In this project, clearly connected with the previous ones, we set ourselves 4 clear objectives: 1.To continue observing the dynamics of other adult education centers in other European countries; 2.To continue our training in ICT and innovative methodologies; 3. To improve our proficiency in English; 4.To share our cultural heritage. ICT training and the PBL methodology have been the axis of the project. We wanted our students, with their different types of intelligence, to be taken into account and valued for the gift that each one has. We wanted to learn to work collaboratively. Digital competence has improved substantially both among teachers, who already use different apps and platforms on a daily basis, and among students, some of whom did not know how to send an e-mail at the beginning of the course and have ended up using Padlet or Pixton. We also wished that some teachers whose competence in English was very low were trained by taking different courses, and one of them, the headmistress of the school, has achieved an A2 at the Official School of Languages. We also wanted to create a network with different European colleagues contributing to the internationalization of the our school..
CEA Mar Menor is an adult education center or second chance center located in Torre Pacheco, although we cover 3 other municipalities in the Mar Menor lagoon area. In these four locations, lessons are offered to an average of 900 students. The socio-economic level is medium-low, and our students are mostly workers in the service sector and agriculture. Many of them are unemployed and need a graduate degree in ESO to be able to continue working. Our biggest scourge has always been the dropout rate, of around 40%, which is why we decided to get down to work and opt for methodologies more in line with the real interests of 21st century students instead of offering them the same stone they encountered in the past. The reason for this project is, therefore, to prevent students from dropping out by making the academic experience more attractive, real and, above all, more useful for their lives. Our school has an Erasmus+ trajectory of 5 years to date. We started in 2017, we linked with another project in 2018 and later another 24-month project in 2019, extended to 36 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is our intention to continue with Accreditation next year.