Improvement of the following priority areas: further development of the pedagogical approach, initiation and establishment of cooperation with institutions in Europe that practise the co-constructive approach. Activities addressed the following identified needs, goals and development areas of the consortium partners: - Quality development: improving teaching and learning: Building, deepening and expanding pedagogical knowledge and competences - Staff development: broadening staff horizons - Offer unique professional development experiences for expert counsellors in the preschool sector - Strengthen and further develop the profile of Kolping Kitas and Kolping Bildung Nordwürttemberg gGmbH in the field of early childhood education - Strengthen relationships with the surrounding community, establish cooperation with partners in Europe, initiate strategic initiate strategic partnerships - Strengthening, deepening and expanding cooperation in the KBW: Department of International Affairs, Kolping-Kita gGmbH and Kolping Bildung Nordwürttemberg gGmbH - Improving the language competence of all staff involved through the use of foreign language skills - Promotion of intercultural awareness of all participants
Kolping-Bildung Nordwürttemberg gGmbH works closely with Kolping Kita and Montessori Kinderhaus in the field of early childhood education. All three consortium partners have in-depth knowledge and extensive experience in reform pedagogical approaches to early childhood education. The cooperation should be further expanded. KBW’s own educational concept and pedagogy is the basis for the work in early childhood education. The co-constructive approach in early childhood education plays a central role. Goals of European mobility and cooperation: - Quality development: further development of the co-constructive approach in early childhood education through impulses from other European countries - Staff development: professional development and promotion of staff members - Strengthening and further development of the co-constructive approach in early childhood education in the educational offers of KBW (Kolping Bildungswerk e.V.) - Strengthening, deepening and expanding cooperation with partners in Europe - Personnel marketing: increasing the attractiveness of Kolping Bildung Nordwürttemberg gGmbH and the Kolping Kitas as employers - Creation of synergies through cooperation on content in the KBW