We set ourselves two objectives: 1) to support the professional development of teachers for the innovation and Europeanisation of the school curriculum; 2) to develop European pathways for transversal skills and orientation, to counter school drop-out and to develop language skills. The first objective was intended to provide teachers with: a) enhanced language skills to develop European projects and activate more CLIL teaching; b) specific skills to create more engaging digital learning environments; c) psycho-pedagogical skills to manage the class group in an inclusive way. The second objective was to provide students with skills for outgoing guidance and to combat school drop-out. At Mattioli, the pandemic crisis has led to a doubling of cases of psychological distress with consequent learning problems. Therefore, students at risk of dropping out were included in the exchanges. For the student, a mobility abroad is an opportunity to develop his or her resilience, self-esteem and self-confidence; it is an opportunity for renewed interest in one's education as well as cultural and linguistic immersion.
Our School considers it indispensable to build a European space for learning, intensifying international mobility, strengthening its role as an educating community for the development of full active European citizenship and for a holistic approach to the development of the individual. Therefore, we deemed it necessary to create pathways to equip teachers with strategic competences that would enable them to: 1) be able to approach the opportunities of the Erasmus programme; 2) renew the school curriculum in a European (with the enhancement of the CLIL methodology), digital (with the use of technology in teaching) and green (with extracurricular projects on the changes necessary for the successful transition to climate neutrality by 2050) key. At the same time, it was deemed necessary to provide training courses for students aimed at fostering the development of transversal skills such as adaptability, problem solving, team working, autonomy, and communication skills, which, together with language skills and readiness for mobility in the European sphere, represent a fundamental requirement for the MdL and the formation of a European identity and citizenship.