Portugal - Agrupamento Escolas Trigal Santa Maria
Our school is located in a small city called Tadim which is located in a semi-rural area, next to a big city called Braga, in the north of Portugal. We have approximately 870 students from 3 to 15 years and 102 teachers. The students go from kindergarten to the 9th-grade elementary school. The school covers only the regular program from our ministry of education. The majority of the students is from this rural area. Most of our students come from families that work mainly in the fields or in small family industries. Some come from one parent families and have social needs. Some have divorced parents and a few are orphans. Almost 8% of students have special education needs. We have very few students coming from other countries (Ukraine, Cabo Verde, France, Brasil) and also have Roma students. Our immigrant students have the support of a Portuguese teacher to help them to cope with language difficulties. Most of our students are not used to deal with students from other nationalities or even with refugees. The participation in this project will be important to develop the European citizenship of students and to let them realize that there are opportunities for them waiting outside the small place where they live. The main motivations are the chance that our students will have to interact with students from other countries and to have a better understanding of their culture and habits. Like that they will have a better understanding of Europe and of European values developing a bigger tolerance towards other cultures.
Greece - 56 Junior'S High School of Athens
We are a public junior high school, located in Athens downtown, in which are enrolled over than 250 students, aged between 13-16 years. Most of them are mainly children of economic immigrants. Their origins are mainly Albania and Philippines, but also there are students from Egypt, Bulgaria, Poland, Georgia, Syria, Turkey and Ukraine. The percentage of Greek students is around 10%. Over the last two years, we have received refugee students from Syria and Afghanistan.Only 50% of foreign students were born in Greece and have completed their studies in a Greek elementary school. The use of the Greek language is limited and therefore difficulties arise in teaching and communication. The most important problem we face is their inadequate preparation for their smooth integration into the Greek educational system and the permanent functioning of integration and reception departments alongside the school timetable. Based on the above characteristics, we are called to manage a variety of problems in terms of teaching and school life in general. Worrying about the gradual change of our student potential from purely Greek to multicultural and to multinational, we are pondering the management of the mixed classes that are emerging, looking for new ways of approaching with students and their families, and we want to respond effectively to the new real conditions, using new teaching methods and skills to be more effective teachers. Since last year we run a project, we play with emotions approved by the National Education Department through movements (sports, dance) we try to focus on developing a more emotional approach from students.
We have been trying to develop their emotions, their body knowledge, their self-awareness, selfesteem, and interpersonal relationship. We want to join this project to increase reading and language skills of our students, also take the education to the next level. We have experience of forming reading projects, as we were partners with the Turkish school in the project of "I read and I realize" which was a project of reading and cultural exchange. Our team work consisting of 26 persons actively participate and look for ways and tools to sensitize our students, develop social skills, accept diversity, cultivate a climate of co-existence by participating in experiential seminars, training in ICT and at postgraduate level studies. Our priority is the harmonious coexistence, the offering of a perfect pedagogical work under the present conditions, the personal satisfaction of students and teachers, the communication of school-parents-local society.
Italy -Instituto di Instruzione Superiore "Da Vinci - De Giorgio"
The "Da Vinci-De Giorgio" Institute has arisen from the fusion of two schools with a long and significant tradition and an incisive presence on the territory. Currently the Institute is divided into two complexes: the headquarters of the "DA VINCI" in Via Rosato, 5 and the new headquarters of the "DE GIORGIO "in via Barrella, 1. A total of about 1000 students are registered, distributed in about 700 in the Technical Institute of the sector Technological, about 300 in the Professional Institute. The following addresses are present in the Technical Institute of the Technological Sector: - ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRO-ENGINEERING - MECHANICS, MECHATRONICS AND ENERGY - IT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS - CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES The following addresses are present in the Professional Institute: - SOCIOSANITARY SERVICES - COMMERCIAL SERVICES - MAINTENANCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE The Institute of Higher Education has always been attentive to innovative needs coming from the cultural debate around the world of the school and the ministerial reform initiatives, promoting various experiments that invest into the teaching methodological field and the use of new technologies. The school curriculum is characterized by a series of projects to enrich the educational offer, which combine the cognitive side with the affective and motivational, with a view to interdisciplinarity and entrepreneurship. The Institute promotes the ontegration between the school system and training agencies, local authorities, the production system and he social partners.
According to the specific objectives of Erasmus + programmes, the present proposal aims at - Promoting the acquisition of specific skills and enhancing the skills of the teachers of the schools involved directly and indirectly in the project - Creation of multicultural and plurilingual educational relationships - Giving the students the opportunity to put their communication skills into practice in real contexts, with the prospect of making their identities and awareness of a stronger common European identity - Supporting dissemination actions and sharing good practices of open and innovative teaching methods - Improving quality, innovation and internationalization of school education and training through transnational cooperation. The principal motivation for our school is interchange of educative experience about comprehension and expression, because our school needs to be better in this aspect. We also need to work together with some European schools to foment European conscientious.
