1. Mokyklų valdymas

The project partners designed and implemented a new anti-bullying programme in schools in five EU countries. It drew on the experiences of existing programmes and practices originated by the project partners working in different cultural contexts.  It provided further evidence of effective approaches to the reduction of bullying in schools that will inform the development of improved child centred, whole school strategies for adoption at European level.

The project goal is to provide a comprehensive analysis of best practices for preventing ESL in partner countries in the areas: of ESL monitoring systems; and, methods of counteracting ESL and reintegrating students.

Project partners were from Poland, the UK and Italy. Outputs include a report on ESL monitoring systems, a report on prevention and reintegration methods, and a training pack.

Klasės klimato formuojamojo vertinimo priemonė parengta ruošiant ataskaitą „Formuojamasis, įtraukus, visą mokyklą apimantis socialinio ir emocinio švietimo Europos Sąjungoje vertinimas“, o jos tikslas – sudaryti sąlygas išsamiai, holistiškai įvertinti klasės klimatą ir padėti mokytojams ir mokiniams kartu teigiamai keisti savo klasę.

Priemonę sudaro devyni klasės klimato kokybės vertinimo rodikliai:

• kultūrinis jautrumas ir įtrauktis,
• saugumo jausmas, įskaitant apsaugą nuo patyčių ir jų prevenciją,
• pozityvus klasės valdymas,
• rūpesčiu grįsti mokytojo ir mokinio santykiai,
• bendraamžių tarpusavio palaikymas,
• bendradarbiavimas, įskaitant mokymąsi bendradarbiaujant,
• aktyvus mokinių įsitraukimas į prasmingas mokymosi veiklas,
• iššūkiai ir dideli lūkesčiai visiems klasės mokiniams,
• mokinių balso paisymas, įskaitant mokinių dalyvavimą priimant su klase susijusius sprendimus.

Devyni rodikliai pristatomi klausimyno forma, kad mokytojams ir mokiniams būtų lengviau nustatyti savo stiprybes ir tobulintinas vietas kiekvienoje srityje. Klasių mokytojai gali priemonę pritaikyti pagal savo grupės pobūdį taip, kad ji būtų kultūriškai prasminga ir atitiktų mokinių raidą.

Pasaulyje daugėjant jaunų žmonių psichikos sveikatos problemų, projektu UPRIGHT siekiama ugdyti gerai fizinei ir psichinei sveikatai palaikyti reikalingus įgūdžius. Šis projektas įgyvendinamas mokyklose ir į jį įsitraukia jaunesnieji paaugliai, jų artimieji bei projekte dalyvaujančių mokyklų darbuotojai.

Programos „Erasmus+“ projektas „ICAM“ („Vaikų, nukentėjusių nuo migracijos, integracija“) siekia užtikrinti, kad nuo migracijos nukentėję vaikai galėtų gauti išsilavinimą. Projektas padeda mokykloms sukurti saugią aplinką vaikams, nukentėjusiems nuo migracijos, kad jie galėtų visapusiškai pasinaudoti savo išsilavinimo teikiamais privalumais.

Projekto „MiCREATE“ tikslas –  skatinti įvairių migrantų vaikų grupių įsitraukimą, taikant į vaiką orientuotą metodiką migrantų vaikų integracijos į ugdymo procesą metu ir kuriant strategijas. Atsižvelgiant į poreikį peržiūrėti esamą integracijos politiką, tyrimo projekto tikslas – visapusiškai išnagrinėti šiuolaikinius migrantų vaikų integracijos procesus, siekiant stiprinti jų iniciatyvumą, dalyvavimą ir gerovę.

Since 2011, when a new school leader was appointed, the school has focused on the following goals: to promote active participation of students; foster inclusion; nurture autonomy and a sense of responsibility. To reach these goals, the school adopted interactive approaches reorganising learning spaces and educational activities.
Key interventions encompass:
• Outdoor schooling (nursery school). The aim is to stimulate sensory experiences by encouraging direct contact with nature.
• Bag-less learning (primary school). Students only wear a light purse to hold their personal belongings and a notebook for homework tasks while school is furnished functionally with advanced learning tools.
• Workshop rooms and flipped classrooms (secondary school). Teachers personalise their working space based on their functional teaching needs in terms of furniture arrangement, tools, books etc. In flipped classroom, time and self-study activities are reversed where students prepare for a class by watching a pre-recorded lecture or then lead the discussion.

The CARMA Toolkit fosters collaborative learning approaches in schools, based on non-formal learning (NFL) techniques, for learners who have been identified as being at risk of early school leaving and/or low achievement. The Toolkit provides practical resources for classroom practices and to transform school cultures to improve student motivation and participation. Involvement of the wider community in supporting collaborative learning is also encouraged. A Competence Assessment Model supports teachers to assess learners’ collaborative skills. A teacher’s diary to track implementation and learner progress accompanies the Toolkit.. The Toolkit is available in full and short versions in 8 languages English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Dutch and Turkish.

The project Try it again, Sam! is an inter-institutional and integrated project that addresses children’s social and educational needs. It is composed of two main programmes: Integrated Tutelage (directed at students who dropped out of school) and Dropout Prevention (directed at students with temporary and reversible educational difficulties to prevent school dropout). Those involved– teachers, volunteers, school principals, social workers, psychologists – are all convinced that drop-out is the result of a long and insidious process triggered from common learning and relational difficulties. Therefore, timely responses to students with common difficulties in social relationships and/or learning activities is an effective way to prevent social students’ problems, which are much more difficult to address once they are established.
Try it Again, Sam! experiments with a new model of prevention-action training regarding failure in the transition from primary to secondary schools in Turin. It fosters the educational success of all students and combats school dropout. It is based on an integrative process between the acacemic and the extra-curricular, creating conditions for constant dialogue between them, and ensures learning of foundation skills in the first cycles of education. The project works within a network of non-profit associations and parishes. Schools and other actors - through joint collaboration - can thus foster learning processes that take into account the story of each child, giving them a space to listen and express themselves, develop their self-confidence, support their academic success, and combat early school leaving. Dropout Prevention is an offshoot of an earlier programme, Integrated Tutelage.