Empowering Educators in STEM

ȘCOALA GIMNAZIALĂ NR.1 BRĂNEȘTI, ILFOV, ROMANIA

COORDINATOR

We have 558 students aged 6-16, 329 in primary school and 229 in middle school, of which 16 SEN students with dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dyslexia, speech problems, ADHD, autism, etc.), Our children face social challenges. The 16 SEN pupils benefit from learning programs adapted to their needs under the guidance of the school speech therapist and psychologist. Our pupils have international experience participating in E+ program onsite/ on-line. Approx. 50% of them have basic ICT skills, A1-A2 EN competencies. They are inquisitive, curious, friendly, sociable, open minded. More than 60% of our teaching staff have E+ experience.

NEWARK SCHOOL, FLORIANA, MALTA

Partner

Newark School Malta is a private school providing early years education, primary, middle and secondary schooling. We have students from 43 different nationalities, and therefore the school language is English. Newark School Malta has experience in Erasmus+ and is presently participating in a number of Erasmus+ projects. The schools involvement will ensure that in addition to the academic's children are exposed to loads of interesting projects whilst meeting other children from different countries whilst working together on the Erasmus+ projects. The projects are funded by the EU and both teachers and students love participating in these projects as it offers a differentiated form of teaching and learning.

VsI "Edukateka", Klaipėda, LITHUANIA

Partner

“Edukateka” is an educational and scholarly institution, which functions in an informal child, youth and adult education programs. "Edukateka", accredited institution, which provides qualification improvement for teachers and educational aids. “Edukateka” gives an ability for 6-18 year old children and young people to choose and spend their leisure time in a meaningful way, develop their creative abilities in English language, IT, develop skills of leadership and project activities in the Young Leader’s studio. We organizes seminars, lectures for education specialist and parents, as well as methodological days on relevant topics. “Edukateka” aims to help teachers to implement the ideas, which provide opportunities to improve their competences and forms of activities working with pupils.

Col·legi Igualada, SL, Igualada, Cataluña, SPAIN

Partner

At Academia Igualada we take into account that each child is unique and, therefore, we offer them a range of opportunities and strategies to grow as a person and to enjoy the pleasure of learning. We want our children to be emotionally confident people, who think and act independently, that have the right tools to be capable in the future and to communicate, research, create, reflect, think and that make a commitment to society based on the values they have developed. The use of ICT is highly integrated into the center so that our students become as digitally competent as possible.

SEHİT AHMET OZSOY KIZ ANADOLU IMAM HATIP LISESI, ANKARA, TURKIYE

Partner

In the project-related part of our institution, education is held at the secondary and high school levels. It is a special project girls' school that implements a foreign language-oriented at the secondary level and a science and social sciences program at the high school level. Project schools are meant to take students through exams in their regions so that these kinds of schools are academically successful. Furthermore, they produce projects in the fields of science and social sciences. To be a teacher in project schools in our country, a CV related to a previous teaching career is required and priority is given to those who have formerly worked in projects. In this way, our school is ahead of other institutions in terms of having innovative teachers and students with the potential to produce projects.

KECIOREN ILCE MILLI EGITIM MUDURLUGU, Keçiören, ANKARA, TURKIYE

Partner

Keçiören District Directorate of National Education was established in 1983. Our Directorate including primary schools, secondary schools, high schools, and professional education institutions in its constitution, has a fundamental education tradition. Our institution is in Keçiören, the first biggest district of Ankara. Keçiören, its population (938.568), is more crowded than many cities. Our directorate has a strong mission, common values supporting this mission, and the employees sharing these, the people representing these values, the administrators existing and consolidating the institution's culture. Education and instruction services have been carried on with 369 schools, associated with our Directorate, 10.076 teachers, and 157.771 students.