This project idea was developed by 5 secondary schools in the e-matching phase of the partnership. After the partners negotiated for 7 months, the project took its final form. The idea of the project has emerged from the basic needs of safe living wherever we live. Unexpected events / disasters occur almost every year, creating worrying situations. As teachers and schools, we realized that we have some shortcomings in this regard, and we wanted to focus on EMERGENCY in our schools, raise awareness among the school community, better organize for unexpected events, and prepare people for various situations. For this, we designed activities related to disaster plans, formed teams and organized training lessons. We wanted to provide a safe environment and durable buildings for our society. We want to build teams in schools and prepare an action plan based on International standards. Our project action will include training, preparation, demonstration and first aid materials. Accordingly, our activities will be as follows: STEP 1 EMERGENCY EDUCATION STEP 2 EMERGENCY TRAINING PROGRAM STEP 3 EMERGENCY TEAMS STEP 4 EMERGENCY MOTION PLANS STEP 5 EMERGENCY MEALS, WATER, SMALL MATERIALS, LIGHTS, RADIOS, FIRST AID KITS, SEARCH AND RESCUE MATERIALS, FEELING MATERIALS. OBJECTIVES The basis of the project is ignorance of how to behave when faced with any emergency. This subject is very broad. By placing the subject in all aspects of the training phase, we will focus on schools, homes and emergency sub-topics of transportation. We will increase awareness of emergency and financial aid actions that should exist in school communities. Strengthening education and international status levels, By creating rescue teams from students, we will provide training on rescue, first aid and aid materials. We will create emergency action plans for our schools, homes and transportation vehicles. We will create a web page and ensure that our outcomes are disseminated to include more people. We will improve our students' skills and competencies. PARTICIPANTS Our project activities include teachers, students, parents and school staff. Teachers are responsible for coordinating activities and communication with partners. Each partner will participate in project management and the management will consist of an active team. Active participation in mobilities; teachers:40 students;120.Indirect participation of the beneficiaries are: 200 teachers, 800 students, 200 parents, 50 administrative staff, 400 local community members, etc. DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES / METHODOLOGY When our project starts, each school will create a corner filled with visual materials that draw attention to our project topic and first aid responsibilities. In these corners, there will be posters, seminar announcements, brochures, Erasmus boards, presentations, digital monitor videos, activities related to creating a project club, meetings, activities and surveys of teams created in schools and local communities, and an atmosphere that will attract everyone's attention and create a motivating atmosphere. We will hold 5 meetings for two years. Each meeting event will consist of three sub-sections: preparation, application and distribution. So the initial motivation will continue until the end of the project. Dividing the subject into sub-topics will lead to a disciplined acquisition of achievements. Organizing the subject well will bring us success. Every aspect of emergency aid will be considered as training, practical work, team building and international team work The exchanges will be such as to enable relevant beneficiaries and institutions to develop cooperation for the benefit of both partner institutions and teachers. Working on such an important subject will provide our students with very useful skills they will need forever. Thanks to participation in such international educational activities, teachers at school will be able to analyze different cultures in European countries, find common areas of action, practice, and also improve interpersonal and intercultural communication skills. RESULTS AND IMPACT All participating schools are expected to benefit from the activities in the long term. First of all, teachers who teach students in exchange will become a resource in the project. They observe and analyze practices, take part in emergency training, do practical exercises for first aid, participate in rescue teams related to the classroom organization of each host school, teaching methods, the use of technology, the organization of staff and aspects of extracurricular projects. Who is responsible for these? What resources are used? How are students organized and coordinated for these activities? They will also observe the school staff's relationship with the parents of the students. They will then present their information to their colleagues in return. For this reason, teachers will expand their expertise and exchange apps by applying the best and most appropriate
Upon receiving communication of our project approval, the partner schools – Italy, Croatia, Romania, Poland and Turkey – started promoting it by spreading the news in the school and local communities through posts on school websites, circular letters, articles on newspapers, presentations to parents, teachers and students in general assemblies. The importance of the issues dealt with – Natural Disasters and Emergency Education - was deeply felt by all of us and the increasing riskiness and frequency of extreme events made it urgent for schools to acquire awareness, knowledge and adequate skills. Soon, the project overview, goals and priorities were presented, clear roles, tasks and responsibilities set. Experienced teachers offered their help to the less experienced; we interacted in groups/pairs; online meetings were held regularly. The relationship among partners was friendly and collaborative since the beginning. An initial survey was conducted in the partner schools to make the shortcomings to be focused on clearly emerge and to arouse awareness; students aged 15-18 were involved in the logo contest, the “Help me!” Clubs created. During the Covid-19 pandemic and the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which forced us home, we continued to keep the spirit of the project alive by carrying out online meetings, presentations, and workshops. All the partners agreed on the effectiveness of face-to-face meetings. All the planned LTTAs were carried out: Step 1: Emergency Education Step 2: Emergency kit Step 3: Emergency motion plans Step 4: Emergency training program Step 5: Emergency teams OBJECTIVES The project objectives have been met: - we have acquired awareness, knowledge, self-confidence and skills on the project topics and are committed and ready to convey our skills and know-how to our school community and other schools; - we are convinced that emergency education should start in schools and have created a Handbook, Digital Games and a Survival Guide on the purpose and started their dissemination on a large scale. PARTICIPANTS The partner schools’ community was directly and indirectly involved in the project: 33 teachers in the project management, LTTAs and dissemination; 200 students in all the project stages: research, presentation, dissemination, creation and management of project pages on social media, surveys, posters, banners, digital games, leaflets, vlogs, project outputs. Some acted as team leaders, facilitators, and tourist guides. 1090 students and around 100 teachers were indirectly involved in the project presentation, dissemination and LTTAs; around 505 students from other schools. 425 Parents, 44 school staff and 250 people from the local communities took part in meetings to discuss the LTTAs management and related safety issues; 102 experts from the Red Cross, Fire Brigades, Civil Protection, local and regional authorities, contributed to make the LTTAs successful. DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES/METHODOLOGY The creation of Erasmus project corners and website, school notice boards, “Help me!” clubs, logo contest, surveys, eTwinning, FB, Instagram, Twitter pages were among the first actions made to give maximum visibility to the project, attract the audience attention, create an engaging vibe. The action plan was based on international standards and organized in 5 LTTAs, each of them dealing with a sub-topic and consisting of 3 stages: preparation, application and distribution; they were carried out from May 2022 to May 2023. The workshops and drills were essential to their success providing training, skills development, teamwork at local and international level. Cooperation among students was crucial and working in a multicultural environment allowed them to improve their English language competence, communication and public speech skills, teamwork skills. Positive relationships and intercultural exchange were enhanced, cultural awareness and European identity increased. RESULTS AND IMPACT All those involved in the project – students, teachers, parents, school staff, local community, Civil Protection, Red Cross, Fire Brigades – have benefited from our projects. The teachers and students have become a resource and have already started taking actions on the matter, the local Institutions and organizations involved have built up strong ties with us and will support us in future projects. So far, we have met our goals. By publishing the project outputs on the social media, we expect to reach a much wider audience in the long term, especially the youth on whose support we count for actions for a better planet. Integrating the topic “Climate change and natural disasters” in the current school year curriculum will help increase knowledge and awareness; agreements with Civil Protection and Red Cross are vital for the creation of rescue teams. Dissemination activities are being organized in other schools to promote the results and encourage their use in their current practice.