Project School of equal chances establishes the cooperation between Technical High School in Słupsk and Offene Schule Köln in Koln for the exchange of good internship within the scope of an integrating education. Direct claimants of the project will be teachers and specialists who work with students of special educational needs and students attending integration classes. Participants of the project are going to be: 20 Polish teachers, 8 German and 20 students (including 5 students with normal capabilities and 5 handicapped from each country). There will be 2 partners responsible for organization of the aims: The Technical High School in Słupsk – the applicant and Offene Schule Köln – the partnership organization. The project will last 13 months (1.11.2016-31.11.2017). The main objective of the project is to increase the efficiency and the attractiveness of the integrated education through the experience interchange, know-how as well as supporting teachers in dealing with complex character of the school’s environment and adapting new teaching tools and methods.Fulfilling the project is the response for the needs expressed by Polish and German teachers. It is also compliant with the priorities of the second edition of the programme Erasmus +. The aim of the project is going to be achieved by the organisation of various forms of teachers’ refinement. Those going to include the following workshops : The basis of e-Twinning, The Project method in integrated education, Project work within vocational training and videoconference Model of inclusive education in Poland and Germany. Apart from that two short students exchange will take place to give Polish and German teachers the opportunity for the direct cooperation on the educational project method. During the exchanges two environmental projects will be carried out: in Slupsk (IV 2017) project Natural and regained resources, in Koloni (IX 2017) Healthy food – from production to consumption The exchange of teachers’ experiences and solutions within integrated education will be possible through e-Twinning platform. Following this, people who are going to be directly involved in project work will become multipliers in their school and local environment. Methods and forms of work ( i.e. educational project, the same as co-opted and developed teaching materials) applied and used during the fulfillment of the Project „ School of equal chances” are going to be introduced to educational forms of work in each school on a daily basis so it will make the teaching and learning process more attractive. Additionally Offense School Koln and other schools in North Rhine – Westphalia will take advantage of the cooperation with Technical School in Slupsk for the use of the development of integrative vocational educational system. Project „ School of equal chances” assumes the increase upon the quality of integrative education through the fulfillment of aims focused on students i.e.: decreasing disproportions between students with normal capabilities and handicapped ones, the development of society and cultural skills, the development of language and IT skills, stimulation due to the development of personal and cognitive spheres, the increase in the extent of life experience. The aims of the project are going to be achieved by: participation in the workshops “ E-Twinning without secrets”, making friends online with the peers from the partnership school, taking part in film workshops and making a film about the project group, and also workshops upon Polish and German reality, lessons about UE and ecology but mostly due to students’ exchanges The authors of the project assume that the completion of these tasks will make it possible to achieve the following goals:- the increase of the teachers’ competencies including working with the project method- they will gain new professional skills on working in integrated classes and prepare materials and educational aids (which they will be able to use also after the project).- broadening teachers’ educational horizons - the increase of the integration between handicapped students- the increase in students’ foreign language skills and society competences as well as teachers’ and students’ multicultural competences,- the increase of students’ personal sphere taking into consideration the followings ; responsibility, self-reliance, self-presentation, life pretentions,- the increase of students’ cognitive sphere, the increase of knowledge and ecological , European and reality awareness,- the increase of life experience and students’ practical skills,- the increase of handicapped student’s school performance and results,-the implementation of the project will also mean the increased attractiveness and prestige in the local community, and- popularisation of the society embodiment.
Project “School of equal chances” (016-1-PL01-KA219-026116 ) was co-financed within the European Union project Erasmus+, Sector: School Education, Action 2: Strategic partnership – schools co-operation. Co-financing amounted 29 950,00 euro. The Project was carried out for 13 months - from 1.11.2016 to 30.11.2017. In the Project the following institutions took part: ZST In Slupsk – technical secondary and vocational school – as an applicant and OSK Offene Schule Köln gGmbH (OSK) – comprehensive secondary school and vocational school – as a partnership organization. The main objective of the project was co-operation of both schools in aid for good practices interchange in integrated education sphere, in particular applying a project method in integrated groups. The aim of the project was to increase the efficiency and the attractiveness of the integrated education; to develop disabled students’ social, intercultural, linguistic and IT skills; to enhance teachers’ professional knowledge who work in integrative classes and enrich their workshops by new methods and teaching tools. The targets groups: - 20 teachers from ZST and 8 from OSK who master qualifications to work in integrated classes, - 10 students from ZST and 10 from OSK who attend above mentioned classes. In each of the group there were 5 students with special educational needs. Within the scope of the project the following actions were carried out: 1.two international project meetings, aimed to plan and coordinate projects’ actions by both partners 2. various forms of teachers’ refinement: IT workshops on e-Twining, methodological on the project method in integrated education and videoconference on inclusive education model in partnership country. 3. classes on merits-related, cultural and pedagogical preparations: IT workshops, film workshops, touring and stress prevention, interpersonal and output training as well as lessons and workshops on recycling and healthy eating. 4. two short-term students’ exchanges: - exchange in Slupsk (24.04.-29.04.2017r.) was devoted to accomplish educational project "Natural and regained resources”. The final effect of this Exchange happening. The participants presented their works during it – eco-people mock-ups (cut out from MDF boards and plastered with natural sources and wastes) and banners with slogans promoting the project’s idea - exchange in Kolonia (25.09.-30.09.2017r.) was devoted to accomplish educational project "Healthy food – from production to consumption”. Its final result was a treat prepared by the participants which was accompanied by the presentation of “Eco-cook book” also made by them. Execution of the project “School of equal chances” has brought the following „soft” results: 1. For the teachers: -the increase of teachers' knowledge connected with working in mixed-abilities groups and development of teachers' abilities of recordkeeping and project evaluation of such kind of groups. -the increase of experience connected with international cooperation and conducting physical mobilities -fortifying the professional workshop : gaining new didactic and methodical solutions - activation and widening of their educational horizon - mastered IT and language skills as well as interpersonal and cross-cultural competence 2. For the students: - development of IT, media and language skills and their crucial personal as well as social and cultural competence -development of capability, emotional and cognitive sphere, increase of ecological and health-promoting awareness -activation of handicapped students, increase of their life experience and self-esteem "Hard" results of the project -project work of students created during local activities and exchanges -films made by the participants -educational set " The school of equal chances" containing lesson and workshop scenarios as well as the description of the projects: " Healthy food- form production to consumption", "Natural and regained resources". - packet of didactic help gained from the partner school The project impact on participants' organisations and other target groups: -better work quality of participating schools and their promotion in the local surroundings -effectiveness and attractiveness of integrated education -activation of local and school society in favour of ecological education and ecology Long-term benefits: -gaining better quality of integrative training by implementation of the educational project as a permanent element of including education in ZST and implementation of impulses to development of integrative vocational class by OSK. - improvement of educational achievements of handicapped students and their better start into future professional life. -spreading the idea of social including, fighting against discrimination and segregation -promotion of Erasmus+ program on the local and European level