EARLY SCHOOL DROPOUTS Erasmus Project

Project Title

EARLY SCHOOL DROPOUTS

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 : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

“DEARS” is a Project which has been created within the framework of the Erasmus + Strategic Partnership for School Education, aiming at achieving cooperation for innovation and the Exchange of good practices between schools from different countries across Europe.
Having created a database for the drop out rate , the partners will assess and evaluate their teaching techniques; promote healthy lifestyles; build a sense of student success; document the current state of affairs where the drop out rate is concerned; promote the students’ professional profile by means of ICT; raise parents’ and local community services’ awareness of early school drop out rate and write proposals to law makers.
The partners involved in the project are countries in which the drop-out rate varies from a very low level to a very high level, for example, two countries have a medium level of school DROP OUTS (Spain, Portugal and Lithuania), while the drop out rate in another country varies from region to region (Turkey). All school-partners have dealt with drop out rates and are experienced with previous and ongoing European programs.

A number of activities and events to be carried out through teleconferences and on-line platforms will be used during the Project and collaborative work in the mobilities. Preparation will be effected through teleconferences while the first mobility in Lithuania will initiate the first network platform and an eTwinning platform learning community. A training meeting will also be held on innovative approaches.

The production of educational materials concerning drop out “DEARS Guidebook and a leaflet will be created. Besides , a learning program entitled “Promotion of healthy lifestyles and development of students’ social skills through physical education and environmental activities” will contribute to combatting student drop out in the participating partners as well as implement effective teaching approaches within their curriculum.

At the end , mobilities and training events during the final stage of the Project and multiplier events and activities will allow the project results to disseminate on local ,regional and national scale as well as on a European level.

Educational material as a natural consequence of the project will be presented as instant materials for teachers and school principals including written reports and proposals. At the same time, the participating teachers will have the opportunity to develop and improve their pedagogical skills and expertise within European projects as the participating students will be a part of the teamwork, organizing events, inspiring creativity, communicating with their peers abroad and analysing the drop out problem in the participating organizations. Also parents and local community services will become informed on drop out rates and law makers will receive suggestions on how to deal with the problem

DEARS is a project dealing with collaborative work within the participation of various institutions which have different backgrounds , cultures and understandings, which have come together for innovation and the exchange of good practices between schools on the matter of early school drop- out rates. The project includes a variety of titles ranging from labour market problems ,to career coaching , unemployment of youngsters; early school leaving, direct failure in education; entrepreneurial understanding and entrepreneurship training.

Promoting the practice of entrepreneurial experiences in education, training and youth work, young people’s social inclusion and well-being , in addition to the most relevant priorities addressed by the project are:

-Job shadowing as well as interviews are the best way to lead students to improve quality via career counseling and self- evaluating tools.

-To raise students’ awareness of European labour market in terms of necessities , offers and problems .

-To have better communication skills using their language skills.

-To raise self esteem to develop their abilities to assess their suitability for a particular job.

A closely-knit network of schools trying to cope with drop- out rates effectively in the long term, can be a sustainable event, an open access site with relevant educational material and follow-up events and long-distance collaboration will continue even after the project has officially ended

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 151780 Eur

Project Coordinator

IES ERAS DE RENUEVA & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Kauno taikomosios dailes mokykla
• Agrupamento de Escolas Coelho e Castro
• ITIS GIOVANNI XXIII
• Mentese Turgutreis Anadolu Lisesi