Poland - Spoleczne Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace
Our school Spoleczne Liceum OgólnoksztaÅ‚cÄ…ce was founded in 2016 ( previously Junior High School since 1999). It is a secondary non - public school with grades 1 to 4. There are about 80 students in the school aged 15 to 18. Each group consists of 16 to 18 students. There are 20 teachers for full time. The school is a paid school, governed by a local society LÄ™borskie Towarzystwo OÅ›wiatowe (Educational Society of LÄ™bork). Our school is located in LÄ™bork which is a town of about 36000 inhabitants. LÄ™bork is situated in a picturesque area near the coast of the Baltic Sea in Pomorskie District. The main aim of the teaching process is to develop our students’ personality, skills and new abilities. Students are encouraged to build their creativity and independence. It is very important for us to introduce our students to social work. For the last years we have been supporting a school in Cameroon which is run by nuns. We want to join the project to activate students and teachers. It`s a great way to get some knowledge on certain topic and improve language skills. It will also enable students to become more aware of different jobs they can do in future, not only in their country of living, but also abroad. The coordinator - Joanna Woźniakowska, is a profession advisor with great experience in terms of working with teenagers. She can be a really helpful in the realisation of the project. Our school offers the students 7 English lessons a week. Our students have a wide variety of clubs of interests to choose from such as: Language Clubs (English, German, Spanish), Physics Club, Biology Club, IT Club, Maths Club, Chemistry Club, Geography Club and History Club. They can also develop their skills in dance, sailing, chess or playing the guitar. Students can also join a Music Club, Cyclists’ Club or a Shooting Club. As for their P.E. classes they can choose from a wide range of disciplines. One of the goals of our school is to sensitize students to the needs of others. To do this, we attach great importance to the idea of volunteering . Each member of our team brings a unique set of skills and talents to the project, there are 4 in total.
Spain - IES Martin de Aldehuela
Highschool Martín Aldehuela in Málaga, Spain. Our educational offering covers Secondary Education (three groups of 1º ESO (ages 12), three groups of 2ºESO (13) , three groups of 3º ESO (14) and three groups of 4º ESO (15), Upper Secondary Education and Vocational training in Administrative management and Electronics. There are 700 students and 62 teachers in our high school. Our school has been involved in many regional projects, students are very interested in project activities. Through the designing and creation of training pathways and educational resources, our school aims at fostering students’ future integration in the society. Our school has also widely favored and supported the intercultural dialogue, aware of the importance of learning foreign languages, of respect for other cultures, of meetings among people of different ethnical origins, with an attentive eye on the weakest and the more disadvantaged. These types of initiatives are regarded as being precious occasions for cultural growth in a global dimension. Our school is successful in various education projects. Projects carried out in our schools: PRODIG : School digitalization project COMUNICA(COMMUNICATE): project led by the Spanish Department dealing with the use of linguistic resources as a mean of communication. AMAR EL PATRIMONIO (CULTURAL HERITAGE): Project dealing with the study of the different landmarks surrounding our school in the city of Málaga. Six Departments(biology, English, Spanish, Art, Technology and Social Science are involved in this project. GENDER EQUALITY: Project dealing with the visualisation of women in history. It is also related to the role of women in society nowadays and the struggle to find gender equality. ALDEA: Project directed by the Science and Biology Department. It covers recycling activities, rambling and excursions to explore wildlife in the area, the creation of a greenhouse at school and the foundation of a bird club with students and teachers as participants. Our school has a strong commitment to innovation in teaching and learning. Teachers who will be involved in the project activities are eager to share their knowledge and skills with partner institutions. María Teresa Villalobos Cantos will be in charge of running the project. She is Deputy head and English teacher in charge of students Exchange at school. She has experience in project work, at local level. In case of her absence Francisca Zafra will take charge of the project. She is the Biology teacher and manager of the Aldea Project.
Turkey - Sehit Özcan Kan Fen Lisesi
Our school was founded in 2007-2008 school year and turned into a science high school in 2015. It is an advanced school which is highly preferred thanks to its success. There are 5 managers, 50 teachers, 6 servants, 3 officials and 590 students. We also have 22 classrooms, a computer lab, an auditorium, a mind games room, an indoor sports hall, full equipped physics and chemistry labs, an art class, and a music class at our school. We have a dormitory for female students, where there are 36 rooms and 50 students staying right now. Since our school is a project school, the teachers work here are all proficient in their fields and all have at least bachelor’s degree or postgraduate, and they have experience in teaching for 15 or 20 years. They are open to innovations and work methodically to improve themselves and contribute to the development of all students. They aim to enable our students to adapt to the new era and question and be curious about the life itself. They work for the favor of our students and our country as a whole as the expectancy of National Educational Target Vision 2023. Our teachers also work as ‘training coaches’ to observe the level of their students and at the same time they get in touch with their families in the process. In the recent years we have developed several eTwinning projects as a participant or coordinator. We have five eTwinning projects in 2018-2019 school year. (Supporting Gender Equality, Young Journalists, Zoom Yourself, Generating Materials, Was ist wichtig?) Our school carries on the MUN (Modeling United Nations) projects. Teachers of all subjects take part in the TUBITAK projects which are the cornerstone of the latest innovations or technological developments in our country. We formed a reading project before with the Greek school in this project, called "I read and I realize" which aimed improvement of language and reading skills. We also aimed strengthening cultural bonds with Greece. We believe that our cooperation in that project will be beneficial for this project. We want to take the project to another step with joining to this project. As we don't have any KA2 experience as a school, we want to give this opportunity to our students, staff and school.