Decree 135/2014: Professional Training Cycles

• Decree 135/2014 was issued on August 8th
• This decree’s primary focus is basic professional training cycles within the Valencian Community

Decree Topics:

• Access requirements
• Admissions
• Enrollment in basic professional training cycles

Basic Professional Training Cycles:

• Details on curriculum
• How they are structured

Centers of Work

• Addresses the training and exemptions to training

Other items in the document:

• Teaching staff and tutoring information
• How to conduct evaluations
• Student qualifications
• Recognizing certifications from elsewhere
• Rules around promotion and how long someone can stay in education programs
• What basic professional titles mean and what you can do with them
• Evaluation papers
• Info on available courses

Info for people over 17

• Options for people over 17 who are also not in school

Info for Centers

• Focus on how schools work
• The organizational autonomy of schools

Staff Support and Additional Support

• Advice and training plans for teachers
• Support in hard to reach schools

Professional Training programs

• Other vocational training options
• Private schools and transition rules

Timeline

• How these teachings will be introduced
• Temporary rules
• Matriculation period

Order Modifications

• Order 46/2012 focuses on improving professional training and is modified by this decree
• Order 77/2010 details workplace training and is modified by this decree

Law Overview

• Law 5/2002 discusses professional qualifications
• Decree 1128/2003 involves professional qualification standards
• Law 8/2013 focuses on enhancing education quality
• Decree 127/2014 approves professional titles
• Decree 356/2014 expands the catalog of professional titles

Valencia

• Article 53 of the Valencian Statute of Autonomy says Valencia has the authority to regulate education
• Also, this decree aims to regulate basic vocational training cycles in the Valencian Community

Law Foundations

• Article 1 of the decree states it exists to enforce basic state regulations for vocational training in the Valencian Community
• 2006’s Education Act sets the objectives for job-related training, contributing to lifelong learning skills

Access and Admission

• Those who meet requirements stated in Royal Decree 127/2014, article 15.1 to access vocational training
• Everyone must have academic advice via a certificate, and the consent of parents to take the courses
• People over 17 who do not have a professional training title or secondary education can access basic vocational training if there are places available

Enrollment Periods

• Enrollment periods align with specific professional training
• Documentation might be required for enrollment in basic vocational training cycles
• Schooling for these students will be overseen by education authorities

Admissions Process

• Processes in this article apply to schools which are funded by the government
• People can apply as instructed by the education department, turning in a signed copy of their request at their top choice school
• Applicants can only apply once for basic vocational training cycles with published vacancies, listing up to five choices in order of preference

Required Documents

• Per Royal Decree 127/2014, those who meet the requirements must provide academic advice
• If someone applies with more than one application, all will be accepted
• If there is a limit, the earliest date for each option will be taken into account

Students with Special Circumstances

• Anyone who applies outside the deadline will not be considered for admission
• Schools should incorporate requests into their computer system only after each person gives the necessary documents
• If academic advice or proof of requirements cannot be provided when applying, it can be added later

Required Info

• For students enrolled in the school, their counseling documents will be added automatically
• Not providing documents that meet admission requirements results in exclusion from consideration, and missing info will result in the loss of a spot
• Any documents the school has will be added

Responsibility

• The school secretaries take custody of admission requests and other papers
• Schools ensure papers are filled out right
• Documents are sent to the school
• When admitting foreign students special care according to regulations.
• All data collection follows organic law 15/1999

School Transfer

• Transfer may be required to attend the school if admitted to a new school
• Transfers are handled according to the general rule

Attendance

• All students are required to sign a commitment document to maintain attendance
• A failure to do so may result in the cancellation of enrollment for lack of attendance

Absences

• The resulting vacancy will be offered to students on the waiting list within the first term
• Students who lose their place because of absence will be placed in another educational center if they are of compulsory school age
• It is the school's job to enforce compulsory education and prevent students from dropping out or being absent
• Students aged 16–18 will receive aid to guarantee education until they are adults

Universal Accessibility

The Department of Education, Culture, and Sports will ensure universal accessibility to vocational studies

Prioritization to enter studies

• Students will be prioritized in the following order:
  • Students who are 16 before December 31, nominated by the teaching team
  • Students who are 15 before December 31, nominated by the teaching team
  • Students who are 17 before December 31, nominated by the teaching team
• All other options are processed according to above matriculation schedule

