The objectives that we specified in the project were designed to unify educational successes through strong management and leadership and were based on the needs that resulted from the SWOT, which was carried out in the phase prior to the application. They are as follows: 1. To update and improve the management and leadership skills of the school management teams that make up the consortium. 2. To manage human resources by promoting teamwork, participation, motivation, involvement and commitment to a common goal. 3. To analyze different techniques of collaborative work, negotiation, dynamization and conflict resolution that will favour the promotion of group work among students. 4. To learn different techniques of emotional management and means of communication that make possible an effective interaction. 5. To improve the foreign language competence of the members of the consortium.
The project “Innovative Leadership Skills to Progress Together in Europe” was applied for as an opportunity for the improvement of the school that is within the scope of action of the Teacher Training and Resources Centre of Pontevedra. By virtue of the characteristics of the work of the CFR's advisory staff and given the close relationship and continuous intervention in the schools, we have detailed and updated information on their problems, methodology, work dynamics, weaknesses and strengths. From the CFR's perspective, the main objective of the advisory staff is to accompany schools in all areas of training and to seek all possible support for the improvement of the quality in schools, which will always ends in improving the academic results of students. The aim of this project was for school management teams to learn about other models of management, leadership, curriculum documentation and the relationship between family and school, among many others. In short, how school life develops in other cultural environments. It was also intended that once they had benefited from their experiences, participants would share all this knowledge and experience with their school colleagues, with other management teams and subsequently, with other schools as trainers themselves. Once the consortium was constituted, made up of four schools with a long history of participation in lifelong learning and innovation, we proceeded to carry out a detailed analysis of our real needs at that time and to specify the objectives we intended to achieve. This vision of an internationalization of training led to a path towards improvement that is still, to this day, in progress.