CERTITUDE is a Lifelong Learning Programme project co-financed by the European Union for 2 years under the Leonardo da Vinci programme, started in October 2012.
The Certitude project deals with a dimension related to the improvement of vocational dimension that spreads across all education and training areas in Europe: the certification of academic tutors. The global rise of sandwich training systems requires higher needs in management and quality support of trainees.
By "academic tutor", the CERTITUDE project includes any person in the education or training field who delivers tutoring support.
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Academic Tutors in VET are teachers who execute specific tasks to facilitate the relationship between the student, the enterprise and the school. They then highly contribute to the quality of learning and the professionalisation of learners thanks to their great efficacy.
Therefore, their capacity to ensure correct structure and quality of tutoring will allow:
The CERTITUDE project aims to address the expectations of professionals in education in relation withthe ISO 17024 standard.
The competencies expected for these academic tutors have been formalized, shared and validated with a group of sector experts for the sake of transparency and recognition of the profile.This competence specification is a key to the implementation of the certification scheme.