The "CLIL+" project was a response to the needs that emerged to allow: A) TO TEACHERS - with 14 TRAINING COURSES in Ireland - to train in the teaching of Non Linguistic Disciplines (DNL) with the CLIL methodology; - to find ideas and motivation by collaborating with colleagues in international teams. B) TO TEACHERS - with 8 mobilities of Jobshadowing -in FR+ES - to increase teaching skills; - to encourage the exchange of good practice and the adoption of new strategies through the use of digital tools; - to acquire examples of solutions to common problems - to live the Erasmus organization C) TO STUDENTS -with 8 mobilities of 35 days C/O European Schools - to raise intercultural awareness; - to do a practical learning of foreign languages, - enhancing self-esteem and soft skills; D) TO 3 STUDENTS "SPECIAL NEED" to live an inclusive linguistic experience in a new but safe context. FOR ALL : to deepen a green vision in the various countries to be active citizens disseminating this vision in the final event (21 December 2023) and gather the interest to form a CLIL network in Tuscany.
The project "Clil + discovering Europe" is part of our school located in the city center of Florence and specialized in economic, technological and social education. The project has been proposed to enrich the teaching of students of the last 3 years of secondary school and of teachers, it is in line with the school program of improvement of the last 6 years, which saw the activation of the economic and social studies (LES) with the teaching of 2 foreign languages (besides English) and leaded to the increase in enrollments (+56% since 2018). With priority to 4th classes, the project offered: 8 student mobilities of 35 days in the multilingual sections of European partners and 3 additional mobilities of 1 week for "special need" students, 14 two-week mobilities in Ireland to study CLIL and 8 job shadowing mobility between France and Spain to observe CLIL lessons in other European contexts and the organisation of partner institutions in the context of Erasmus. The project has been in line with the PTOF (3 year plan of the Educational Offer) of the school, which has among its priorities, the internationalization of teaching, the study of foreign languages, the active citizenship, the sustainability and to open to Other Cultures.