SCOPE OF WORK (SOW): Company/trainer to deliver Soft Skills training for teachers from VET system for the development of workforce for ICT industry
The project ”Partnerships for quality and relevance in ICT vocational education in Moldova”, implemented by Educational Centre Pro Didactica, non-governmental organization, specialized in providing informational, training and consulting programs and services, focused on development of life-long learning skills and the Moldovan Association for ICT Companies (ATIC), an umbrella organization of the ICT companies with the objective to increase the competitiveness of the sector through partnerships between the private companies, similar organizations, state institutions and international organizations, envisage to support positive changes in the education sector in order to assure a proper correlation between labour market demand and education supply in IT sector.
ICT sector is one of the most promising in Republic of Moldova from the point of view of capacity to generate GDP. The productivity of this sector should be maintained and stimulated for growth. The workforce developed for this sector greatly depends on the capacity of education system to develop necessary professional competences. From this perspective is important to support VET institutions in the process of improving human capital educating teachers and adjustment to the sector’s demands. In this context, based on the workforce development objective ATIC, on behalf of the Project “Partnerships for the quality and relevance of technical vocational education in ICT in Moldova” is supporting the initiative of and ICT sector to improve the professional education process.
The scope of this assignment is to organize a training on Soft Skills Development for a group of approx. 40 teachers from the VET institutions involved in the Project, for the development of workforce for ICT industry as Soft skills complement hard skills which are the technical requirements of a profession. The assignment contains the following stages:
1. Determine the specific soft skills to be implemented and used in ICT teaching staff of VET schools, as well as discuss with the teachers about their level of involvement. 2. Carrying out training on the specific soft skills that need to be implemented in ICT teaching staff of VET schools. 04. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Carry out the assignment as defined in the SOW and complete the final deliverable in a timely manner as defined below while conducting all business in a manner that respects local culture and maintaining high ethical standards, avoiding any actual or perceived conflicts of interest and abiding by all local laws.
Soft skills are personal attributes that enhance an individual’s interactions, job performance and career prospects and hard skills which tend to be specific to a certain type of task or activity. Under the guidance of Project Manager to carry out training regarding the soft skills to be implemented in VET system for the development of workforce for ICT industry as follows:
During the process of developing the program of training will be identified the gaps in the way of communication and delivering theoretical and practical material by the VET teachers as a quality human capital comes from a quality education process. It is proposed to implement seven soft skills that have been identified and chosen to be implemented in all institutions of teacher education. They are :
Each of the above soft skills comprised of several sub-skills. These sub-skills are divided into two categories of implementation (Appendix 1.). The first category delineates the soft skills that every individual must have and the second category represents soft skills that are good to have. Despite the emphasis being put on the soft skills that must be present (must have), it is also encouraged to inculcate the soft skills that are good to have. All elements of soft skills must be acquired by each individual student and evaluated effectively and comprehensively.
Proposal regarding the way soft skills that are important to the development of professional competences. It is proposed to elaborate a list with the highly important soft skills and specification of the sub skills that are “must have” and “good to have” for providing some knowledge and skills for teachers in conceptual and soft skills apart from hard skill.
The training of ICT teaching staff of VET schools will be carried out based on the list of Soft Skills determined to be important to be implemented and the program proposed. The survey should be run on at least 2 representatives from VET schools that are teaching ICT disciplines. It is suggested to organize the training with the support of ICT Excellence Center (College of Informatics, Chisinau).
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Soft Skills
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Must Have Elements (SubSkills)
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Good To Have Elements (SubSkills)
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Communicative Skills
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Ability to deliver idea clearly, effectively and with confidence either orally or in writing Ability to practice active listening skill and respond. Ability to present clearly and confidently to the audience.
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Ability to use technology during presentation. Ability to discuss and arrive at a consensus. Ability to communicate with individual from a different cultural background. Ability to expand one’s own communicative skill.
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Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills
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Ability to identify and analyze problems in difficult situation and make justifiable evaluation. Ability to expand and improve thinking skills such as explanation, analysis and evaluate discussion. Ability to find ideas and look for alternative solutions.
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Ability to think beyond. Ability to make conclusion based on valid proof. Ability to withstand and give full responsibility. Ability to understand and accommodate oneself to the varied working environment.
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Team Work
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Ability to build a good rapport, interact and work effectively with others. Ability to understand and play the role of a leader and follower alternatively. Ability to recognize and respect other’s attitude, behavior and beliefs.
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Ability to give contribution to the planning and coordinate group work. Responsible towards group decision.
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Life-Long Learning & Information Management Skill
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Ability to find and manage relevant information from various sources. Ability to receive new ideas performs autonomy learning.
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Ability to develop and inquiry mind and seek knowledge.
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Entrepreneurship skills
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Ability to identify job opportunities.
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Ability to propose business opportunity. Ability to build, explore and seek business opportunities and job. Ability to be self-employed.
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Ethics, Moral & Professional
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Ability to understand the economy crisis, environment and social cultural aspects professionally. Ability to analyze make problem solving decisions related to ethics.
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Ability to practice ethical attitudes besides having the responsibility towards society.
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Leadership Skill
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Knowledge of the basic theories of leadership. Ability to lead a project.
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Ability to understand and take turns as a leader and follower alternatively. Ability to supervise members of a group.
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Inclusion of project based learning
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Ability to work in teams and determine the work based on a final result (project)
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Project management as a skill
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Specific skills to be taken into account during the classes
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