Take professors from the five universities that offer the bachelor of vocational education, put them around a table, mobilise their respective expertise, the force of their convictions, and their commitment to Voc. Ed., then add a few cups of coffee… and you get the Observatoire de la formation professionnelle du Québec!
These professors have chosen to help each other and to pool their best resources to further initial training of vocational education teachers as well as their proficiency training. They are joined by vocational education stakeholders from all over Québec, teachers, vocational education centre directors, academic advisors and business people.
Here are the people who believe in the power of collaboration!
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Partners
Coordinator of Observatoire de la formation professionnelle du Québec
Educational consultant – Centre de formation professionnelle Expé
Computer support teacher – Centre de formation professionnelle-Alma – Pavillon Bégin
Pedagogical Services Coordinator-Centre de services scolaire de Montréal
Assistant Director- Centre de formation professionnelle Val-d’Or
Project Manager- PERFORM
Complete list
Complete list
Teaching practices
Show teaching practices in various vocational education contexts through the use of short videos, demonstrations and interviews.
Claudia Gagnon
Create content adapted to Voc. Ed. stakeholders and students completing their vocational education teacher training. Present key concepts and recent research results in an easy to understand and playful format.
Andréanne Gagné
Classroom, workshop, and online relationship management
Develop interactive educational tools on the theme of establishing and maintaining good relationships in the classroom, workshop and on line. It also suggests documenting efficient modes of communication that promote learners’ participation and accountability.
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Educational tools
Martine St-Germain
Language and reading strategies in vocational education
The objective here is to illustrate the Reading Apprenticeship method which focuses on text comprehension and the motivation to read so teachers can fully understand and implement it.
Annie Dubeau
Reflexivity - the reflective process
Modelling the reflective process selected and put into practice by Voc. Ed. teachers during their initial teacher training.
Marie Alexandre
Badge project
The objective here is to implement a system of educational recognition badges that get the students to become engaged in the development of their competencies throughout their training. This committee researches the theoretic basis of educational badges so they can implement them throughout the school system.
Stéphane Dupuis
Diversity
The objective here is to present essential resources that allow students enrolled in French courses for immigrants to take effective steps towards the reorientation of their careers. Another goal is to raise awareness among the people who are taking those French courses to the fact that they can opt for training in the trade that they already practice in order to obtain a diploma that is recognised by employers while at the same time continuing to improve their French language skills.
Yves de Champlain, Annie Dubeau
Entering the teaching profession
Its objective is to look into the problems and needs of Voc. Ed. teachers entering the profession in order to collectively think about modalities and tools that can be shared on the Observatoire’s website to help new vocational education teachers have a better experience when entering the profession.
Nathalie Gagnon
ICT- Information and communication technologies
The objective here is to catalogue practices for using and integrating ICTs in distance learning as well as to create a selection tool to help choose technological tools based on their educational purposes.
Sandra Coulombe, Yves De Champlain
Remote evaluation
The objective here is to provide Voc. Ed. centres with concrete strategies and guidelines for remote evaluation, to draw up recommendations to start the discussion, and to guide the ministry’s position regarding remote evaluation as well as conduct an in depth rethinking of the evaluation of competencies.
Stéphane Dupuis
Evaluation by project
Its objective is to foster thinking about evaluation practices that can be applied to most educational methods (distance learning, individualised instruction, work-study programme) while basing it on research to better assist our school teams in implementing evaluation by project.
Annie Dubeau
Health, safety, and well-being
The objective here is to promote and support the health, safety, and well-being of all vocational education stakeholders.
Robin Castonguay
Practicum
Its objective is to identify the devices, modalities, and modes of organising training that take into account what has been written about work-study programmes, about enhanced practicums and publications on Voc. Ed. since 2015.
Claudia Gagnon
Positioning and valorisation
Its objective is to make it such that Voc. Ed. is or can become a viable choice for high school students. It is also a turnkey repertory of promotional and appreciation activities for Voc. Ed.
Claudia Gagnon
Professional didactics
Its objective is to present various work situations then use their learning potential for training purposes.
Otilia Holgado
Individualised instruction
Individualised instruction Its objective is to look into the narratives of Voc. Ed. stakeholders (teachers, academic advisors, resource people) regarding their practices for individualised instruction at the high school level. It also provides teachers and academic advisors with a space for professional development and sharing in order to alleviate the isolation often associated with individualised instruction.
Annie Dubeau