By implementing the project, we want to enable students to develop knowledge about food, preparing food, food safety, and the food industry, to increase and improve their knowledge and skills in Croatian national cookery, to increase the volume of knowledge about Croatian sign language, Croatian spoken and written language, to acquire innovative experience and to increase their practical skills, to gain new knowledge and experience about other culture and languages Regarding to the teachers, who participated in the project had a task named “job shadowing”. By implementing the project, we want to enable our teachers to learn new teaching methods and techniques in working with deaf students by applying new technologies, to improve their professional competence through the exchange of experiences with their colleagues from the partner school, to increase collaboration with colleagues from other countries, to improve the knowledge and skills of teachers, increase the motivation and interest in students’ learning and raise the quality and reputation of the school.
People with hearing loss are part of marginalized groups and they have communication problems because they communicate using the language of signs, which contributes to their being socially excluded. Their social inclusion requires more effort and more engagement in the work. It was for this reason, we wanted to enable our students to participate in this international project because such an experience can be important in their personal and professional development. We want our students to be more motivated to work and study, to be more confident, to be curious, productive, and most importantly self-initiative. This will certainly enable the increase of the quality of teaching, which would be reflected in achieving set goals and achieving excellent results. We want our students to find themselves in a foreign working environment and from there to transfer their experiences in our school and in our environment. Apart from professional skills, this will be an opportunity for students to develop their own language skills. Because Partenija Zografski is the only high school for students with impaired hearing in North Macedonia, the teachers do not have the opportunity to exchange experiences with colleagues from the schools in our country and to apply different methodologies for teaching and learning deaf students. On the other hand, one of the priorities of our school is the professional development of teachers. Professional development of teachers is a planned and continuous process, which stimulates the development of teachers and matches the needs of our Center. Our vision is for the teachers to learn from the most successful educational systems and compare the differences and similarities with our teaching methods and curriculum. The teachers who participated in the project had a task named “job shadowing”. Teachers have learned new methods and techniques in working with deaf students by applying new technologies. They improved their professional competence through the exchange of experiences with their colleagues from the partner school and improved their language competencies.