The goal of the short-term student mobility project was to offer students a project topic that corresponds to their starting level and their interests, and on which they will work in cooperation with other students. The goal of the project exchange was to deepen the importance of international research and cooperation on sustainable development and the circular economy; at the same time, the importance of language skills in an internationalized working life was emphasized. The purpose of the project was to give students more information about the opportunities and challenges of sustainable development and the circular economy. The more concrete goals of the project were: 1. To create an online course on circular economy and sustainable lifestyle. 2. To develop teaching methods that increase inclusion for students from different cultures and backgrounds. In the staff job shadowing cooperation network, the purpose was to develop teaching methods of transversal skills and widen European networks - especially in the areas of ethics and environmental competence and global and cultural competence the teaching and the skills were developed.
Kauriala upper secondary school is one of the four upper secondary schools of the Tavastia education consortium. Kauriala upper secondary school has a general upper secondary school program (approx. 500 students) and a mathematics and science upper secondary program (approx. 100 students), which has received a special national mission. According to the strategy of the Tavastia education consortium, our school must develop versatile international skills and courage our students to work in an international and multicultural environment in cooperation with different people. The project implemented this goal. The students in the project were able to develop their wide-ranging competence according to the goals of the new high school curriculum (LOPS2021). The focus areas in the upper secondary school of Kauriala are learning community, inclusion, and sense of community, well-being and a sustainable future, equality, cultural diversity, and language awareness. Our school offers the students plenty of possibilities for cultural events, as an audience and as performers. The project's goal was to support the development of the focus areas of our school.