Unenrolled over 17

• Those over the age of 17 who are unenrolled will be admitted after all other students

Determining the outcome

• If there is a tie, a public lottery will determine the order
• Admission for a course that isn't the first one in cases of changing schools is based on the grade average
• When schools have an admissions procedure, 5% of slots are saved for people with disabilities
• If general admissions has vacancies for students with a disability, they are saved for the next period of admissions

If seats remain

• In the special admission entry, applicants are all assessed based on qualifications
• The General Directorate for Educational Planning decides vacancies in public schools
• Educational centers will post their own job openings in the regular and special enrollment periods

Request Submission

• Students send requests in accordance with Article 4

• Provisional placement involves following the procedures in Articles 6 and 7

• For admittance, the calendar set by that territory's education guidelines apply

• Students are able to take back their application

Grade Offer

• Schools can offer all spots for the first grade in the Basic Vocational Training courses
• They then remove spots based on repetitions
• Schools then take seats from the first course and repeaters in the Basic Vocational Training cycles

First Choice Unavailability

• If they don't make it into their first choice school, Article 6 of the outlined laws will be put in place

• Each school's educational board will then post preliminary lists of their students given the above criteria

• Both admitted and not admitted students will be publicly visible for review

• Disagreements result in a claim to the Board

Lack of Selection

• Students send requests in to another body after not being selected by their first school of choice
• Once settled claims are filed and all lists are finalized
• Any and all concerns can be raised with the bodies listed above
• Those not selected stay on the list in case a spot opens during the program
• Students not in the program can re enroll with above procedures again should any further openings arise

Cycle Creation

• There must be an "adequate number of students enrolled"

• Groups can be approved if it is determined it will aid the students

• Each opening course must follow a standard for students

• Every open position will be selected based on available students

• Maximum student counts are 18 per class

• These numbers can be set down to 15 based on degree plans

• Any unit with special needs is given aid

Request Completion

• If requests don't reach student counts, the classes can be combined

• Unit authorizations rely on General directorate approval

• A list of all available openings are finalized

• Students also can request to be in the opening in above list

List Publishing

• The lists are generated by the General Board of Education

• Every student can review the list with proper ID at the right school

• Public and Private schools must answer claims in 3 month

Failure To Enroll

• If a student that follows process doesn't enroll, they aren't allowed entrance

• The unit number for each program runs on the date on the original request

• Those with failing marks for their process must fix within 3 terms, and apply again

School Matriculation

• The school that follows regulations must receive matriculation
• Openings also are posted on the school site

Grade Posting

• A process also is in force to evaluate, review, and handle student reviews, all with process

Enrollment

• There are set dates and times to enroll
• Students to the enrollment list are first to enroll
• Anyone not acting in the list is removed from the list

Final Enrollment

• At the final enrollment phase in an institution in line here requires proper identification, and documentation as well as degree path
• There is a system of checks and balances involved to maintain the accuracy, legitimacy, and efficiency of the school system

Content Topics

• All courses have to include the content found Article 11 of Decree 127/2014
• Job places need training in security

Study Integration

• Studies work as a single unit to enable a proper job atmosphere
• Each site looks at each year, with a report by the overseers
• Disabled students also get support here

Diversities

• All students all given support and resources inline with Article 71 of Organic Law 2/2006
• To aid all students with their job process we look to the guidelines published in by the Department of culture, education and sport, and the orders within
• Proper language support is also given as much as possible and feasible

Academic Staff

• The cycles are run by academic teams that help and maintain all courses for studies
• Proper language accreditation also should the team need. Per Order 17/2013
• Academic staff gets also set for mentoring per Decree status to ensure their goals are meant

Caregivers

• One teacher also is the main caregiver to ensure order is proper
• There also must be communication between the schools to ensure the support
• Every academic staff must have at least 2 hours to give direction and oversight with

Study Groups

• Group must study hard and be together to show results

• There are a minimum of 3 sessions to review the academic process

• Academic progress must be published

• All sides also are welcome to be heard

Reviews

• All modules have to be certified

• All graduates also get to be in FCT and also reviewed

• FCT is yes or no not rated

• The numeric reviews make up the final grade

• Also any modules convalidated also have to be shown.

• When averaging there is a cutoff of 5

• The boards will be reviewed all sides

Certifications

• All sides follow the proper certification rules
• If there is a module that doesn't provide results it also then follows process with the proper board
• There also always is an appeals process as well