The activities (courses, JS) chosen correspond to some professional needs: linguistic, methodological and cultural. - Opportunity to improve knowledge of English and French, particularly in oral interaction and in everyday contexts, so to enhance teachers' awareness of cultural and linguistic exchanges. - Increased motivation by acquisition of new methodological-didactic tools, useful to improve the training planning, the preparation of educational environments and materials through the use of ICT. - Improving students' ability to operate in different contexts, also speaking in foreign languages. - Opportunity to start a long-term plan to update the Institut and to complete the drafting of a real vertical curriculum, to integrate the discussion already taking place between the different school levels and new international points of view, in the critical comparison between different school and training systems. - The area of cultural comparison between teachers coming from other countries and schools will encourage the exchange of ideas, opinions and experiences between participants.
The reason why we requested this project, in line with the objectives set by the RAV, is to improve the image of our Institute, to modernize teaching activities and the exchange of good practices with teachers from other schools. Moreover, it was considered appropriate that, since it is a Comprehensive Institute, the teachers of the three orders participate, in order to give a vertical as well as horizontal continuity. In fact, the Institute consists of four kindergartens, four primary and two low secondary schools.First, the main objective for teachers is the strengthening of actions, improvement of skills in foreign languages (English and French), the implementation of innovative teaching methodologies and professional updating in a European perspective. This could, therefore, enable us to meet learning needs with others, interacting collaboratively and constructively, in different contexts, valuing diversity and developing knowledge through reflection on experience.