Rapid changes in science and technology refer the countries in EU,to cooperate with other countries in economic, political, cultural issues as well as education.EU place a particular importance to the education regulation according to their basis of each countries of education system.It is important to provide awareness of being EU citizen,educate both teachers and students,and make all the citizens take part in actively in all research and development fields.Therefore, the opportunities to provide cultural interaction and cooperation are the basis of "Hi!gh SCHOOL" for sustainability and making it permanent.What differs "Hi!gh SCHOOL" from other projects is that it presents a holistic approach to Early School Leaving(ESL).It is the basis of the Project to identify the stages of ESL,and provide opportunities to students have positive attitudes towards school, make school life more meaningful for students.The vision of "Hi!gh SCHOOL" Project is to contribute the ‘Europe 2020 targets’ to reduce ESL rates from 14% to below 10%,and the mission of the project is provide qualifies individuals to the community.In the scope of the project,various affects are taken into consideration in terms ofcause and effect relation.Innovative action plans are formulated to prevent ESL problems. At the heart of the activity plans there are family,students,teacher and school and social environment.Therefore education process will be more qualified and productive by providing:-Career Planning and Monitoring Unit ,-Parents School,-The Coach Model,-Social Activities Courses,-Early Alert System,-School Adaptation Seminars, -Peer Learning Programme-The Intellectual output,"The RED book",In the implementation process and at the end of Project, the best features of "Hi!gh SCHOOL" Project are that its outcomes will be permanent and its sustainability without requiring any extra budget after the project is over. Thanks to this project, students will be more motivated in learning and more willing to take part in learning/teaching process actively. They will be aware of being EU citizen by cooperating and communicating with other students from different countries. With the LTT activities and contests, which will be carried out, it will be possible for students to have new points of views and be more hopeful about their futures, to cooperate with people with different cultures, to form teams, to express themselves. Thus, it will provide students to have hopeful future plans.Parents who are among the target groups will be more well-informed thanks to the training they will participate. Therefore they will be stronger to deal with problems they face with in real life. The communication among family members will be more effective. As all family structures from different cultures are taken into consideration while planning the trainings, all the families from different cultures will benefit from the trainings efficiently.Teachers will learn about innovative teaching methods in LTT activities, thus they can contribute to more qualified learning/teaching situations. While deciding on the partner countries, it is important to choose countries which are more suitable to exchange good practices. All the countries will have equal roles in project to play in the project. The profiles of the participants from partner countries:Profile of Participants:a- Learning teaching Activities: 50 teachers, 60 students, 20 accompanying personsb-Transnational Meeting: 30 staff “The RED book",which is the intellectual output of the Project, will be published with the cooperation of all the participants. There will be solutions and suggestions for the ones who face with ESL risks. The dissemination will be more effective thanks to “The RED book” and the sustainability of the Project will be ensured. Thanks to 'The RED book' the project will be permanent. The cooperation with UNICEF is another important aspect of the project. This cooperation will be in two processes. "The RED book" will be available on www.higreathomeschool.eu for free and without requiring to be a member of the site, and also it will be bought after paying 10 Euros to the UNICEF accounts on the webpage. Then the book will be sent by cargo. Therefore it will contribute the mission of UNICEF to save and defend the children and their rights around the world. Another advantage of the cooperation with UNICEF is that the Project posters will be sent to UNICEF offices around the world the Project management team will decide on the number of the posters and the UNICEF offices. Thus the Project will be known in a wide area and reach wide auidience will take advantage of it.
“Hi! great home SCHOOL” project has been thought to contribute to the EU’s aim of harmonizing the national education systems of member countries rather than integrating them. The sharpest point that distinguishes “Hi! great home SCHOOL” project from the others that have been carries out until now to prevent Early School Leaving(ESL) is that it has come up with an holistic approach.With this project,it has been enabled to discover the ways of keeping students in the school by perceiving the steps that leads students to leave the school early and to make the school and the experiences in the school more meaningful. In direction with Europe 2020 targets,which is also the vision of ‘Hi! great home SCHOOL’ project,it has contributed to reducing the 14% ESL rate to 10%.In line with the project’s mission,which is enabling the students to take their place in the society as qualified individuals,the students have been prevented from breaking away from the school life and leaving the school. Within the scope of the project,the elements that bring about the ESL have been tackled within cause and effect relation.With “Hi! great home SCHOOL” project, structural reforms and action plans have been put into practice in order to eliminate the reasons that causes ESL.Families,children, teachers,school and social environment have taken their place in the heart of action plans practiced in this project in order to prevent ESL.Within this context,the systems carried out throughout the project such as; -Career Planning and Monitoring Unit -Coach Model -The RED book -Social Activity Courses -Early Alert System -School Adaptation Seminars -Peer Learning Program will preserve its existence in project partner schools even if the project ends.There is no need for additional funding to sustain these activities because it will be enough if the schools’ managements want to carry on these practices.Sustaining these activities, despite the fact that the project has ended,will make students’ school lives more joyful and create acschool atmosphere where there are more motivated students with higher levels of readiness to classes.Thanks to the cooperation and collaboration of the students from six different countries in the project,the sense of being EU citizen has deepened,an awareness has been created about the cultural differences.The skills of the students have developed such as cooperating with different cultures,being a team,expressing themselves etc. by means of the contests and LTT activities carried out.Thus,the students have been given the opportunity of creating new horizons for a future full of hope.With the trainings the parents had,who are among the target groups activities carried out, the fragility of them to the possible problems they may face in life has been eliminated to a large extent.The communication between the family members have taken on a healthier view.The fact that these trainings have been prepared by taking into consideration the family concepts in different cultures has provided the maximum benefit to all the parents in the participating countries’ schools.Perception of a stronger school has been supported by means of the LTT activities in which teachers have learned different teaching methods. Profile of the participants in the project mobilities; -Learning Teaching Training activities;48 teachers,60 students and 20 accompanying people -In transnational project management meetings;31 staff The profiles of the participant schools in the “Hi! great home SCHOOL” project were identified in two categories:the schools with early school leaving problems and the schools where good practices could be exchanged.The exchange of good practices has been realized in a way that was very versatile.The most striking part of the project to prevent the risk of early school leaving was The RED book.The book is the intellectual output of the project and has emerged with the cooperation of all participating schools.Thanks to the book,which is a common product of six different cultures,solutions are offered for individuals who will encounter the risk of ESL.The book was published in English,Turkish,Spanish,Italian,Polish,Lithuanian and Portuguese languages and this was the most crucial part of the dissemination activities.Although the project “Hi! great home SCHOOL” has been finished,the project will continue to exist due to the presence of The RED book.Another important element is that those who want to reach the book itself will be able to reach the book by donating UNICEF. The book will be sent to the donors who donated 10 euro to the relevant account numbers of UNICEF,which are on the project website and on the front cover of the book.The beneficiaries will have access to the e-book format of the book without paying a fee and without requiring membership at the project website www.higreathomeschool.eu.Therefore,UNICEF's mission,which is to protect all children and stand for their rights all over the world,will be supported.