Our main objectives in this project were: For students: - Enhance their employability. - Reduce early school dropout rates. - Increase personal, social, and intercultural autonomy. - Develop language and digital skills. - Promote a sense of European identity. For teachers: - Foster personal and professional growth. - Strengthening collaboration ties with European counterpart educational institutions. - Promote the exchange of technical and methodological knowledge among teachers. In addition to meeting the needs of our students and teaching staff, this project aimed to instill a more European perspective within our school, enabling us to: - Develop key strategies for the institution, such as improving relations with companies, managing the quality of educational processes, promoting internationalization, and utilizing ICT/TAC. - Implement new teaching and learning methodologies, such as CLIL or PBL, which also promote multilingualism. - Continue integrating the English language into vocational training programs. - Internationalize our school's job placement opportunities.
Institut Pedraforca is a high school located in l’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona). Currently, it has 112 teachers and 1100 students, 80% of whom come from abroad. We offer ESO, Bachillerato, PFI-PIP, FP Básica, and Vocational studies in the fields of Health sciences, Transportation and Automotive, and Personal Image. In our Vocational Training programs (VET), we offer an added value in companies’ placements. For this reason, we actively participate in various programs such as Catskills, Dual Vocational Training, InnovaFP, and EnprènFP. We are committed to internationalization through various programs, including Erasmus+, GEP (Plurilingual Generation), Etwinning, 'FP & EOIs Together,' 'Promotion of Foreign Languages in Vocational Training', and the 'Foreign Language Knowledge Certification Program.' European mobility programs are an excellent chance for our students to broaden their formative experiences and their professional qualification while developing their linguistic and social skills, all of which is paramount in a socioeconomic environment that hinders job opportunities. In the process, we improve teachers’ engagement in our internationalization program and foster exchanges of good practices among European schools.