The goals of this exchange opportunity are not only to deepen linguistic competence, but also to promote human understanding in mutual tolerance and respect. Intercultural competence, which is gaining in importance against the backdrop of globalisation and internationalisation, is also taught at the school, for which it has been certified as a "European School" by the Lower Saxony State School Authority. Internships abroad are carried out within the framework of EU projects. All students, trainers as well as teachers are given opportunities to acquire additional vocational skills and contribute to the internationalisation of vocational education and training. Internationalisation in VET shows two challenges. On the one hand, the expansion of subject teaching to include the international perspective, through an interweaving of international contacts and the school curriculum in terms of content. The other is to promote the mobility of all participants in the ESS school community. In the implementation of the project - due to the pandemic - the focus shifted more to the implementation of the project as blended/digital mobility.
All students have access to European student activities. This is true for the students who are aiming for the general higher education entrance qualification as well as for the students who are just starting their professional orientation and are working on their competences to become trainable. The opportunity to work abroad in Europe is a challenge for young people to gain qualifications in various professional fields and, if they accept and meet this challenge, it will make them sought-after employees in the future labour market. in demand on the future labour market. Participants acquire new practical skills, broaden their horizons, but also gain a better understanding of relationships and interdependence in today's world. To get to know different training contents and training guidelines and the related practical training, to exchange and deepen theoretical as well as practical competences. Flexibility, the ability to work in a team and and independence as basic ideas of the ESS. Overall, the ESS promotes the acquisition of international professional competence, social and intercultural competences as well as language skills. thus, the ESS achieves a measurable increase in student numbers and the learning groups show a higher motivation.