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Mobility is an essential part of the practice and the learning of circus arts. The Mobility Charter is a reference document promoting the mobility of the students within the FEDEC member schools and the best practices that will supervise, develop and provide quality mobility and strive for valorisation and recognition of competences and skills and experiences acquired during the mobility period. We see this Charter as a tool similar to the FEDEC charter FEDEC ETHICS AND DEONTOLOGY OF CIRCUS ARTS EDUCATION": it is non-binding, based on the its members adherence to these fundamental beliefs and principles allowing each school to adapt the content and make mobility and the Charter a reality through its educational project. This Charter is divided into 4 sections: students, home schools, host schools and the FEDEC. Each section will summarise the rights and responsibilities, inspired by best practice, of the three mobility stakeholders. Each section will be divided into three sub-sections: before the mobility, during the mobility and after the mobility. The section on the FEDEC will reiterate the FEDEC s key working themes on the issues of mobility and link the Charter with the tools developed by the FEDEC to facilitate and encourage the mobility of students, teachers and teams. 01.The FEDEC The FEDEC supports the development and evolution of training, pedagogy and creation in the field of circus arts education, with the following objectives: To improve circus arts education. To reinforce the links between leisure, secondary, vocational and higher education schools. To promote the work of young artists who have graduated from these schools and help them find employment by strengthening collaboration with the professional sector. To develop educational exchanges in the form of collective creations, continuing training, e-learning or applied research. To defend the interests of the training programmes at a local, regional, national and international levels. To make its members and partners aware of the European education and training policies and to develop their capacity for actively contributing to them. The FEDEC recognises the importance of mobility in the educational, personal and professional development of students. Mobility is an intrinsic feature of the circus arts profession and training. Although mobility is part of a well-established pattern in the circus arts sector, certain obstacles to student mobility are still apparent. The FEDEC s goal is to facilitate the mobility of students, teachers and teams in the network to make circus arts education and training more international. The FEDEC wishes to develop strong and relevant partnerships between the schools, the students and the professional circus world. To do so, the FEDEC wishes to develop several mobility tools for students, teachers, teams and professionals. This Charter is the first of these tools. Campus du Ceria, 1 Avenue Emile Gryzon, bâtiment 4A, 1er étage, bureaux 169/170 Page 2 sur 5
02. Students To inform the teaching and administrative staff at your school that you wish to go on a study trip abroad. Students must have access to as much information as possible about mobility opportunities. Students must have access to as much information as possible about the educational project for the mobility and be involved in its writing in order to allow the optimal experience, the preparation and the involvement. To get in touch with your host school in order to draw up a satisfactory educational and pedagogical work plan. To identify funding methods, internal or external, private or public. Do not leave until the agreement has been validated and signed by your home school and the host school. To make sure you are insured before you go. To inform your home school immediately if you have any administrative problems it will be able to help you. To follow the host school s rules and regulations and its safety rules. To respect the teaching staff of the hosting school. To communicate proactively with the host school. To handle and use the apparatus and equipment provided correctly. To become fully involved in the learning experience. To reassess the learning objectives of the mobility and work plan with the host school if necessary. To carry out a self-assessment on a daily basis. To complete an evaluation report on the mobility this will be sent to the host school and your home school. To valorise your experience on the FEDEC mobility platform. Campus du Ceria, 1 Avenue Emile Gryzon, bâtiment 4A, 1er étage, bureaux 169/170 Page 3 sur 5
03. Home schools To provide as much support and guidance as possible for students as they prepare for their mobility/study trip. To decide on a person in charge of communication with the student and the Home school since it is important and necessary for the smooth mobility experience. To define the learning outcomes of mobility and the work plan and talk in advance with the student sent to adopt and accept. Communication with students and their host schools is important and necessary for the study trip to be successful. Must be involved in defining the student's work plan and the assessment methods of the learning outcomes in formal, non-formal and informal settings with the host school. Must send the students profiles to their host schools so that they can provide tailored support and so the assessment methods of the formal, non-formal and informal settings are shared. Must suggest to their students that they take a crash course in English or the language most commonly used so that they have the minimum vocabulary necessary for their integration into the group and their safety. Must support the students and guide them in their mobility experience. Must remain in contact with the host school to discuss students progress. Intervene in case of problems encountered by the student or the host school. To gather students impressions at the end of the mobility through an interview or a questionnaire. To take stock with the host school and the student on learning outcomes and assessments that have been put in place in order to have "equivalences" and to valorise or validate when it is possible the learning outcomes in the formal, nonformal and informal settings. Informal recognition of mobility is possible on the school level, but if the recognition can be formal, use the ECTS credits to be defined with the host school. If the experience is non-formal or informal, produce a paper or digital certificate (platform). To offer students guidance in how to use and valorise the skills they acquired during their mobility experience. To learn by mistakes to improve future mobility projects. To encourage and promote new mobility experiences. Campus du Ceria, 1 Avenue Emile Gryzon, bâtiment 4A, 1er étage, bureaux 169/170 Page 4 sur 5
04. Host schools Must provide students with access to every opportunity for their mobility project to be successful and to fulfill their mobility goals. Communication with the students being hosted and their home schools is important and necessary for the study trip/mobility to be successful and for the definition of learning outcomes and the assessment. The host school must identify a person to administratively accompany the student. Ideally it would be the same person who is in contact with the home school and who will be also sending the Mobility Passport. Schools must identify a mentor from among their students who, if at all possible, speaks the same language as the student they are hosting and who will support this student before, during and after his/her stay at the school. Host schools must be able to provide students with proper technical resources in friendly surroundings and never overlook the students safety. The schools must provide individual professional and educational guidance which is tailored to students needs. The schools must make sure that students settle in properly and feel comfortable in the school and their environment. Schools must assess students according to the assessment criteria predefined with their home schools. Host schools must send an evaluation report to the students and their home schools To learn by mistakes to improve future mobility projects. To encourage and promote new mobility experiences. To gather students impressions at the end of the mobility through an interview or a questionnaire. To recognise the mobility as acquired experience. If the recognition is formal, use the ECTS credits to be defined with the home school. If the experience is non-formal or informal, produce a paper or digital certificate (platform). Campus du Ceria, 1 Avenue Emile Gryzon, bâtiment 4A, 1er étage, bureaux 169/170 Page 5 sur 5