The project "Climate is a topic!" will meet the need to improve the quality of work, education and social, civic and linguistic, pupils, including those with special educational needs (SEN), in the area of climate protection and preventing the effects of climate change, in 6 partner schools: from Poland (coordinator), Greece, Bulgaria, France, Italy and Belgium. The two-year project will be attended by: 150 students, including 75 from the SEN, aged 11-15 (mobility: 68, including 32 from the SEN) and 84 teachers (20: outgoing training, 40: accompanying students, 24: involved locally). The aim of the project is to extend social and civic competences, in the area of climate protection, and language, in the field of English, among 150 students aged 11-15, and thus multiplying the number of students, including those with SEN, in social activities and citizens, strengthening knowledge and awareness of climate change, increasing the number of very good and good grades in the final oral exams in English. This will be possible through the application of the Open Teaching Strategy (OTS), extension of the CLIL methodology, improvement of teachers' competences, use of new technologies and TIC, introduction of activating teaching and upbringing methods, drawing on the idea of European civil society for joint efforts to prevent the effects of climate change. The objectives of the project will be met by external actions: 2 short trainings for teachers in Belgium and Bulgaria: "Open Teaching Strategy" and 4 short-term exchange of student groups in Poland, France, Italy and Greece, during which conferences, workshops, happenings, concerts will take place, theatre performance, city games, exhibitions, computer atelier, open lessons from CLIL, interviews with representatives of school communities with local authorities and activists. The complementary to mobility will be internal activities in schools: 4 on-line training sessions, at the TwinSpace, for teachers with OTS, being a continuation of outgoing training programs, virtual lessons, open with CLIL, studies on social and civic attitudes of students towards climate change, but also in the face of cultural diversity, language and opportunities, exchange of ideas on the blog and forum, exhibitions, competitions, information on the results of the final oral exams in English, OTS and CLIL training for local school teachers, promotion and dissemination of results through articles in the press, in educational online media, participation in festivals, meetings with authorities, teachers' conferences. The international project implementation team (coordinator and five chairmen), in cooperation with national teams, school heads will monitor, as planned, all project activities, providing the best practical and logistical support and full preparation of participants for mobility and implementation. The methodology of project cycle management will be used in project management. Expected final products of the project: methodological guides with OTS, specificity of work with a student with special educational needs, lesson plans with CLIL and workshops, a set of activating teaching and upbringing methods and TIC, training programs, multimedia presentations, computer games, films, a mini dictionary of languages, reports, travel reports, final oral exams will be made available on the TwineSpace (e-twinning) platform of the project, in tabs on school websites, on the platform disseminating the results of Erasmus + projects. The project will bring measurable benefits: schools: - better quality of social and civic education and upbringing in the area of climate protection, and in the future implementation of the OTS to permanent educational and upbringing practices and increasing the participation of pupils in various activities, which will result in the education of conscious citizens of the country and Europe. - higher quality language education, by increasing the number of subjects taught by the CLIL method, and consequently obtaining better grades in the final oral exams in English. - modern, learner, open and tolerant institutions sharing practices Students, including the S: - strengthening self-confidence and the will to participate in climate protection activities - extension of social and civic competences, language skills, achieving better results in English final exams, sensitizing to cultural and linguistic diversity, other opportunities, increasing educational perspectives. teachers: - raising the skills of international cooperation, developing social and civic competences in students, including those with SEN, language teaching, use of activating methods and TIC, career promotion and work perspectives Local environments: - knowledge and inspiration to undertake similar challenges
The project "Climate is a topic!" was implemented by 6 partner schools: from Poland (coordinator), Greece, Bulgaria, France, Italy and Belgium, in the period 2019-2022. Due to the Covid19 pandemic, the project implementation period was extended by 1 year. The Covid19 pandemic had a significant impact on the number of participants, their involvement, the degree of achievement of goals, the schedule of activities and the results achieved. The main goal of the project: Increasing social, civic and linguistic competences in the field of English language in the area of climate protection among 150 students, including 75 with special educational needs (SEN) and specific objectives were achieved to a good degree in the period of 3 years of the project implementation. Objectives of the project were met by external activities: 1. Two short-term joint staff training events in Belgium (11.2019) and Bulgaria (05.2022): "Open Teaching Strategy" (OTS) 2. Four short-term exchanges of groups of pupils: 2 - online, in Poland (10.2021) and Italy (01.2022) and 2 - hybrid, in Greece (03.2022) and France (05.2022). During these activities, organized in accordance with the applicable sanitary regime, there were pre-planned conferences, workshops, happening but without local audience, concert, theatre performance, city games, exhibitions, computer atelier, virtual classes with CLIL, some interviews. Mobility was supplemented by internal activities in schools: 4 online trainings for teachers on the OTS, constituting a continuation of outgoing training programs, virtual classes, research on social and civic attitudes of students, including students with SEN, in the face of climate change, as well as to cultural and linguistic diversity and opportunities, exchange ideas on on the twinspace forum, exhibitions, competitions, analysing the participation of students with SEN in project activities, online meetings for local school teachers, promoting and disseminating the results by publishing articles in the press, in educational Internet media, participation, (most often online), in festivals, meetings with authorities, and teachers' conferences. The international project implementation team (principal coordinator and five national coordinators) - 22 online meetings), in cooperation with the national teams, school principals, did everything possible to implement all project activities. Due to the Covid19 pandemic, monitoring required rapid changes in the schedule of tasks implementation and special mental, practical and logistical support for students and teachers. Due to the situation, the management of the project was very dynamic. The final products of the project are: methodological guides in the field of OTS, specifics of working with SEN student, lesson scenarios with CLIL, a collection of activating teaching and upbringing methods, training programs, multimedia presentations on climate protection, computer games, films, a mini dictionary of climate expressions, reports: On the social and civic attitudes of students, including those with SEN, towards climate change, as well as towards other cultures and languages; reports on mobility, a study on the effects of language teaching as a result of project activities. The products and results were published on: https://twinspace.etwinning.net/81552, https://padlet.com/erasmus84/e8atcb6brv0ws5ff in tabs on schools' websites, on the platform for disseminating the results of Erasmus + projects. The implementation of the project contributed to the achievement of tangible benefits through: - schools: Improving the quality of education and social and civic education in the area of climate protection, implementing elements of the open teaching strategy to permanent educational and upbringing practices, increasing the participation of students in various activities, which, in the long run, will result in educating informed citizens of the country and Europe, raising the level of language education, in the future, increasing the number of subjects taught using the CLIL method, gaining the name of modern, learning, open and tolerant institutions, sharing practices - students, including those with SEN Strengthening self-confidence and the will to participate in activities for climate protection, expanding social and civic and linguistic competences, expanding sensitivity to cultural and linguistic diversity, other opportunities, increasing educational perspectives - teachers Put the acquired skills into practice in everyday teaching and learning, increase the possibilities of international cooperation and career advancement - local environment Expanding knowledge about climate change, about undertaking international cooperation with the inclusion of students with SEN in international projects using the open teaching strategy.