The "International CooperatIon for empowerment and ValidatIon of Competences among nautical Schools II" project is presented by the IISS Calamatta of Civitavecchia, in a bilateral partnership with a French Nautical Institute; bases its roots in the past CIVICS I project, approved during the Call 2017, therefore represents a valid follow-up of the previous project proposal. CIVICS II is based on the double awareness of the extreme importance of the nautical sector for the growth of European territories and, at the same time, of the adaptation of the common reference framework for the validation and certification of skills to the technical and Work-Based Learning subjects required by this specific sector of the labour market. By sectoring the knowledge of the technical skills, these can represent a fundamental added value in the labour market. CIVICS II aims to achieve the following general objectives: - modernize the educational systems of the partner schools, improving the effectiveness of specific training, the nautical and logistic, deepening the interrelation between education and employment, multiplying the steps between formal, technical, non-formal, informal learning and Work-Based Learning expanding the certification of the skills based on the experience gained in the international context; - strengthen cooperation between partners to increase the transparency of the skills acquired in the educational path within a nautical institute, promoting mobility and lifelong learning. And the following specific objectives: - broaden the use of the protocols developed within the CIVICS I project to technical subjects and work-based learning to propose a more incisive and dynamic training approach that can be reused in a future working context; - continue an exploration process for the validation of skills, related to Instruction in Nautical Technical Institutes, to facilitate the acceptance and recognition of skills acquired in an EU country and in different learning environments, including non-formal ones; - elaborate a shared methodology for the certification of competences and tailored training plans, with particular focus on transversal competences, on the skills learned in the Work-Based Learning context during a period of long-term mobility abroad, realizing an empowerment of the teaching profession; - support the improvement of the quality of the training curricula provided in the educational pathway of a Nautical Institute, broadening its international dimension and opening up to technical and Work-Based Learning skills, choosing indicators and common innovative assessment tools. The final results we aim to achieve are: - Extension of the certification protocol started with CIVICS I also to technical subjects and work-based learning; - Expansion of the range of nautical schools that adopt and implement the CIVICS certification protocol in the European context, sharing their missions and visions. CIVICS II provides for the implementation of activities that will involve students and teachers, and is structured in three phases: preparation, implementation and evaluation / dissemination / follow up. As regards mobility, the project includes 3 Joint Staff Training Events and 20 long-term mobility, lasting 3 months, for 10 students of both partner schools. The planned Learning Teaching and Training Activities are functional for the realization, evaluation and validation of important tangible results of a didactic-methodological nature, which will be: - Training materials developed during the Joint Staff Training Eventand collected in a compendium for teachers, concerning the certification of transversal, non-formal, technical skills and Work-Based Learning in the nautical sector; - Adaptation of the CIVICS Skills Certification Protocol to technical subjects and WBL; - Educational material for the adaptation of the Joint Curriculum that will be provided to students participating in long-term mobility. All results will be uploaded to the European Dissemination Platform, therefore maximally sustainable and replicable at European level. Product processing will have a greater focus on authentic formative assessment to improve pupil learning. As for the management part, instead, project management intends to apply the shared leadership methodology. The project also has a Dissemination Plan, which involves stakeholders and beneficiaries not directly affected by the performance of the activities. The project's outcomes will create long-term benefits, making an impact on multiple levels. Since this is a project that provides a significant focus on the continuous training of teachers, exchange and creation of good practices and above all the adaptation of the Certification Protocol, as well as the didactic material developed during the Joint Staff Training Event and the Educational Units of the joint curriculum distributed to the students in mobility, the degree of sustainability of the project is maximum.
The "C.I.V.I.C.S. II - International Cooperation for Empowerment and Validation of Competences between Nautical Schools II" project was presented by the IISS Calamatta of Civitavecchia, in a bilateral partnership with a French Nautical Institute; it had its roots in the past CIVICS I project, approved during the Call 2017, therefore it represented a valid follow-up of the previous project proposal. CIVICS II was based on the double awareness of the extreme relevance of the nautical sector for the growth of European territories and the adaptation of the common reference framework for the validation and certification of skills to the technical and WBL subjects required by this specific sector of the work. Sectoring technical knowledge and skills, representing an added value in the labour market. CIVICS II aimed to achieve the following general objectives: - modernize the educational systems of partner schools, improve the effectiveness of specific training, nautical and logistic training, deepening the interrelationship between education and employment, multiplying the steps between formal, technical, non-formal, informal and WBL learning and expanding certification of skills based on experience gained in an international context - strengthen cooperation between partners to increase the transparency of the skills acquired in the education path within a nautical institution, promoting mobility and lifelong learning And the following specific objectives: - expand the use of protocols developed within the CIVICS I project to technical and work-based learning subjects to propose a more incisive and dynamic training approach that can be reused in a future work context - continue an exploratory process of validation of skills, related to education in technical institutes with a nautical focus, to facilitate the acceptance and recognition of skills acquired in an EU country and in different learning environments, including non-formal ones - develop a shared methodology for certification of skills and ad hoc training plans, with a particular focus on transversal skills, on the skills learned in the WBL context during a long-term mobility period abroad, realizing an empowerment of the teaching profession - support the improvement of the quality of the training curricula provided in the educational path of a Nautical Institute, expanding its international dimension and opening up to technical and WBL skills, choosing innovative indicators and common evaluation tools The final results we set out to achieve were: - Extension of the certification protocol started with CIVICS I also to technical subjects and work-based learning; - Expansion of the audience of nautical schools that adopt and implement the CIVICS certification protocol in the European context, sharing their missions and visions. CIVICS II foresees the realization of activities involving students and teachers, has been structured in three phases: preparation, implementation and evaluation / dissemination / follow up. As regards mobility, the project included 3 JSTEs and 20 long-term mobility, lasting 3 months, for 10 pupils of both partner schools. The planned LTTAs were functional to the realization, evaluation and validation of tangible results, which would have been: - Training materials developed during the JSTE and collated in a compendium for teachers, concerning the certification of transversal, non-formal technical and WBL skills in the nautical sector - Adaptation of the CIVICS Competence Certification Protocol to technical and WBL subjects - Teaching material for the adaptation of the Joint Curriculum which will be provided to pupils participating in long-term mobility All the results had to be uploaded to the EDP, therefore highly sustainable and replicable at EU level. The development of the products would have had a greater focus on authentic formative assessment to improve the pupil's learning. As for the management part, however, project management intends to apply shared leadership. The project was equipped with a Dissemination Plan, which involves stakeholders and beneficiaries not directly affected by the performance of the activities. The project outcomes were expected to create long-term benefits, realizing an impact on multiple levels. Unfortunately, it was not possible to achieve the aforementioned objectives nor the final outputs due to the premature drop out of the French partner due to the changed conditions of the institution that led the managers to make this decision regarding this project. Nevertheless, some advertisement/dissemination activities have been performed, as well as preparation activities.