We wanted to achieve the following objectives with the proposed project activities: - To ensure a sustainable level of European mobility of pupils and teachers and international cooperation with foreign partners. - To increase the professional, linguistic and cultural competences of pupils and teachers - To attract new students by expanding the offer and opportunities for vocational training abroad - Increase the competence of school staff in project management, develop teamwork, strengthen the professional competences of teachers, motivate staff, encourage their entrepreneurship - To apply new methods and knowledge in curricula and vocational training on the basis of pupil and staff mobility (JVU) - Ensure pupils' communication with a foreign partner (including international cooperation of the school) - Educational activities (to provide quality education, to promote modern forms and methods of education and vocational training, to promote the independence of pupils, to raise the professional level of pupils) - Support the development of polytechnics in the Czech Republic and provide a wide range of foreign internships for these fields
Our school has been the recipient of funding for Erasmus+ mobility abroad in the past from the 2018 and 2019 Calls. These internships for pupils have been positively evaluated by partner organisations, school management and especially pupils. From that evaluation, we decided to submit a project application in 2020, which brought us further opportunities in the form of implementing internships in organisations where pupils could communicate in English, gain the widest possible knowledge and experience of different types of landscapes, habitats (Sweden) and also deepen their knowledge and practical skills in the chemistry laboratory, try out working in a real operation and develop their communication skills in a foreign language environment both professionally and practically (Spain). The project helped to fulfil our action plan to meet the needs and objectives of the school.