GRITFIS “DIVIDED WE FALL, TOGETHER WE STAND. IMPROVING STRATEGIES IN EUROPEAN SCHOOLS AND TEACHER TRAINING CENTRES TO PREVENT BULLYING AND DISCRIMINATION ACROSS EUROPE” is the name of the project which main aim is prevention of bullying and ethnic, religious and economical related exclusión in the field of Education in Europe. The applying organization is Centro de Profesorado in Málaga (Andalusia, Spain) The other associate organizations are also in Spain, as well as in Greece, Italy and Finland.The direct number of participants is 70, being the estimated indirect participants 3500. The direct participants fall under two basic categories: in-service teacher training consultants and teachers. Considering the magnitude of the Project, highly- qualified professionals will be involved in the different aspects of management, from financing and ICT to material resources, event organization, impact assessment and diffusion of information and products.In order to achieve its goal, the Project is designed as a bi-annual event comprising four trans-national meetings where the agenda will be centered on the monitoring and assessment of the Project itself in accordance to the devised chronological development .Four mobilities are planned as well in order to share, at a first stage, good practice in teacher training and, subsequently ,good practice at schools for the prevention and addressing of bullying and exclusion. For the exchange of good practice in teacher training, the role of the Italian organization will be unvaluable given its experience in teacher- training subjects such as burnt-out prevention, emotional intelligence, effective management of information inside and outside the classroom, motivation and teamwork, all of them instruments that contribute to prevention of bullying and exclusion. The Spanish Teacher Training Centre provides, on its side, experience in the implementation of good teaching practice in a school context (work groups and on-site training) These two organizations will combine their work-force in order to provide training tools to the participating teachers, regarding either generic or more specific aspects that will be transferred to the different schools.As for the exchange of good teaching practice, each country and organization/school will facilitate access to teachers and consultants to the most successful and relevant experiences (language acquistion for immigrants and minorities; mediation programs; cyber-bullying prevention; recognised coexistence programs; bullying prevention through KIVA and Arkovas lessons at Espoo (Finland); etchnic and religious minorities integration and immigrant support through welcome classroooms in Volos (Greece) and the applying of mindfulness as well as the PROA accompaniment programs in Motril (Spain).Relevant good practice will be implemented at schools, where an assessment of their impact will be carried out, collecting data and information before, during and after the realization of the mentioned practice.Training experiences will be linked to multiplying events for teachers, students and their families; the purpose and activities of the Erasmus+ funded project will be disseminated and opportunities will be created for the sharing of testimony by victims, Law Enforcement institutions, NGOs and other education professionals involved in this labour. As part of these events, activities will be organized where teachers and families will also be able to share either personally or on-line. At the same time, students will participate through skill-based activities that will target art and language competency (interaction with students from other schools through compilation of testimony in the working language; contests and exhibitions)To assess the project, a quality-and-quantity-based system of values, publicly available, will be utilized.All products (target centered courses, lessons, field studies, presentations, surveys, forms, leaflets and brochures, etc.) will be published under the Creative Commons License. They will be disseminated through vartious channels (e-Twinning, project website, school websites, social networks)After completion of the project, patnering organizations will remain in touch through the exchange of the impact results achieved by the different products, as well as by participating in other difussion/training events (conferences, specialized bibliography, etc.)
The nucleus of members of the association was formed spontaneously during a course held in Florence for teachers. The theme emerged after analysing the needs detected in the educational contexts represented, so a KA2 project proposal rose up focused on the prevention and reduction of harassment and discrimination, entitled: GRITFIS "DIVIDED WE FALL, TOGETHER WE STAND. IMPROVING STRATEGIES IN EUROPEAN SCHOOLS AND TEACHER TRAINING CENTERS TO PREVENT BULLYING AND DISCRIMINATION ACROSS EUROPE". It was based in the exchange of good practices among the participating countries (Spain, Finland, Greece and Italy). The fundamental objective was the establishment of common mechanisms of detection, assistance and reduction of "bullying" and other types of discrimination due to ethnic, religious or economic causes in the schools involved, through good practices and contextualized implementation (knowledge and experience BBPP "in situ", with timing and coordination spaces for qualitative and quantitative assessment analysis according to educational contexts). The roles assumed have been: - Teacher Training Centre of Málaga: Project coordinator, stimulating data collection and analysis strategies, with subsequent dissemination and planning of training activities (added value: possibility of exchanging good practices and training actions). Distributor of funds, control tasks and products. - IES Francisco Javier de Burgos: Bilingual centre very interested in the use of integration strategies and prevention of bullying and exclusion, focusing on activities about "Mindfulness", reduction of absenteeism and development of emotional intelligence. They have developed Mindfulness activities. - IES Huelin: They have an internationalization commission that focuses on European awareness, promoting visualization strategies and visual thinking to deal with gender-based violence and the bilingual program, among others. In addition to: data analysis, development of own detection and bullying prevention tools (App), audiovisual product development. - IES Politécnico Jesús Marín: They develop the coexistence within the framework of "Space School of Peace". They are good in management of Erasmus + projects and the documentation of the project with videos stands out. - IES Salvador Rueda: Centre with experience in European programs and peer mediation focused on highly effective measures and tools in the prevention of harassment and discrimination in the school environment. - Tähtiniityn koulu: Centre with a large number of immigrant students, so they seek a quality education that enables them to develop life skills. As a purpose, there is the promotion of autonomy and self-esteem, as well as collaboration between students-teachers (Kiva and Arvokas). - Postipuun koulu: School with general education, special and specific classes of preparation for students who do not speak the Finnish language (immigrants and refugees), so they give great relevance to tolerance and acceptance of diversity (Kiva and Arvokas). - 2nd Dimotiko Sxolio Mileon-Kalon Neron Magnesia: Treat minorities and implement "antibullying" programs, with adequate integration and without trauma for the immigrant population in the school community, the acquisition of the Greek language and the establishment of ties between families and School. - Europass: Trainers with extensive experience in organizing courses for teachers (national and international), focused on school integration, mediation and conflict resolution, among others. In the four mobilities and in the transnational meetings, the result has been very positive because of the great motivation of everyone in order to participate in this project and the opportunity to improve school coexistence, as well as the professional profile of the teachers involved. The good practices observed have been experienced and implemented in the educational context through teacher training, directly and indirectly, including these activities not only carried out in the classroom, but also in the development of other specific competency dissemination with students and their families. As results: INTANGIBLE: the experience and knowledge acquired by participants in direct or indirect way, during the realization of the project (increased feeling of European citizenship, acquisition of mechanisms to fight against bullying and discrimination, improvement of coexistence in educational centres , improvement of the professional competences of teachers / trainers and linguistics). TANGIBLES: creation of training itineraries on prevention of bullying and mediation (training centres), inclusion in the daily planning of dynamics or strategies that favor integration and reduce exclusion and bullying (schools), dissemination materials (all) and reports on mobilities / dissemination / supports / impact / analysis of indicators / strengths / sustainability (mainly, the coordinating centre).