Basiskwalificatie Didactische Bekwaamheid (BDB) (Basic qualification in teaching competence)

Welcome to the Basic Qualification in Teaching Competence (BDB)
This is the home page of the Fontys BDB programme.

The Fontys BDB programme prepares you for the BDB assessment. The BDB consists of the following four teaching roles:

Professional
Supervisor and coach of learning processes
Educational redesign specialist
Examiner

Over a period of 15 days, you will actively work on developing and gathering evidence for the four teaching roles in relation to the educational vision and assessment of your institution and the Fontys frameworks, based on talent-oriented education (TGO). During the programme, you will have the portfolios for the various teaching roles assessed, except for the role of professional. This role is the last portfolio to be assessed on the assessment day. You will then receive your assessment verbally and in writing. During this programme, you will work on developing and improving your didactic, pedagogical and assessment skills and contribute to the quality of education within your institution.

Who is the BDB programme intended for?
Are you a teacher or lecturer in scale 11 or higher with an appointment of more than 0.2 FTE? Then you must be in possession of a BDB certificate.

To be eligible for a permanent position, it is mandatory to complete the three teaching roles (professional, learning process supervisor and coach, educational redesign specialist) of the BDB within one year of joining the organisation. The teaching role of examiner must be completed within two years of starting employment. It is desirable that you demonstrate all teaching roles during the BDB programme and complete the programme with a BDB certificate.

Do you think you are eligible for an exemption? If so, you can submit a substantiated request to the assessmentcommissie FDO.

Practical information
The BDB programme is structured as follows:

15 training days and an assessment day on which you will receive your assessment, plus nine half-day interim meetings: working meetings in learning teams. See this page for the schedule.
The Canvas environment consists of an introduction module to BDB at Fontys. Each teaching role also has its own module in which you will find suggestions for evidence and sources for each teaching role.
You can have your evidence assessed in Portflow.
The assessment portfolio is offered via Portflow snapshot to two examiners: an independent examiner and your BDB trainer.
In the decision-making procedure (beslisprocedure), you can read which criteria your portfolio must meet in order to be assessable.
On the assessment day, your portfolio will be assessed by the two examiners. Everyone will receive their assessment on the assessment day, both verbally and in writing.

Helpful documents regarding BDB in English can be found HERE

Trainer