Through participation in the courses Diversity in the classroom and Creativity for the future, we wanted to empower teachers and other school staff to apply different tools, resources and ideas in order to develop critical thinking and problem solving in students as well as to apply strategies, tools and good practices aimed at promoting diversity in the classroom and overcoming prejudices. These goals are directly related to the needs of modern society to teach students to work in different environments, respect differences between individuals and groups, use them as an advantage, think critically, solve problems and be creative. By organizing the visit of the invited experts-trainers of the mentioned courses, we also wanted an external evaluation of the application of acquired knowledge and skills from the courses, their integration into the curriculum, all in order to ensure the quality and sustainability of the project results
The school is dedicated to improving the quality of teaching through continuous professional development of employees, exchange of ideas, cooperation with colleagues from other countries. One of the development goals is for the school to be a center of innovation, to support initiatives, and the tasks are for the school to develop innovative practice, new solutions, for the director to encourage the implementation of international projects in which key competencies for lifelong learning are developed. In accordance with these goals, tasks, based on the teaching and learning improvement plan for 2021/2022. and at the suggestion of the Team of Quality Assurance, a decision was made to participate in Erasmus. + program, application for the mobility project, its goals, selection of mobile activities. In order for students to develop 21st century skills and respect diversity, it is important that those who teach them receive professional development. By attending courses on critical thinking and diversity in the classroom, employees would improve teaching and learning by applying the acquired knowledge, tools, techniques, as well as adapting them in accordance with the needs of our students and/or creating new solutions.