The aim of the project is to modernize the education system with project partners to August 31, 2017 year through the preparation, testing and promotion of innovative methods and techniques of teaching and learning in vocational education, using innovative, strategic approach in the form of the following system: from modern tools to assess the skills and professional qualifications, by creating on the basis of innovative methods of teaching and learning techniques using multimedia technology and ICT learning materials developed vocational subjects, including foreign language training, to the creation of innovative training programs. The idea of the project was based on observation and evaluation studies conducted by the Applicant - School of Lomza of 156 students of Technical School in the Complex . Innovation project manifests itself in the way of the introduction and development results. It is a specific strategy which consists of a number of smaller elements in the form of development tools to investigate the qualifications, then on its basis of modern methods , yet not adapted with partners, materials to create a program of innovative training. In fact , it is worth mentioning that , the whole action takes place in the international arena, crosssectorally (vocational schools - the employer ), using modern methods of communication (videochat, videoconference ). All four results generated by partners complement each other and are mutually complementary, which further demonstrates the synergies in the design and perfectly fits the idea of a strategic partnership. Priorities, which implements the project : - Customize the process of training to the national, regional and local economic development strategies, - Developing partnerships between education and employers. The planned activities are aimed at the following target groups : - 60 students from three vocational schools that are partners in the project, ie 20 students from each school who will be directly involved in the training of innovative programs, - 6 teachers from three vocational schools that are partners in the project, ie two teachers from each school who tested will be an innovative tool to assess the skills and professional qualifications, an innovative method of teaching in a vocational school supported innovative multimedia technologies and ICT and innovative learning materials generic skills and horizontal , in particular related to entrepreneurship , ICT, multilingualism with elements of multimedia e-learning module and other, - Other community of students from all partner schools (ie, about 900 students), who will use the results developed after completion of the project , - Other community learned from all partner schools (ie, about 80 people) who will use the results developed after completion of the project , - Community entities and persons permanently cooperating with the partners of the project , who will benefit from the results of the completion of the project , - A community of people who take part in training sessions conducted by Perfect Project Ltd. , who will benefit from the results of the completion of the project , - A community of regional employers, as all activities undertaken in the project are created in the context of the process of adapting training to the national, regional and local economic development strategy. - Regional local authorities, mainly the authorities conducting the data schools who encouraged the benefits stemming from modernize education systems and the introduction of the quality of teaching, will be motivated to make greater efforts in the development of a modern system of education in the region in other locations. The aim of the project is to improve the quality and innovation in vocational education and training. The dissemination of the project results will play a vital role in achieving this goal in a European dimension. Applicant with partners carefully prepared strategy for dissemination to adequately match the intended actions and provide for adequate reach the target groups. The applicant with the partners plan to carry out a professional promotion results / products which will not be limited only to organize a conference summary Dissemination plan will be tailored to the specifics of each partner country and the resources of the partner institution. The project leader will encourage partners to actively participate in the dissemination campaigns, ranging as widely as possible, taking into account the budgetary possibilities of the project. Dissemination of the project will be a dynamic process, continuous, continued even after the completion of the project .
Project Leader: Zespół Szkół Ekonomicznych i Ogólnokształcących nr 6 w Łomży Project partners: Vilnius School of Technology, Business and Agriculture, Daugavpils Tirdzniecibas profesionala vidusskola, Business partner: Perfect Project Bialystok The main goal of the project – to modernize the educational system of the project partners through the preparation, testing and promotion of innovative teaching and learning methods and techniques in vocational education, using a modern tool for assessing skills and qualifications, introducing innovative teaching methods and techniques with the use of multimedia and ICT and the development of materials for vocational education, including professional foreign language and designing of training programs in which pupils from partner schools will participate. This objective was broken down into sub-objectives / outputs that were developed by the project partners. Result 1 - developed by the Project Leader: - an innovative tool for assessing skills and professional qualifications with the use of online tools and mobile technologies. Result 2 - developed by the school from Latvia – innovative teaching method in vocational school supported by innovative multimedia and ICT technologies, focused on teaching with the use of mobile technologies (d-learning and m-learning). Result 3 - developed by Lithuanian school – innovative materials for learning general and horizontal skills, especially for marketing, ICT, multilingualism with multimedia elements, eLearning module and other teaching methods available during the project implementation. Result 4 - developed by Perfect Project – an innovative program of three training courses to increase educational mobility and collaboration with employers, tailored to the needs of students and employers; the program has been developed with the use of the tool for assessing skills and qualifications, and with the use of innovative learning methods and materials developed by project partners. Result 5 - adapted to the needs of partner schools and employers and implemented by the members of the partnership (the schools from Poland, Lithuanian and Latvia) – Strategic system: EVALUATION OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS OF FUTURE WORKERS. Within the project, based on previous assumptions and diagnosis, innovative methods and techniques of teaching were prepared, tested, implemented with the use of the modern tool which is, adjusted to the needs of secondary school, the educational MOODLE platform, for assessment of skills and vocational qualifications, with the use of innovative methods and techniques of teaching exploiting multimedia technologies and ICT. The materials for teaching vocational subjects have been prepared, especially e-marketing (the effect of the activities of Lithuanian school) as well as the materials for learning Business English. Additionally, a system of training of professional skills has been created in the areas of ICT, business ethics and communication, that is, in the areas of “deficiency of skills and competences” stated on the basis of diagnosis which had been carried out among Polish, Latvian and Lithuanian entrepreneurs. In the stage of implementation, the system of training of professional skills and qualifications was tested by students and teachers from the cooperating schools. However, it should be highlighted that everyone interested in modern professional training, from all over the world, can use and take advantage of the training sessions developed in the project (all the materials are accessible in English). Project participants, that is students and teachers of cooperating schools, methodological advisers in teacher improvement centres, professional advisers in schools, institutions supporting educational process, local entrepreneurs and other social groups interested in modern education, will receive, apart from traditional method of teaching, the possibility to gain, enhance and consolidate knowledge and skills through mobile and distance learning, that is: • freedom to choose place, pace and time of learning, • steady access to learning materials, • diversity of material presentation, • access to selected source materials, • implementation to independent learning, • putting acquired knowledge and skills into practice, • contact with the teacher and other students, • development of language skills (speaking, listening, reading, writing), implementation to independence in the process of learning a foreign language, • sharing and exchanging knowledge between the participants of the courses, • efficient communication between the users. Additional advantages resulting from the project are as follows: • strengthening professional image of teachers – improving their competences, especially in ICT, • developing key and cross sectional skills, • increase of both national and international educational mobility, • reduction of early school leaving, • improving professional skills and competences.