This project focuses on pedagogical issues involving the teaching staff of each partner. The European school has traditionally been already engaged that allows harmonious development of students. But teachers at the same time need more information about how colleges work in other countries. Always we need more information, more inspiration, opportunity to look from another point of view. This project will give us that opportunity. The results of the project will be useful a long time after its end. Teachers will acquire new knowledge, skills and experience will be useful both in the lessons and in preparing students for practice in Tourism and catering enterprises participation in the professional competitions of Latvian and European level VET schools. In the project, we plan cooperation between VET schools of four countries Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Italy in the exchange of good experience in the field of tourism and catering. During the project, two project management group meetings, with 8 participants, are planned - one at the beginning of the project, the other before the end of the project. We plan four experience exchange and learning activities for teachers - once in each partner school for 6 teachers from 3 other schools. Each of the partner schools has its own strengths: the Italian school works closely with local food producers and local catering companies; Lithuanian school has a great experience in using the school teaching restaurant in the teaching process. The school in Vory, Estonia has a strong integration of culinary heritage in the learning process, the Latvian school - in Kuldīga cooperates extensively with various organizations - "Culinary Heritage Association", "Lauku ceļotājs". The main aim of the project is to support tourism and catering teachers, to help them gain new experience and knowledge in an international environment, which will allow them to broaden their professional knowledge and learn more about the partner countries, their culture and culinary heritage, and its integration into the useful cooking process. An additional goal is to broaden teachers' horizons and improve their knowledge of foreign languages As a result of the project we plan: • 6 teachers from each school (24 teachers in total) will have gained new professional experience and skills, • teaching video material will be prepared, which can be used in the teaching process of all partner schools. Added-value of the project - students and teachers from each of the host schools will have the opportunity to learn about guest teachers' presentations about their country, school, and culinary heritage.
The main aim of the project was to support tourism and catering teachers, to help them gain new experience and knowledge in an international environment, which allows them to broaden their professional knowledge and learn more about the partner countries, their culture and culinary heritage, and their integration into the useful cooking process An additional goal was to broaden teachers' horizons and improve their knowledge of foreign languages.s English has been improved in the partner countries.
This project was planned with a focus on pedagogical issues, involving teachers from each partner. Latvian schools have traditionally been involved in the exchange of experience between teachers, allowing students to develop harmoniously. At the same time, however, teachers needed more information on how VET schools work in other countries. We always need more useful information, more inspiration, and opportunities to look at it from a different perspective. This project gave us that opportunity. The results of the project will be useful for the work long after its completion. Teachers have acquired new knowledge, skills, and experience that will be useful both in classes and in preparing students for practice in tourism and catering companies, as well as to participate in professional Latvian and European level vocational education school competitions. There were four exchange and learning activities for teachers, two in a virtual environment, and two face-to-face. The virtual exchange events were organized by Klaipeda School (LT) on 14.04.2021. and by Võru School (EE) on 18.03.2022. In face-to-face events in Sorrento and Kuldiga took place 6 teachers (2 teachers from every of 3 other schools) as was planned in the project application. During the project activities, each school prepared a teaching material, which we put together in a joint video at the end of the project. It can be used both in the participating schools and in the teaching process of other vocational schools. Link to this material - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwAuI_NDBcU The added value of the project face by face events was: Pupils and teachers from each host school had the opportunity to learn from guest teachers' presentations about their country, school, and culinary heritage.