Plus 4 should generate new European projects for Saxony's schools and strengthen international cooperation, at the end of which new schools will be recruited for Erasmus+ projects in Saxony as well as international partners for joint projects. To this end, the consortium institutions send their teachers to European partner countries for in-service training courses, job shadowing. The State Office for Schools and Education (LaSuB), as consortium leader, facilitates the first steps in the European education area and enables the initiation of international projects. Schools without international experience should be encouraged to look around the European education area. Thoughtful public relations work raises awareness of the importance of European cooperation in education among Saxon educational institutions. This is evidenced by the newly established Lasub website: www.plusvier-sachsen.de Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
The application for the project "Plus 4" was made with the aim that Saxon teachers and employees of the State Office for Schools and Education should undergo further training, strengthen their professional and foreign language and intercultural competences. They should return to their schools motivated and with positive experiences of Europe and share them with their pupils and the teaching staff. The schools should realise their interest in Europe and in international cooperation through mobilities, in-service training courses/observations/job shadowing. Professional exchanges between teachers from different countries should be encouraged in order to improve the quality of pedagogical work and to give schools an international orientation. The State Office for Schools should strengthen its relations with institutions in other European countries. The four areas of professional competence, integration/inclusion/dealing with heterogeneity, foreign language/intercultural competence and teacher health should be the focal points of the mobilities in terms of content.