Staff time
The course is modular. A school can start with a single module in an existing in-service day and expand from there.
About the Project
AI Upskill for VET Teachers: Building Pedagogical Competence for AI Integration in VET
AI4VET is funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ Programme, Small-Scale Partnerships in Vocational Education and Training (KA210-VET).
The challenge
AI is already changing the trades our students are training for — quoting and scheduling in construction, diagnostics in mechanics, documentation in industrial maintenance, patient information in care.
Vocational curricula move more slowly than the workplaces they prepare people for, and teachers are rarely given practical, trade-relevant guidance.
Most available AI training is generic and academic. It does not answer the questions vocational teachers actually ask: what can I use in a workshop lesson, what do I let students use, and how do I assess fairly when they do?
Our response
- A modular AI Upskilling Course for VET teachers, co-developed by a Swedish training provider and two vocational schools in Portugal and Romania.
- Each module is written by practitioners, piloted in real vocational classrooms, and revised on the evidence of those pilots.
- The finished course, together with a European Best Practice Guide and classroom-ready templates, is published openly via EPALE so any VET school can adopt it free of charge.
For administrators: what adoption requires
A realistic picture of the commitment, so you can plan before you commit.
No licensing cost
All outputs are open educational resources under an open licence. There is no fee to adopt, adapt, translate or re-publish them internally.
Fits existing CPD structures
Modules are designed to slot into the professional development formats schools already run — in-service days, department meetings or mentoring pairs — rather than requiring a new structure.