1. More capabilities to teach multicultural pupils and students. Gain experience of how multicultural students are encountered elsewhere in Europe and how they are integrated into the school community. How special education is organized in other European countries. Gathering pedagogical tips and good practices from colleagues from different countries and from the courses participated. 2. Increasing community spirit and inclusion in our school. Loneliness among young people has increased. The parents of our school participate little in the school's activities. We don't have a parents' association and participation in parents' evenings is quite low. One of the reasons may be language problems, which make communication between the school and guardians difficult. We wanted to know how communication between parents and the school is organized elsewhere in Europe. We wanted to know how language teaching for immigrants is organized. We wanted to see what kind of relationships students and teachers had with each other. We wanted to get good tips on how to improve community spirit at school. International experience, contacts and information about Erasmus+ programs for our staff.
Helsingin Uusi yhteiskoulu secondary school (HUYK) is a private school founded in 1899, with a middle school and a high school. In addition to general education, the school has a fine arts-focused line and a Finnish-English line in the lower secondary school The upper secondary school has a visual arts department. There are two special classes in the lower secondary school. The number of pupils in the lower secondary school is approx. 350, of which almost 40% have a mother tongue other than Finnish. There are 250 students in the upper secondary school, of which approx. 20% speak something other than Finnish as their mother tongue. Our school is located in a Helsinki suburb with a below-average socioeconomic status. Our school has plenty of student care staff. Equality and equality are important values in our school. The staff mobility project started with the wishes of the teachers. We have had several EU-funded international projects. There has previously been one staff mobility project in 2016. We have had a few student mobility projects and two student exchanges (IPM).