{"id":164,"date":"2017-03-01T17:31:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T17:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/x5r.da2.myftpupload.com\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2018-02-28T13:35:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T13:35:39","slug":"standards-for-competence-portfolios","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/x5r.da2.myftpupload.com\/?page_id=164&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Standards for Competence Portfolios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EPC Standards for Portfolio Work are to be used accordingly for European Competence Portfolios. In addition, the following standards apply:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Competence assessment is voluntary and individual.<\/li>\n<li>The student\u2019s activities on which the assessment is to be based are taken from any portfolio documentation the student chooses. The choice should be representative of the student\u2019s achievements and he or she is to give reasons for the choice.<\/li>\n<li>The students are free to explore and use individual sets of competences and competence criteria. The students should state their understanding of the set of competences they chose and possibly explain the reasons for their choice. It may be useful to refer to the \u201cEuropean Key Competences for Life Long Learning\u201d (cf. footnote\u00a0<em><strong><small>[6]<\/small><\/strong><\/em>) or other competence evaluation grids:<\/li>\n<li>The student\u2019s competence assessments follow five basic steps:\n<ul>\n<li>Step 1:\u00a0<strong>Selection<\/strong>: The students choose those actions, tasks or activities from their portfolio that they consider relevant and fruitful for a competence assessment.<\/li>\n<li>Step 2:\u00a0<strong>Description<\/strong>: The students describe carefully and in detail all that is necessary to create a vivid picture of the particular activity contained in the portfolio.<\/li>\n<li>Step 3:\u00a0<strong>Assessment<\/strong>: The students analyse the described activity by listing all essential steps and activities that needed to be carried out in order to perform the particular activity. These activities are analysed with respect to clues, indications and proof of formerly acquired knowledge, skills and attitudes.<\/li>\n<li>Step 4:\u00a0<strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: The students conclude which competences were derived from the particular activity chosen and described in step 3.<\/li>\n<li>Step 5:\u00a0<strong>Evaluation<\/strong>: The students judge to what degree the competences were developed, employing individually defined or standardised competence evaluation grids, and explain the conclusions drawn and the judgements made.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The tutor\u2019s evaluation (or that of a third person) must be based on the student\u2019s assessment only, applying only previously agreed criteria, which are to be stated explicitly in the portfolio.<\/li>\n<li>The European Competence Portfolio is written and edited by the student, who also decides whether another evaluator\u2019s feedback is included.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Standards for portfolio based Competence Certificates<\/h2>\n<p>The competence certificates must comply with the above standards for competence portfolios and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/x5r.da2.myftpupload.com\/?page_id=161&amp;lang=en\">standards for portfolio certificates<\/a>. They must be signed by the student and the tutor and signed and stamped by a school representative. The tutor may only sign the certificate if he or she concludes that the student\u2019s assessment gives a reasonable picture of the student\u2019s competences. The signature and stamp of the school representative is conditional upon conformity with the EPC standards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><small><em><strong>[6]<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 The European Key Competences of Life Long Learning contain the competence of \u201clearning to learn\u201d in a central position. Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 18 December 2006, on key competences for lifelong learning [Official Journal L 394 of 30.12.2006], cf.\u00a0<\/small><small><a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/legislation_summaries\/education_training_youth\/lifelong_learning\/c11090_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/europa.eu\/legislation_summaries\/education_training_youth\/lifelong_learning\/c11090_en.htm<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EPC Standards for Portfolio Work are to be used accordingly for European Competence Portfolios. 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