Good Practices & Tools for Profiling Database

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Title: Profiling learners
Target(s): Learners
Description of the target(s):

Learners from 18 to 65 that are going to start a long-term training course

Profiling method: Personal interview + formal regional enrolment form
Information collected: Biographical information - Education and work experience - Motivations - Objectives - Obstacles and issues - Needs
Description:

The GP is used in the Cooperativa Cramars in Tolmezzo, Italy to profile learners  that will attend a long term course in order to get as much info as possible to prevent problems and drop outs. 

The process starts with a one-to-one meeting with the learner interested to participate to the course that implies information about past experiences in learning and work, during the meeting the course coordinator evaluates, together with the future learner, the motivations and the proneness towards the course objectives. The learner is then asked to fulfil the formal enrolment form (provided by the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia that is funding the course through the European Social Fund).  Once the course as started, the student with particular issues, always has the possibility to meet individually the course tutor/coordinator to find solutions.  

By profiling learners the Regional form collects mainly all generic information about the learners such as biographical information, about schooling and education, past work experience, skills and competences and, in addition, the one-to-one interview is focus in guiding the learner to choose the right course and is collecting specific information related to mobility problems, availability of time, motivational learning barriers, physical learning barriers, expectations and personal goals. 

By profiling educators, the methods allow to collect generic background information: biographical information, about schooling and training, past work experience, training/educational skills and competences.

The one-to-one interview to define the learner’s motivation and to guide learners to training can be transferred to other courses or educational levels and includes all form of diversity; the formal collection form provided specifically by the Region, it includes contents that are easily replicable.

The GP deals with the following diversity types (with regard to Erasmus+ priorities): The one-to-one interview permits to collect information related to all type of diversity, but the GP is meant to deal with all learners not only for a specific type of diversity.

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