Improving Quality and Accessibility in In-Service Trainings for teachers Erasmus Project

Project Title

Improving Quality and Accessibility in In-Service Trainings for teachers

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 2014

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); Pedagogy and didactics

Project Summary

Context/background of the project
– Lack of enough opportunities for professional development of teachers.
– Fragmented offer.
– Lack of quality criteria.
– Lack of awareness of teachers/educational staff of LLL opportunities.

Objectives of the project
– To increase the accessibility of teachers to in-service trainings and to raise the availability of high quality and tailored in-service training.
– To create an Online platform with high-quality teacher-centered in service trainings responding to quality criteria.
– To promote the cooperation between schools and training providers.

Two profiles of participating organizations took part in the project: training providers and schools
– Training providers: have contributed to > international meetings / communication management / impact and dissemination / creation of online platform and Community of practice. Training providers representatives undertook several roles and a project team has been composed.
– Schools: have been asked to involve as much as possible their educational staff. Teachers/educational staff (managers included) have participated in all project activities, such as data research, attending trainings abroad, providing evaluation, etc.

The project has implemented the following activities
– Data research for identifying quality criteria: schools and training providers have participated
– Development of training modules: training providers have elaborated them during transnational meeting and online local work
– Training modules: attendance of schools staff, organized by training providers, constant evaluation > redefinition and adjustment of the criteria
– Creation of Online platform + Community of Practice> offers for teachers with quality-criteria applied have been gathered // The CoP brought trainers together
– Multiplier event: dissemination of results > online platform + Raising awareness of LLL

The methodology applied during the project included:
– Constant cooperation training provider-school
– Constant cooperation and monitoring within the training provider partnership

The results and impact that the project has achieved are related to:
– More trained educational staff, better awareness of teachers of LLL initiatives and better motivation to apply for such training courses
– Training providers are more aware of teachers needs in terms of in-service trainings, exchange of best-practice with other TPs, being part of the international network and Community of Practice

The long term project benefits shall be seen in perspective are refer to:
Regarding the Schools> Higher quality education centers, better results from learners, teachers better aware of European dimension
Regarding the Training providers > collaborative network for exchanging best-practices, promote greater visibility in the online platform, more aware of teachers’ needs and interests

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 194605 Eur

Project Coordinator

YOUNET & Country: IT

Project Partners

• IST. D’ISTRUZ. SUPERIORE ALDINI VALERIANI – SIRANI
• Gimnazija Skofja Loka
• CEIP Plurilingüe Antonio Palacios
• Scoala Gimnaziala Vatra Moldovitei
• Istituto Comprensivo 16
• Sulforma – Consultoria e Gestão Empresarial, Lda
• GEPS Piran