Specific goals of this project were: - to give teachers pedagogical tools and didactic methods to reduce social and learning problems at school - foster quality improvements in teachers' profession in cooperation with students/teachers - improvement of teachers' professional profiles and teaching skills - broader understanding of practices, policies and systems in education and training of teenagers - increase of capacity to trigger changes in the educational system - better understanding of non-formal, formal and informal learning situations - better foreign language competences - increased motivation and satisfaction in daily work - better understanding of the European idea and institutions Austrian teachers participated in professional trainings in Austria, but it turned out that the offer was not sufficient and satisfying. There has always been a lack of innovative and motivating methods. Some teachers of the BG/BRG Judenburg participated in another Erasmus+ project and they found out that cooperating with foreign schools and institutions has a much more positive effect on the school and also includes a high added value for the European Union as European schools work together and professional networks can be established.
The organisations' needs for training of staff and teacher competences were quite large. Although all teachers at the BG/BRG Judenburg are in command of extensive professional qualifications and trainings, they continously still need to adapt their teaching and communication methods as well as teambuliding and leadership skills. Due to many major school based changes and changes in the educational demands of the Styrian school authority, the ministry of education and the educational environment at school in gerneral, teaching request have changed enormously during the last years. Now there is a strong demand for new professional methodological and didactic approaches in the daily professional life of teachers. The schools’ needs in relation to staff training and staff competences are quite large. The school community implemented this proejct in three major fields: 1.) COMMUNICATION 2.) TEAMBUILDING 3.) LEADERSHIP