The proposed goals of innovation, change, modernization, and internationalization were achieved, equated in its objectives: 1. Valuing the European dimension of education through the internationalization of the school and the development of mobility projects: Promoting multicultural education Reinforce sustainable partnerships between school organizations to boost transnational exchanges Sharing experiences from previous contacts with schools belonging to the ESESMD congregation in Spain, Angola, Cape Verde, and East Timor Contribution to increasing mobility between educational staff and students in mobility projects Promoting the teaching and learning of foreign languages and strengthening the quality of bilingual education (Portuguese/English). 2. Improving the quality of teaching/learning through the promotion of more modern learning environments and innovative pedagogical practices - Knowledge and understanding of foreign Educational Systems: Improves professional skills by appropriating innovative teaching practices and good practices Develop tools for recognizing international learning, sharing good practices, and supporting mobility Increase the quality of teaching/learning to excellence, promoting new learning environments and innovative pedagogical practices. The proposed goals of innovation, change, modernization, and internationalization were achieved, and divided into segments: The objectives of this proposal are: 1. Valuing the European dimension of education through the internationalization of the school and the development of mobility projects: Promoting multicultural education Reinforce sustainable partnerships between school organizations to boost transnational exchanges Sharing experiences from previous contacts with schools belonging to the ESESMD congregation in Spain, Angola, Cape Verde, and East Timor; Contribution to increasing mobility between educational staff and students in mobility projects; Promoting the teaching and learning of foreign languages and strengthening the quality of bilingual education (Portuguese/English). 2. Improving the quality of teaching/learning through the promotion of more modern learning environments and innovative pedagogical practices Knowledge and understanding of foreign Education Systems Improvement of professional skills through the appropriation of innovative teaching practices and good practices Develop tools for recognizing international learning, sharing good practices, and supporting mobility Increase the quality of teaching/learning to excellence, promoting new learning environments and innovative pedagogical practices Reinforce the quality of professional training, in the European dimension Promoting ongoing, diversified, and up-to-date training for staff in line with the changing and innovative needs of the educational system, taking into account the school's urban specificities. Development of education open to innovative practices in the "Digital Age" for the multidisciplinary use of digital technologies, foreseen in the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educational Organizations and the Action Plan for Digital Education Development of digital technology skills and increased digital production, encouraging the use of new digital tools such as the school's page and social network; school platform, and educational applications, among others. 3- To improve the quality of teaching/learning through the promotion of more modern learning environments and innovative pedagogical practices, to be carried out in Finland, a country recognized for the high success of its educational system considered the most innovative and successful in Europe and demonstrated by the latest reports of PISA: - DESIGN NEW LEARNING SPACES FOR THE 21st CENTURY CLASSROOM NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS - WHAT KIND OF SCHOOLS SHOULD WE BUILD IN THE FUTURE? - Europass Teacher Academy organization BARCELONA, SPAIN, 04.07 to 08.07. 2022. Performed for 5 days, 4 participants: 3 teachers and 1 kindergarten assistant The training focused on change, innovation, and modernization of the environment and learning space of the schools of the future under the motto Europe and school life are changing fast! - planning new schools, investing in modern technology and furniture. The aim of the course was to learn about innovative teaching and learning spaces, the use of ICT, virtual reality, and preparing students for the classrooms of the future. Participants deepened their knowledge on planning changes in a school to provide more modern learning, on how to create a motivating and creative teaching/learning environment with innovative didactic-pedagogical resources and through the use of digital technologies, also providing for the updating and development of the practice of modern pedagogical language in English, having also promoted the increase in the volume of the professional network in contact with reliable and responsible partners of the participating European organizations.
The Beneficiary aimed to reaffirm the internationalization, modernization, and innovation of teaching and learning through the training of its staff in European countries within the scope of the Erasmus´+ program. This action allowed the adoption of an evolutionary path for education in this sense, in favor of raising the quality of teaching/learning and increasing the organization's internal and external success; greater participation in the EU's E+ programme; the recognition of the importance of training abroad by the Staff, with an increase in their interest in lifelong training to improve and update professional knowledge and skills and greater career recognition; recognition of the excellence of the teaching practiced at the school, in the international dimension as a model to be followed through the strategic plans Plano Desenvolvimento Escolar and the Plano de Desenvolvimento Europeo; inspiration for change in terms of quality and excellence in school education; creation of practical conditions for the operationalization of other political practices and education systems with the recognition of their success; institution's access to the actions of the Erasmus+ program providing international mobilities for students and staff to acquire a multicultural and multilingual education and knowledge and understanding of Educational Systems of the host countries. Also benefit from the improvement of the quality of school education, for the construction of an egalitarian, united, and cohesive Europe and the promotion of the values enshrined in Art. 2 of the EU Treaty. The INNOVATION & CHANGE project aimed to meet 3 general needs of the organization to achieve its goals: - Valuing the European dimension of education through the internationalization of the school and the development of mobility projects - Improving the quality of teaching/learning through the promotion of modern learning environments/spaces and innovative pedagogical practices of the 20th century. XXI - Improvement of management, organization, and leadership skills: development of modern tools and mechanisms for leadership, information, and communication.