The work-in-progress platform for VALLEY is tested through a pilot assessment with a group of young volunteers in each partner country.
In Italy, the first meeting of the piloting group regarding the LEVEL5 evaluation was held with a group of youngsters, who have just started their volunteering at CESIE and local centres in Palermo.
LEVEL5 validation methodology – What is it?
- LEVEL5 system is specifically designed to validate personal, social and organisational competence developments in rather non-formal and informal learning settings;
- LEVEL5 facilitates the assessment, visualisation and evidence based on the validation of competences;
- LEVEL5 is based on a three-dimensional model that visualises the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes.
The implementation of the LEVEL5 validation is done at two crucial time of the volunteering period, thus a first evaluation of the competences is foreseen at the beginning of the volunteering, and then a second evaluation at the end.
The group a volunteers has met for the first meeting and has worked on this validation through group and self-reflection activities.
In a first part, through the 16 competences settled by the partnership related to volunteering, each volunteers choose the competences by answering at the following question : Which competences do you think important for your future and/or you would like to learn more about ?
Then, the volunteers have valuated the competences chosen based on the three dimension: knowledge, skills and attitudes. For each dimension, they read the level’s description of the Reference system document and position themselves from 1 to 5.
At the end of their volunteering, they will do the second evaluation’s meeting and evaluate the same competences and get a certificate describing the improvement of the competences acquired.
By registering on the VALLEY platform, you can access the toolbox of the project and access the LEVEL5 platform.
More information about the VALLEY project can be found at: valley-eu.org, on Facebook or for further information please contact: youth@cesie.org
VALLEY – Validation System in Lifelong Learning Experiences of Youth Volunteering is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme (Key Action 2 – Strategic Partnerships in the field of Youth).
