Hi! great home SCHOOL Erasmus Project

Project Title

Hi! great home SCHOOL

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social dialogue; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

“Hi! great home SCHOOL” project has been thought to contribute to the EU’s aim of harmonizing the national education systems of member countries rather than integrating them. The sharpest point that distinguishes “Hi! great home SCHOOL” project from the others that have been carries out until now to prevent Early School Leaving(ESL) is that it has come up with an holistic approach.With this project,it has been enabled to discover the ways of keeping students in the school by perceiving the steps that leads students to leave the school early and to make the school and the experiences in the school more meaningful.
In direction with Europe 2020 targets,which is also the vision of ‘Hi! great home SCHOOL’ project,it has contributed to reducing the 14% ESL rate to 10%.In line with the project’s mission,which is enabling the students to take their place in the society as qualified individuals,the students have been prevented from breaking away from the school life and leaving the school.
Within the scope of the project,the elements that bring about the ESL have been tackled within cause and effect relation.With “Hi! great home SCHOOL” project,
structural reforms and action plans have been put into practice in order to eliminate the reasons that causes ESL.Families,children, teachers,school and social environment have taken their place in the heart of action plans practiced in this project in order to prevent ESL.Within this context,the systems carried out throughout the project such as;
-Career Planning and Monitoring Unit
-Coach Model
-The RED book
-Social Activity Courses
-Early Alert System
-School Adaptation Seminars
-Peer Learning Program
will preserve its existence in project partner schools even if the project ends.There is no need for additional funding to sustain these activities because it will be enough if the schools’ managements want to carry on these practices.Sustaining these activities, despite the fact that the project has ended,will make students’ school lives more joyful and create acschool atmosphere where there are more motivated students with higher levels of readiness to classes.Thanks to the cooperation and collaboration of the students from six different countries in the project,the sense of being EU citizen has deepened,an awareness has been created about the cultural differences.The skills of the students have developed such as cooperating with different cultures,being a team,expressing themselves etc. by means of the contests and LTT activities carried out.Thus,the students have been given the opportunity of creating new horizons for a future full of hope.With the trainings the parents had,who are among the target groups activities carried out, the fragility of them to the possible problems they may face in life has been eliminated to a large extent.The communication between the family members have taken on a healthier view.The fact that these trainings have been prepared by taking into consideration the family concepts in different cultures has provided the maximum benefit to all the parents in the participating countries’ schools.Perception of a stronger school has been supported by means of the LTT activities in which teachers have learned different teaching methods.
Profile of the participants in the project mobilities;
-Learning Teaching Training activities;48 teachers,60 students and 20 accompanying people
-In transnational project management meetings;31 staff
The profiles of the participant schools in the “Hi! great home SCHOOL” project were identified in two categories:the schools with early school leaving problems and the schools where good practices could be exchanged.The exchange of good practices has been realized in a way that was very versatile.The most striking part of the project to prevent the risk of early school leaving was The RED book.The book is the intellectual output of the project and has emerged with the cooperation of all participating schools.Thanks to the book,which is a common product of six different cultures,solutions are offered for individuals who will encounter the risk of ESL.The book was published in English,Turkish,Spanish,Italian,Polish,Lithuanian and Portuguese languages and this was the most crucial part of the dissemination activities.Although the project “Hi! great home SCHOOL” has been finished,the project will continue to exist due to the presence of The RED book.Another important element is that those who want to reach the book itself will be able to reach the book by donating UNICEF. The book will be sent to the donors who donated 10 euro to the relevant account numbers of UNICEF,which are on the project website and on the front cover of the book.The beneficiaries will have access to the e-book format of the book without paying a fee and without requiring membership at the project website www.higreathomeschool.eu.Therefore,UNICEF’s mission,which is to protect all children and stand for their rights all over the world,will be supported.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 210209 Eur

Project Coordinator

KARAMAN LISESI & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Istituto Statale E.Montale
• Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace z Oddzialami Dwujezycznymi w Boguchwale
• AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS DE BARCELOS
• IES Rayuela
• Siauliu Lieporiu gimnazija