The main objective is to continue strengthening our European dimension: we want to continue developing European awareness throughout our educational community, so that students, teachers and families are participants in this internationalization process and benefit from its advantages. Another objective in relation to this European dimension is the improvement in the knowledge of foreign languages of our students and teachers. Languages facilitate access to knowledge of other countries and cultures. This knowledge of languages is also linked to the PLC (Centre Linguistic Project), a global project to improve competence in linguistic communication in which teachers from different areas and subjects participate and which has been implemented for 6 years in our center .We also want to be able to share teaching experiences with other teachers from other countries and expand the network of contacts with European organizations, companies and actors (this will allow our students to carry out long- and short-term exchanges and even internships in other countries). Participation in European programs means that teachers benefit from an enriching experience that they pass on to colleagues and students.
Our school has a long history of participating in Erasmus projects at all levels. The IES Hermanos Machado is a local and provincial benchmark in the internationalization process. Our center is defined and identified by the commitment to incorporate the international dimension in the different educational stages. Internationalization helps us improve the quality of the teaching-learning process and inspires us permanently in the search for excellence and an inclusive educational practice. The teacher training projects are fundamental for the IES Hermanos Machado because through these trainings, aligned with the Educational Project of the Center, we can improve the linguistic competence of the students, the implementation of new educational methodologies and the emotional attention towards our students. The main objectives of the educational project of the IES Hermanos Machado are: bilingualism and development of linguistic competence, internationalization, methodological innovation that allow students developing their skills and quality and educational excellence. Our teachers are continuously training to respond to educational needs