The change and dynamic in the public life in the 21st century imposes a rapid adaptation of the educational sphere. The schools from Bulgaria, Latvia, Cyprus, Italy, Greece and Spain decided to create this project to give opportunity to work in international environment through collaboration, cooperation and exchange of good practices. The main goal over the years - preserving the high quality of pedagogical services provided - is still valid today when leadership and pedagogical staff in all partner schools strive to keep up-to-date by participation in international programs and projects and adapt the curricula in line with the students’ needs and the mission to bring an innovative spirit. The concrete objectives that the current project seeks to achieve: 1. To explain the need and use of any kind of ICT platforms and resources at a higher level and make much deliberate use of the technologies in the classroom. 2. The second objective of the project is to develop a wide range of competences and soft skills for life in the 21st century with a special focus on the development of social-emotional skills. 3.The inclusion of pupils in online projects in eTwinning is the third goal of our project. It will incorporate this type of technology and the opportunities offered by the online environment - participation in videoconferencing, sharing of digital resources between teachers and materials between students. . 4. The fourth objective relates to the need to improve the language skills of pupils and teachers in the context of communicational skills in a multicultural environment. 5. The fifth objective is to develop leadership skills in both teachers and management, and in the pupils as future active citizens. These objectives are fully linked to the priorities we have selected. In the project will take part about 650 students, more than 50 teachers and school staff from 6 schools from Bulgaria, Latvia, Cyprus, Italy, Greece and Spain. In the local level in the project will take part parents, another teachers or staff and local authorities. The main activities we will organize in two lines: 1.International meetings: - Learning/Teaching/Training activities for teacher’s exchange (methodology: we will offer lessons observations, professional discussions, exchange teachers materials, workshops, teamwork; presentation about educational systems and main innovative concepts in the host country) - Create and share professional materials as a result of teacher’s innovative work. 2. International cooperation between students and teachers in a different countries: - Activities using online platforms – etwinning, LearningApps, Kahoot, Padlet and est. - International teamwork for students – create stories together; organize video conference to meet each other and to exchange their work - Local activities – creating eight final products as a result of Project-Based Learning and share them between partners; Expected results: 1. There will be 6 LTT activities with 50 teachers and staff management. There will be 36 lessons on the topic of the project, professional discussions will take place after each lesson, the participants will be acquainted with a number of other characteristics of the educational systems in the host countries; 2. Pedagogical materials - more than 30 innovative lesson's plans - will be created as a printed/paper common book. 3. An eTwinning project will be set up and students from the age of 7 to 10 will have used the platform to share interesting products from their work and to communicate in international team. 4. A children's book with creative stories will be printed - a result of team work between the partners. 5. As a result of the use of project-based training as a method, various end products will be realized 6. A project website will be developed, where information on the progress of the project activities will be available This current project will contribute to the long-term development of participating schools in the following directions: - The school will have experience of working in a multicultural environment; - The degree of tolerance of teachers, students, leadership and parents towards other cultures and differences will be increased; - The teamwork will be improved, both among the teachers and the students themselves; - The participants' cultural outlook will be expanded; - The language skills of students and teachers will be improved. The methods and approaches, to which the LTT participants will be introduced, will continue to be used in the regular school practice. The participants will enrich their professional experience with the project topics - ICT in the room, competence development and soft exercises among students from 7 to 10 years of age. In conclusion all partner schools believe that we will create the best environment to develop the student’s and teacher's competences for the better future.
The change and dynamic in the public life in the 21st century imposes a rapid adaptation of the educational sphere. The schools from Bulgaria, Latvia, Cyprus, Italy, Greece and Spain decided to create this project to give opportunity to work in international environment through collaboration, cooperation and exchange of good practices. The main goal over the years - preserving the high quality of pedagogical services provided - is still valid today when leadership and pedagogical staff in all partner schools strive to keep up-to-date by participation in international programs and projects and adapt the curricula in line with the students’ needs and the mission to bring an innovative spirit. The concrete objectives that the current project has sought to achieve: 1. To explain the need and use of any kind of ICT platforms and resources at a higher level and make much deliberate use of the technologies in the classroom. 2. To develop a wide range of competences and soft skills for life in the 21st century with a special focus on the development of social-emotional skills. 3.The inclusion of pupils in online projects in eTwinning is the third goal of our project. It will incorporate this type of technology and the opportunities offered by the online environment - participation in videoconferencing, sharing of digital resources between teachers and materials between students. . 4. To improve the language skills of pupils and teachers in the context of communicational skills in a multicultural environment. 5. To develop leadership skills in both teachers and management, and in the pupils as future active citizens. These objectives are fully linked to the priorities we have selected. In the project about 650 students have taken part, more than 50 teachers and school staff from 6 schools from Bulgaria, Latvia, Cyprus, Italy, Greece and Spain. On local level parents, other teachers or staff and local authorities have also taken part in the project. We have organized the main activities in two lines: 1.International meetings: - Learning/Teaching/Training activities for teachers' exchange (methodology: we have offered lessons observations, professional discussions, have exchanged teachers' materials, have held workshops, have done teamwork; presentations about the educational systems and the main innovative concepts of the host country) - We have created and shared professional materials as a result of the teachers' innovative work. 2. International cooperation between the students and teachers from the different countries: - In these activities we have used the online platforms – etwinning, LearningApps, Kahoot, Padlet, etc. - International teamwork for students – the students have created stories together and we have organized video conferences to meet each other and to exchange their work - Local activities – we have created eight final products as a result of Project-Based Learning and shared them between partners; Achieved results: 1. There have been 6 LTT activities with 50 teachers and staff management. There have been 36 lessons on the topic of the project, professional discussions have taken place after each lesson, the participants have been acquainted with the characteristics of the educational systems of the host countries; 2. Pedagogical materials - more than 30 innovative lesson plans have been prepared and presented as a printed book. 3. An eTwinning project have been set up and students from the age of 7 to 10 have used the platform to share interesting products from their work and to communicate in an international team 4. A children's book with creative stories has been printed - the result of the team work between the partners 5. As a result of the use of project-based training as a method, various end products have been realized 6. A project website has been developed, where information about the progress of the project activities is available The current project has contributed to the long-term development of the participating schools in the following directions: - The school has gained experience of working in a multicultural environment - The degree of tolerance of teachers, students, leadership and parents towards other cultures and differences has been increased - The teamwork has been improved, both among the teachers and the students themselves - The participants' cultural outlook has been expanded - The language skills of students and teachers have been improved. The methods and approaches, to which the LTT participants have been introduced, will continue to be used in the regular school practice. The participants have enriched their professional experience with the project topics - ICT in the room, competence development and soft exercises among students from 7 to 12 years of age. In conclusion, all partner schools believe that we have created the best environment to develop the students' and teachers' competences for the better future.