Erasmus+ Key Action 1 (KA1) promotes the international training of students, trainees, teachers and other professionals in education and training organizations.
The projects aim to affirm the participating institutions in the international context of education and training.
Key-Action KA104
The “Agrupamento de Escolas de Anadia” has applied for a project in Key Action KA104 – Adult Education, for the period 2019-2021, which has been approved with 100% of the proposed funding.
The project will allow learning mobility for teaching and non-teaching staff, including participation in structured adult education courses.
These will be held in several European countries over the period June/2019 to May/2021.
The project
The title of the Key Action Project No. 2019-1-PT01-KA104-060513 is INNOVATE TO MOTIVATE: (Re)Think to Qualify
It is supported by the perception that the recognition of human capital is a ‘competitive advantage’ and the impact and significance that motivational factors play on the raise of their qualifications, trying to prevent and avoid dropout. Also noteworthy is the high need to increase the participation rate of adults in lifelong learning.
The activities proposed for staff take reckon the improvement and expansion of learning opportunities tailored to the needs of low-skilled adults, and also the increased need to reply to an audience of migrants and refugees.
Fully funded mobility for training of 15 teachers / non-teachers.
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Objectives and methodology
The submitted plan seek to optimize the skills of the staff, provide them with more effective tools and improve the quality of education/training services provided today and those projected to provide in the future.
The activities proposed for the staff regard the potential of each action to generate sharing and learning moments, for the promotion of skills and training of all elements (teachers and non-teachers).
The key areas we’re investing are: reduce the dropout of adults undergoing academic and/or vocational qualification, increase opportunities for access to qualification and raise awareness of its importance for disadvantaged / at-risk populations.
Thus, participants will be offered the approach of motivational strategies, the exchange of practices that allow out of the box thinking, encouraging staff to the value of promoting divergent thinking, awareness of the importance of transforming cultural diversity into opportunities for growth, enabling inclusion and tolerance to work, sharing strategies and practices of other European partners, and reflecting on approaches that integrate working with migrants and refugees and deepening knowledge and use of new IT tools.
Following the dissemination of the mobilities, the registrations and the selection of participants, they will have to complete an English language survey (used in training) which includes, among other things, motivation and the need for training in the European context.
Preparatory working meetings are scheduled with participants addressing cultural, linguistic and formal aspects to be addressed during the training.
After each course it is mandatory to carry out and submit an individual activity report.
Registrations
Registrations are open for the mobilities/courses already planned.
All teachers and non-teachers of the “Agrupamento de Escolas de Anadia” can register by filling in the available form HERE.
The dates, themes and places of the courses are as follows:
Structured Course I (concluded)
Theme: Improving English Language Skills – Click Here for details.
Objective: Improve written and oral skills in the English language and broaden the European network.
Place: Split – Croatia
Date: from October 27 to November 2, 2019
Structured Course II (concluded)
Theme: Innovative teaching methods for teachers, school and adult education – Click Here for details.
Objective: Promoting excellence and innovation in education by empowering and inspiring teachers, trainers, principals and other staff members to use innovative teaching methods.
Place: Bologna – Italy
Date: February 9-15, 2020
Structured Course III (concluded)
Objective: Improve written and oral skills in the English language and broaden the European network.
Place: Split – Croatia
Date: May 16-22, 2021
Structured Course IV (concluded)
Theme: Storytelling for Education and Learning – Click Here for details.
Objective: Introduction to the main features of ‘storytelling’, through stories from the oral tradition as well as contemporary and technology-based stories, and how to engage an audience, regardless of the medium used, for those – such as teachers – who make communication their professional activity daily.
Place: Prague – Czech Republic
Date: October 11-16, 2021
Structured Course V (concluded)
Theme: Creativity Lab
Objective: Develop creativity through creative writing, story-telling, comics, animation, digital media and video art in education..
Place: Piraeus – Greece
Date: May 9-13, 2022
Structured Course VI (canceled)
Theme: Diversity in education. Developing intercultural and communication skills
Objective: Raise awareness of the influence of diversity on behavior as a result of culture and personality; better understand and develop skills to address diversity in various educational contexts.
Local: St. Julian’s – Malta
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Selection criteria
The ranking of mobility candidates will be carried out according to previously defined criteria. Each criteria is rated from 1 to 5 and with the relative weights that can be consulted HERE.
The selection criteria of the participants for the above mobilities are:
1. Fulfill functions of responsibility in the context of the “Agrupamento” and in the area of adult education and training.
2. Conduct orientation, recognition and validation of skills related to the qualification of adults with professional situation that allows the continuity of the project (dissemination and application of innovative methodologies with adults).
3. Fulfill functions associated with work with disadvantaged audiences and those at risk of exclusion.
4. Motivation and interest shown.
5. Availability to spread learning to new audiences.
6. No previous participation in equivalent mobility actions.
If necessary, the tie will be decided through an interview conducted by the project managers.
Selected participants
The announcement of the selected candidates will be made throughout the project and according to the defined criteria.
