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The transnational triangle of good practice - the exchange of ideas, practice and methods among Polish, German and Spanish partners.

2017-1-PL01-KA202-0386602017Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and trainingfinalized
Countries: PL|DE|ES · Grant: €139,225
Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemploymentRecognition, transparency, certificationEarly School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project summary

“The transnational triangle of good practice – the exchange of ideas, practice and methods among Polish, German and Spanish partners” is based on the same needs of schools from Poland and Germany, with the assumption of making use of experience during work with the youth of the Spanish partner. The major goal made by partners of this project is the recognition and the transparency of vocational education results. This aim is going to be achieved by increasing the need for obtaining certified qualifications among students. Students can be encouraged by the development of business partnership among ZSLiT, RBB and EME together with companies cooperating with the above mentioned institutions. The aim of ZSLiT is to have at least 80% of students who will show in the school year 2018/2019 such initiative attitudes that motivate to tenacious work in order to obtain certified qualifications. It will be acknowledged by the research-a test and an analysis of results of the external exams for vocational qualifications. These results should be placed within the limits of the average results of OKE. The RBB aims to have at least 80% of students who will obtain expected attitudes in the same school year. The EME organization will use its experience for organizing apprenticeships and training periods in companies which are to show the usefulness and the transparency of certified qualifications. What is more, they will help to overcome attitudes showing a long-term social exclusion that can be visible among people who have been unemployed for a long time. The project participants are all students who will attend our schools in the school years 2017-2019. During this period of time all students will take part in cyclic activities devoted to developing initiative attitudes that motivate to tenacious work in order to obtain certified qualifications. There will be lessons of leading vocational subjects that will be carried out minimum once a month with the use of the leading text method. The part of students will be involved in mobility activities, like the staff of each partner. These employees are also the project participants. The project activities are, among others: -the elaboration of curriculum by the employees taking part in activities connected with learning, teaching and trainings in each school. The curriculum has to contain detailed lesson plans of each lesson conducted by the leading text method. -the combined mobility of students and employees of each partner in order to reinforce professional competence of participants, both from sending and receiving organizations, through work in international groups, -the implementation of six professional projects with the use of eTwinning platform. The project results basically involve: -the accomplishment of aims mentioned above, as well as, among others, the increase of the amount of students passing their exams for vocational qualifications, which, hopefully, will be at least 70% of students who will attend our schools in the school year 2017-2019, -secondly, the improvement of skills of developing initiative attitudes that motivate to tenacious work in order to obtain certified qualifications with every employee who is directly involved in the exchange of good practice through taking part in the mobility of staff, -thirdly, an e-book which will be a guide to methods and tools of developing among students initiative attitudes that motivate to tenacious work in order to obtain certified qualifications as one of key competence (based on the Polish, German and Spanish cooperation), -furthermore, the amelioration of language skills as far as a foreign language is concerned, -the expansion of competence like empathy, openness, tolerance, communicativeness, the ability of cooperation in a team, learning from one another, learning by experience, the management of time, of the team, of resources, the project management through the aims of all important project participants. The influence of the project on the local level will be provided primarily by students participating in the project, who will really affect their surroundings thanks to acquiring or extending entrepreneurship competence. This influence will spread together with migrating the project participants for professional, educational or private purposes. The second group with a constant impact of the project on the local and expanding level are employees participating in the project who will shape initiative attitudes effectively in next generations of students and employees. Groups guarantee long-term benefits coming from the project. Furthermore, the long-term influence of the project can be visible on the domestic, European and even international level thanks to the publication of the e-book in two languages on Erasmus+ Platform. Because of an unlimited access to this publication each recipient will be able to use a ready programme or lessons plans, or only to be inspired and to develop their own solutions.

Final report summary

The transnational triangle of good practice – the exchange of ideas, practice and methods among Polish, German and Spanish partners” project was based on the needs of two schools from Poland and Germany, assuming the use of experience in working with the youth of a partner from Spain and addressed to all employees and students attending to partner facilities in the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 school years. The primary goal set by the partners of this project was the recognition and transparency of the effects of vocational training. During the entire duration of the project, 6 youth mobility during vocational training was carried out, 4 short personnel trainings were held, in which EME employees took part and supported the youth mobility process, 1 short training of teachers from ZSLiT and RBB in Spain and one combined training of ZSLiT and RBB teachers with EME employees in Germany. Teachers have developed class programs with detailed scenarios. They conducted lessons in vocational subjects using the guiding text method and their goal was to shape initiative attitudes motivating to persistent work for the acquisition of certified qualifications. The set design goal has been achieved. Within two years, as a result of implementing mobility in the entire ZSLiT and RBB community, the need to obtain certified qualifications increased. This was diagnosed by the analysis of surveys conducted among students of both institutions as well as a quantitative analysis of the passing of examinations for professional qualifications. EME, on the other hand, had additional experience in the same scope as to organizing apprenticeships and trainings for difficult and socially withdrawn unemployed students. The business partnership between ZSLiT, RBB and EME and entrepreneurs cooperating with the mentioned institutions, used in the course of implementing mobility, additionally made the project participants aware that their qualifications really help in the labor market. They make the employee have global opportunities. In ZSLiT in the school year 2018/2019, 100% of eligible youth took the professional exams, of which the pass rate was at 85% taking into account the total school result. At RBB's partner, 100% of those eligible took the exams and almost 90% of them passed the professional exam with a positive result. The third partner EME has implemented its experience to organize internships , thanks to which it overcomes attitudes presenting long-term social withdrawal occurring in long-term unemployed people and socially difficult youth, showing the usefulness and transparency of certified qualifications. The results assumed in the project were worked out and achieved. The data from the quantitative analysis are: increasing the number of people taking the qualification exam to 100% entitled, increase in the exam passing rate to 85% in ZSLiT and almost 90% in RBB. The teaching staff improved their skills in shaping initiative attitudes motivating to persistent work for the acquisition of certified qualifications, through participation in mobility and transfer of knowledge on training pedagogical councils and among subject teams. Qualitative analysis shows that all relevant project stakeholders have improved their language skills in the use of a foreign language, the development of competences such as empathy, openness, tolerance, communication skills, ability to cooperate in a group, learning from each other, learning through experience, time management, team, resources, and project management by goals. The project achieved its objectives and developed results such as project logo, project management presentation and project evaluation report. However, some of the targets were not achieved. It was a publication of an e-book - a guide to methods and tools for shaping initiative attitudes among students on the Erasmus+ results platform (the e-book is at the development stage) and a publication of 6 professional projects on the eTwinning platform. The last year of the project was marked by a crisis situation. With the help of the project supervisor from NA, solutions to the problem were worked out and all the proposed actions were implemented. Through promotion in Land Office Krosno Odrzańskie, Stralsund, local press, website, project fun page, direct promotion in Spain and during plenary meetings with parents, the project impact was created at European level. Students through participation in and benefits of mobility have a real impact on their surroundings and transfer them to other nationalities by migrating project participants for professional, educational or private purposes. Employees effectively shape initiative attitudes in these and subsequent generations of students and employees. Due to the lack of restrictions on internet access, because the project is visible at national, European and even international level, as evidenced.

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