributions of more than 7000 stakeholders and practitioners form the field

Many topics shared across the French territory :> Prevention of illetracy> Family education> Integration of youngsters (apprentice trainning course)> Professionnal workplace advancement> Implementation of the Digital and culture competence> Development of the Cutural and artistic activities as informal education> Integrating young specific people facing difficulties

(ex. prisonners, military Service) Many guide books and scales of references More than 100 methodological, pedagogical and

communicational documents

10 years of the ANLCI Forum : Outcome



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Why not a European Permanent Forum of best practices for teachers, practionnersand stakeholdersin basic skills ?

With the EBSN…



Documents

The French collaborative approach : The ANLCI Forum as Communities of practice