Competence Model for Oral Storytelling

A competence model?
A competence model is a set of competences that together define successful performance in a certain professional field. Although a competence model can form the basis for a training program, it is not a curriculum. It is a frame of reference.
This competence model for oral storytelling does not want to impose anything either. It wants to invite, inspire or challenge storytellers to discover, improve, or expand their competences!
Domains?
In this competence model for oral storytelling, there are eight competence domains. Together, these domains form the field of oral storytelling. Those domains are research, craftsmanship, art, performance, training, applied storytelling, tradition, entrepreneurship.
Each domain is ‘managed by a supervisor’. They approach storytelling from a specific angle, from a certain viewpoint. So, the different competence domains can be related to different functions of the oral storyteller. We speak of the researcher, the craftsman, the artist, the performer, the trainer, the applier, the tradition bearer, the entrepreneur.
All these different roles should not be viewed separately. They hold hands. They often walk together. Sometimes, one sets the other in motion. They form the entirety of you as a storyteller. But according to the situation, one of them can come to the foreground and take the lead or disappear into the background again. You can compare this to different roles in daily life, being a partner, a parent, a friend, a storyteller, a teacher, a neighbour… You can be all of them at the same time, but you don’t perform all of them at once.
Good to know: not all domains are exploited by every narrator, or not all functions are executed by every storyteller. That is why we speak of main domains and additional domains.

4 Main Competence Domains
RESEARCHER
He is curious and interested, he likes to search and research, broaden his horizon, analyse and reflect
CRAFTSMAN
He wants to prepare his material, master his tools or instruments, apply his techniques, have a way of working
ARTIST
He likes to experiment and create from an inner drive, and wants to express himself in a personal way
PERFORMER
He wants to communicate with and move an audience, and is confident and prepared to do this
4 Additional Competence Domains
TRAINER
He likes to initiate, train and coach others in his own field of expertise
APPLIER
He does not set storytelling as a goal, but uses it as a means to help develop something else
TRADITION BEARER
He carries on the oral tradition of a culture or community, keeping it alive and passing it on with respect for the past and a view of the future.
ENTREPRENEUR
He knows how to promote, manage and develop his business

The competence domains are each divided into competences, which together cover the domain.
There are countless definitions for competences. What they have in common are a set of related knowledge, skills and attitudes. After all, it is the combination of ‘knowing’, ‘being able’ and ‘willing’, that enables someone to contribute to the realization of something. Competences are always defined in relation to tasks to be performed. The needs of the organization or job form the starting point. You are only truly competent if you can show competence independently in an authentic context.
In short: A competence is a cluster of related ‘KSA’
K = knowledge S = skills A= attitudes
that enables a person to act effectively in a job or situation.
Every domain received the same number of competences.
This is to prevent someone from thinking one domain is more important than another. There is no hierarchy. Also, not in the presentation of the model, neither horizontally nor vertically. It can help to imagine the model is lying flat on a table and all competences are puzzle pieces, that can change places.
Some competences cover a larger area than others.
Several competence boxes cover an entire series of KSA’s (knowledge, skills, attitude), while others contain a few. E.g. ‘Master body and voice’ is a very large box.
The boxes are created this way, because they form a whole in themselves. E.g. ‘Master body and voice’ is about mastering ‘instruments’ you use for storytelling.
Every competence is formulated in a way that it can be set at different levels.
E.g. ‘Research background of stories and oral storytelling’. A child in primary school can look up from which country their story originates. A master student can carry out thorough research into the origin of a story.
The composition and proportion of the different competences create a unique artist on personal level! A specific training on educational level!
The Benefits of this model?
It is open enough to connect with art. - It is oriented enough to serve education.
It is universal and general. - It can be made personal and specific.
It leaves room for a unique pathway. - It leaves room for a unique fingerprint.
It can be embraced by many storytelling traditions. - It can be applied to many types of oral storytelling training.
It uses clear, concrete and active language. - It offers active and visual tools to work with.
It links oral storytelling to many other performing arts because the main areas of the researcher-craftsman-artist-performer apply to every musician, dancer, actor ... !
Toolbox 'Oral Storytelling in 8 Colours'
We are very happy and proud to announce that the toolbox for the oral storyteller Oral Storytelling in 8 Colours is available now!!!
If you are
an enthusiastic storytelling student who wants to evaluate and improve themself
or an inspiring storytelling trainer who wants to challenge themself and their students
or a visionary headmaster who is looking for a framework to start a storytelling training
or an established storyteller who is curious for and keen on new input
or…
in this toolbox you will find material to inspire, invite, or challenge yourself and others to improve, extend or complete your competences as a storyteller!


What will you find in the Toolbox
FUNDAMENTALS:
a colourful competence overview with an introductory booklet.
PATHWAYS
8 maps with a booklet how to work with them.
FINGERPRINTS
40 playing cards with a booklet how to work with them on pages.
What will this toolbox cost?
A toolbox costs €45,00 + Shipping costs
Shipping to | Shipping cost |
Europe | €15,00 |
Outside Europe | €25,00 |
How can I order a toolbox?
The second edition of the Toolbox is out now!
You can order your toolbox with the button below
Once the form is submitted, you will receive a message with a payment invitation. After payment your Toolbox will be shipped.
Veva Gerard
Veva Gerard is trained as a professional ‘artist of the spoken word’. She graduated from LUCA in Leuven and from the Kleine Academie in Brussels.
She started as a presenter, recitation artist, and actress. In addition, she was an inspired and inspiring teacher in these domains for a long time. Later on, she discovered storytelling. She lobbied for and ensured storytelling an official place in the renewed art decree for part-time art education by the Ministry of Education. Now, storytelling can be a subsidised course in all academies throughout Flanders, interested in organising it. Her own storytelling course at the academy of Lier is well attended by students from Flanders and the Netherlands, making her a full time teacher. In both Belgium and the Netherlands she is often a guest lecturer and sometimes sits on juries.
For the Federation for European Storytelling, she worked on a competence model for oral storytelling, and she developed a toolbox to get started with this model.
But of course, she also likes to perform on stage, preferably with her musical storytelling collective 'Sister and such'.
www.vevagerard.webs.com - www.zusenzo.webs.com
The Competence Model for Oral Storytelling was inspired on Kunstig Competent
Published under own management by the Federation for European Storytelling and Co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union



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