The main directions, to which Dr. Peter Beron Secondary School directed his work, realizing the current project, can be defined in the following areas: 1. Improving the skills of the school management for organizing and coordinating the activity of Dr. Peter Beron Secondary School, controlling resources and costs when working on European projects and creating connections with partner organizations from Europe; 2. Stimulating staff for training in various fields, maintaining qualification and continuity, as well as participation in European projects; 3. Learning new methods and tools and their application in the learning process through the exchange of good practices and increasing the motivation of students for better results; 4. Developing skills for working in a multicultural environment through intercultural communication; shaping of European consciousness, tolerant behavior and acceptance of the different; 5. Increasing the language competences of the staff according to CEFR, possibility to participate in European education programs and increasing the competences of everyone through opportunities to exchange good practices; 6. Optimization of curricula, taking into account the specifics of students and their targeting to each group of students; 7. Enhancing the competences of teachers, encouraging their creativity regarding the application for different learning techniques and resources and seeking diverse teaching methods through ICT, which will lead to better results and students’ motivation in order to acquire competence as motivated ability; 8. Affirming the place and role of professional guidance in the educational process; 9. Measures to keep students in school. In this regard, this project aimed to: - motivate long-term teachers at school for increasing the qualification related to organizing the class and extracurricular activity in accordance with the individual approach and search for new methods and means of teaching; - provide an opportunity to acquire new, specific knowledge and skills during the students’ training with ICT; - ensure application and use of cloud technologies in the school's activities, working with parents and the general public; - form organizational, informational and corrective skills for successful management of the learning process and implementation of management skills and strategies for internationalization through cooperation with partners from other countries; - form the competences of the staff for the quality of education in the context of modern European achievements in various fields of science; - create and use attractive training programs with practical orientation and an application aimed at stimulating students' motivation and creative thinking; - study and apply the European experience in creating flexible curricula to keep students in school.
With the opportunities that the Erasmus + program provides to increase the quality of education oriented towards Europe and its values, the project team in Dr. Peter Beron Secondary School defined the following priorities in the activities of the school, which served as the basis for applying for the current project: 1. Changing the focus in training from teaching knowledge to mastering key competencies; 2. Innovative training based on interactive methods and new technologies in teaching; 3. Stimulation of creative approaches for the development of creativity, entrepreneurship, social and emotional intelligence - essential for the 21st century; 4. Improving the learning process and its effectiveness by applying a greater range of educational technologies in school; 5. Improvement of managerial skills and creation of conditions for research and promotion of innovation and creativity in all their forms; 6. Increasing the key competences of the staff in the context of modern European achievements; 7. Acquaintance with new teaching methods and tools in order to increase students' motivation towards the learning process and the transition from knowledge to skills; 8. Need to reach a European dimension of values in education; 9. Ideas for diversifying teaching and learning techniques with the aim of a differentiated approach to each student depending on his needs and requirements; 10. Increasing the competences of the English language team in order to raise its role and place in the school's activities; 11. Optimization of the study plans in order to better realize the students; 12. Upgrading the acquired knowledge, skills and experience from the completed projects under the Erasmus + program The preparation of the current project began in different conditions and realities. However, the goals the project team had set for themselves turned out to be particularly relevant given the ensuing Covid-19 pandemic.