The participation in this project aimed to improve the following areas of school activities: digital, subject, foreign language competencies of teachers and managers, technology-based teaching competencies (use and develop of digital content, digital pedagogy, digital communication and collaboration, digital citizenship); and organization of the learning process, international cooperation, to create unique school- based values. Another goal of the visits and international cooperation was to develop and implement the “Smart Learning” model at school and to establish close contacts with the experienced institutions, which could help to coordinate the implemented processes at school in the future.
Before applying for this project, the applicant organisation had identified areas which had to be improved: 1. Improving the competencies of progymnasium teachers and student support professionals using digital technologies and smart devices (use of innovative and digital tools, ability to create digital content). 2. Improving students’ achievements. Teachers’ mobility visits and international cooperation with the project partners- institutions were focused on a long-term impact on the teachers' digital, subject and foreign language competences. The goal of participation in this project was to gain knowledge and experience in order to create an attractive and motivating environment that would increase students’ motivation, as an important guarantee of better achievements.