Our project is a strategic school partnership project for the exchange of good practices prepared for the purpose of gaining key skills to students at basic education level. The duration of the project is 24 months. In the project, there are five primary school from Sweden, Italy, Spain and Lithuania, coordinated by the Cumhuriyet Primary School. Within the scope of the project, Learning / Teaching / Training Activities will be carried out in each partner school in order to increase teacher qualifications and to share good sample practices for gaining key skills with participation of other partners . Only teachers will participate in these activities. In addition, students, parents and civil society will participate in the project through different activities to be carried out at the local level. In the SWOT analysis, which is included in the current strategic plan of our institutions, it is seen that the most important title to be developed in our institutions is to gain key skills / social life skills to students. Our partner schools have set strategic goals for the development of key skills in their strategic plans. For these purposes, "Social Skills Rating Scale (Carlson, 2009)" was applied to measure the competence of our students in terms of key skills in our partner schools. In terms of key skills of students when the average of data is taken; it was observed that there were 32% deficiencies in communication, 37% in group interaction, 31% in emotion recognition, 32% in dealing with aggressive behaviors, and 34% in problem solving skills. Our institutions are not able to gain efficiency from the different methods they have applied to gain key skills. In order to answer these skill needs of our students, different sample best practices in our partner schools will be combined and school policies will be formed with a holistic approach. In line with this need of our institutions, our project aims; -to meet the knowledge and experience needs of teachers to gain key skills to students -to reduce the key skills requirements of our students to less than 10% as a result of the creation of more advanced school policies for the acquisition of key skills by transferring good practice practices in partner schools - to raise awareness on the necessity of gaining key skills in public 5 teachers from Turkey, 4 teacher from other countries will participate in Learning/ Teaching/Training activities considering the institutional capacity, number of teachers and students. Participants will be determined by taking into account the scale data and interview results to be implemented by the Participatory Identification Commission. In these transnational activities, participants will increase their knowledge and experience on sportive and artistic activities, Montessori method, drama, group games and bullying prevention. As a result of the dissemination of these knowledge and experiences within the institution and the use of all teachers in educational processes, our students will gain key skills. Our students will participate effectively in the virtual activities of the e-Twinning project to be carried out within the scope of the project. There will also be activities for students and parents at the local level. The Project Management Team and School Executive Teams will be established for the effective implementation of the project. Teacher, student and parent trainings will be organized for the importance of key skills. Our project will be implemented as 3 implementation periods and ”Project Interim Assessment Report will be prepared at the end of each term. In accordance with the prepared reports, the project will be revised and the possible risks will be prevented. The School Policy created as a result of the combination of good practices, the application guide including the activities, brochures, presentations, project website, logo, video and brochures which will be prepared as a public spot will be the concrete outputs of our project. As a result of the project, our little hearts who we will entrust our future could be able to involve learning from the very beginning of their education life. Searcher and questioner generations who have communication skills, who can look at the future with hope and can fulfill their potential will be raised. Our students' needs for key skills will fall below 10%. Students will gain leadership skills. Teachers will be more equipped in the professional area. As a result of the students gaining key skills from basic education level, more qualified, successful and active students who can use the knowledge will be sent to higher educational institutions. In addition, the number of qualified people will increase raising self-controlled children. Those individuals who keep learning will be role models in the society.
Our project is a strategic school partnership project for the exchange of good practices, prepared for the purpose of gaining key skills to students at the basic education level. The duration of the project was planned as 24 months, but was extended for 12 months due to Covid-19. In the project, one primary school from each -Sweden, Italy, Spain and Lithuania- was under the coordination of Cumhuriyet Primary School. Within the scope of the project, Learning/Teaching/Training Activities were carried out with the participation of only teachers, in order to increase teacher competencies in acquiring key skills with the participation of other partners in each partner school and to share good practices. In addition, different activities were carried out at the local level ensured the participation of students, parents and civil society in the project. In order to meet the skill needs of our students, different exemplary good practices made in our partner schools were combined and different activities were planned and implemented with a holistic approach to school policies and skills. The aims of our project; To meet the knowledge and experience needs of teachers for the acquisition of key skills to students, to reduce the needs of our students for key skills to less than 10% as a result of the creation of more advanced school policies for the acquisition of key skills by transferring good practices applied in partner schools, awareness of the need for the acquisition of key skills in the public is to create. Studies aimed at achieving these goals were carried out during the project process and the desired results were achieved. During the LTT activities, the participants increased their knowledge and experience in sports and artistic activities, Montessori method, drama, group games and preventing bullying, and they were informed about the practical applications they can do in the classroom. As a result of this knowledge and experience being disseminated within the institution and used by all teachers in the education and training processes, our students gained key skills. Since our institutions are primary schools, transnational student mobility was not planned during the project writing phase, instead, different activities (letter friendship, painting completion activity, winter song activity, activities determined after each LTT activity, etc.) were held during the project process to include students in the project activities. In addition, activities for students and parents were also held locally. Teachers, students and parents were trained/informed about the importance and acquisition of key skills. Possible risks were prevented by carrying out evaluation activities during the project process, and there was no problem in communication with the partners during the execution of the project, except for the situations caused by Covid -19. "School Policy" created as a result of combining good practices, application brochures containing activities, information brochures, presentations, project website, logo, video and brochures constitute the concrete outputs of our project. As a result of the implementation of our project (combining the different methods applied in our institutions and applying it in our classrooms by our teachers), the active participation of the little hearts to whom we will entrust our future from the primary school level to the educational environments was ensured, and as a result, their key skills were developed (communication, group work, recognizing/expressing their feelings, able to cope problem behaviors) generations began to be raised. The needs of our students regarding key skills have not fully reached the targeted level. In this case, as a result of Covid-19, our students' inability to go to schools, the restriction of social rights and opportunities, the uneasiness in the society, etc. The effects of these situations were revealed through focus interviews with parents and students. While our target was to reduce the skill needs to less than 10%, the skill needs of our students are currently around 18% on average. These needs will be met with the continued application of the experiences gained in our schools (sustainability studies). With the project, students were given leadership qualities. Teachers have become more professionally equipped and in the 21st century. They have reached the level of competence to meet the needs of their next generation, they have become aware of educational opportunities and they have observed good practices in different countries. It is foreseen that the number of qualified individuals in the society will increase with the training of students with high self-control.Individuals who are constantly learning will be role models in the society.As a result of the sts gaining key skills from the basic education level, more qualified, successful and active students who can use information have started to be sent to higher education institutions.