Our school, through a series of initiatives, seeks to: - train a delegation of teachers in Information Communication Technology; they will consequently conduct the in-school training of the rest of the teaching staff, - encourage the majority of teaching staff to integrate digital technology into everyday teaching, - cultivate intercultural awareness, - the value of learning European languages, - raise funds for upgrading our technological equipment, - counter the technophobia a part of teachers face, - promote the 21st century skills of creativity, teamwork, critical thinking, digital literacy, - enhance learner autonomy and inclusivity for learners of different learning styles, those facing learning difficulties or belong to vulnerable social groups, - improve student-teacher relationship through teacher skills development, - strengthen the cooperation between our school and the Parent/Guardian Association and/or other local community entities, - promote the use of the eTwinning network, - increase the capacity to operate at European/international level - improve management skills and internationalization strategies, - expand online training by searching for course materials in the European SchoolNet Academy.
Digital literacy is a vital skill for both 21st century educators and learners. It is a focal skill that helps restrain inequalities, have access to and provide information, communicate, solve real life tasks and offer rich learning opportunities to various learning styles and preferences- to name but a few of its precious aspects. Thus, we feel that equipping teachers with sufficient digital skills is the means to digitally upgrade the general population. Currently, our school culture largely embraces traditional, book-centred teaching practices while the teaching staff digital competence level is moderate. Additionally, the technological equipment on the premises is considered to be insufficient as only 1 out of 10 classrooms is connected to the internet with access to overhead projector or whiteboard. We deem integrating technology into everyday teaching practice necessary. To this end, it is imperative that teachers develop their knowledge in ICT and that the organisation upgrades its technological infrastructure so that this knowledge is implemented. Our objectives also include systematic efforts to join education networks such as eTwinning and active cooperation with local community entities.