2. The associated School Curricula objectives of the project were: O1. Improving the practical/ professional training of the participants by means of the competences and abilities development necessary in applying the latest and the most efficient procedures, methods and techniques in order to increase the transition ability from school to working place. O2. Refining the practical training components for a good professional integration O3. Acquiring linguistic terms specific for sports and computer science in a foreign language, developing communicative and relational competencies by means of direct contact with Portuguese trainers and sportsmen. O4. Developing harmonious, tolerant personalities able to combine their sense of identity with the respect for diversity. O5. Creating the premises of a long-lasting transnational partnership and the development of Intereuropean relationships having as target the implementation of certain common structures to support the quality in education and professional training,
1. Our school leadership is focused on implementing managerial strategies aimed at the EUROPEAN VALUES which are promoted in order to develop the vocational education. They also aim at our school’s ability of offering complex training with high level skills and key competencies for our future graduates, targeting their personal development and their involvement as active and responsible citizens, as well as improving their chances of employment on the European labour market. The analysis of the internal background, the latest experiences and resources point out the following: in spite of the positive results obtained, the employability remains at a lower level, our school encountering impediments in achieving this goal, considered essential for the development of the European dimension. At the age of 18-19 only 30% out of about 35 graduates receive employment contracts from the sports clubs /professional employers and only 50% of our graduates continue their sports activity at senior level: other impediments are the quality of our students’ life and sports training even though they have outstanding sports abilities, the lack of role models and good practice in the field of professional teaching and training, all necessary to meet the requirements.