About this Course
As student support staff, you play a critical role in helping to create an environment that is welcoming, supportive and empowering for all learners. By understanding and promoting inclusive learner engagement, you can help ensure that all learners have the opportunity to participate and have impact on their VET institution.
In this online course, we will introduce the key principles and practices of inclusive learner engagement, explore practical skills needed to create an inclusive environment , facilitating meaningful student-led initiatives and address the roles of VET institutional governance, student unions, and assessment processes in ensuring institutional inclusivity.
Whether you are a new or experiences learner support staff member, this course will provide you with the knowledge, skills and resources you need to promote inclusive learner engagement and support learner success.
This course exist of 18 modules covering different topics. We invite you to browse the course content and to learn from them in their own time and pace. The modules of the online course are designed in a way that they can be followed in full or as individual topics where you may like to learn more about, in the order you prefer.
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Module 1 – Understanding Inclusive Education in VET
Module 2 – Warning Signals of Inclusivity Problems in the Classroom and at School
Module 3.1 – Understanding Learner Engagement in VET
Module 3.2 – Role of Teaching Staff in Encouraging Learner Engagement
Module 4 – Learner’s Sense of Belonging
Module 5 – Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Environments: Learners’ Engagement in Learning Processes
Module 6 – Learner Support as a Precondition for Inclusive Learner Engagement in VET
Module 7 – Creating Inclusive and Empowering Classroom Environments
Module 8 – Capacity to Include Learners both Inside and Outside VET Centers
Module 9 – Essential soft skills to support underrepresented students’ engagement
Module 10 – Sensitivity and Mental Health Preparedness
Module 11 – Moderation and Conflict Resolution: Building Stronger Teams
Module 12 – Empowering Student Voices in VET Governance and Management
Module 13 – The Role of Student Unions for Inclusive VET Education
Module 14 – Data-driven Institutional Evaluations
Module 15 – Student- and Leader-led Institutional Assessment
Module 16 – Development of Data-driven Institutional Inclusivity Action Plan
Module 17 – Mentoring a Learner-led Review by Learner Support Staff
