Escape Exclusion – Educational inclusive escape adventures for schools and youth work Erasmus Project

Project Title

Escape Exclusion – Educational inclusive escape adventures for schools and youth work

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development); Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

We live in the 21st century, where educators face new challenges: Information is available any moment and people all around the world are connected as a result of globalisation. The paradigm of education has changed and schools are renewing and changing their educational approaches.
For making changes, educators need to develop new skills and competences. In the Learning Mobilities, they will be challenged to analyse their skills and competences, and develop new competencies in order to deal with the needed changes. In this project educators will work on all attitude change, skills development to create inclusive classrooms.
The Project will involve 7 Partners from 4 different countries: Gulbene Municipality (LV), Jaunpils Secondary School (LV), Democratic Secondary School De Vallei (NL), Youth Exchange Service (NL), STRANAIDEA S.C.S. (IT), School La Milagrosa y Santa Florentina (SP) and Association PROMESAS (SP).
The main aim of the project is for the participating schools and youth org. together to develop, create and implement Inclusive Learning Classrooms/Spaces, in which educators innovate their educational practices through the use of inclusive escape adventures.
Objectives to achieve the aim:
· to approach the whole project as an inclusive learning environment, where partners and other stakeholders learn from and with each other, by contributing with their expertise, their curiosity and their readiness to experiment and make changes in their practices,
· to create a cross-sectoral partnership that strengthens the capacity of all partner organisations and the local and international networks they work in.
· to create inclusive classrooms, by putting the topic of inclusion and inclusiveness on the agenda and develop tools that promote and provoke inclusion.
· to equip and empower professionals involved, with self-confidence, competencies and skills to innovate their practices and make escape adventures part of their educational approach.
· to develop 3 intellectual outputs with new and easy to use Escape adventure templates, a Starter kit and a Research on Inclusive Classrooms, that support educators, in both formal and non-formal education, all over Europe to innovate in their schools and work spaces.
The Project will consist of 5 main elements:
Intellectual Output 1: Find your Way! Escape Adventure – templates (method+mechanics+inclusive elements)
Intellectual Output 2: INS & OUTS: Starter Kit + modules (content + needs oriented)
Intellectual Output 3: Inclusive Classrooms- Research
Learning mobility or Joint Staff mobility (February 2021)
Learning mobility: Seminar (October 2021)

To support the aim of this project, have decided to organize two learning mobilities:
1) Training course for 25 teachers, school staff, trainers and youth workers, to equip and empower professionals with knowledge about learning processes and inclusion, and competencies to innovate their practices. Februari 2021 in Latvia
2) Seminar for 25 teachers, school staff, trainers and youth workers, to reflect on their educational experimentations and development, to share good practices and further strengthen their competencies. October 2021 in Spain
The direct target group of the project are teachers, trainers and youth workers from the participating organisations. They are the ones that will develop their competences, gain experience, create the IO’s and create and implement Inclusive Learning Classrooms / Spaces. The main target group and end beneficiaries of the project as a whole, will be students and youngsters (of the partners at first, but through dissemination also others). All activities, the methodology and IO’s within this project are being developed for them to benefit from in the end.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 172237 Eur

Project Coordinator

Gulbenes novada pasvaldiba & Country: LV

Project Partners

• Asociación Casa de la Beneficencia – Colegio La Milagrosa y Santa Florentina
• Youth Exchange Service
• STRANAIDEA Società Cooperativa Sociale Impresa Sociale
• ASOCIACION PROMESAS Promotora de Metodologías Educativas para una Sociedad Alternativa y Sostenible
• Coöperatie Democratisch Voortgezet Onderwijs De Vallei U.A.
• Jaunpils vidusskola