During the course, we wanted to improve teachers' competences in creating multicultural classrooms, enhancing their ability to draw on each other's presence from other cultures and faiths. The areas of activity we wanted to improve were -preparing the school to include migrant pupils in the school community -system to help pupils in need, with language, social, family and financial problems, etc. -adapting the content and forms of education to European educational standards, enabling the development of students' key competences and practical skills, especially in the form of teamwork -tolerance, openness to cultural, religious and philosophical differences among teachers and students -creation of multicultural classes -promoting active attitudes among pupils, fostering an attitude of responsibility for their personal development and education -interpersonal competences and breaking down intercultural barriers -qualifying teachers and raising the quality of teaching, a holistic approach to students from different cultural backgrounds -European cooperation, travel abroad and international educational projects We also planned to develop the 'hard results' of the project
Erasmus+ projects at ZSEiI in Sosnowiec have been implemented regularly for 20 years. Each project brings new experiences, but is also a reason to verify the school's needs, also in terms of training teaching staff. The influx of foreign students to Poland, including to the Silesian-Dabrowa Basin, is gaining momentum. The war in Ukraine has intensified this process. Schools are not prepared to accept these pupils and to provide them with equal opportunities to gain an education and enter the labour market. War refugees from Ukraine have turned up at our school in large numbers. These students have joined existing classes. Our task is to create intercultural classes in which foreigners feel comfortable, but our students also benefit from the richness of other cultures. Observing the situation in the country, the problems in our school and in schools with a similar profile led us to make a proposal. The school management, class teachers and those coordinating the school's recruitment process all got involved in the project. Experience from previous projects has shown that it is worthwhile to train with specialists from a country that has more experience. Hence the idea for the project in partnership with the institution Euroform.