PAPER CAICQUE Erasmus Project

Project Title

PAPER CAICQUE

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 Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Integration of refugees; Migrants’ issues

Project Summary

With ‘PAPER CAICQUE’ project, we aimed to support the integration of our refugee and immigrant students into the education systems of the project partner schools from Turkey, Greece, Italy and France who have similar problems to integrate refugee and immigrant students into their education systems, to increase their adaptation to society and to learn from each other.
We created a project process that was designed in such a way that it gave refugee and immigrant students in our project partner schools the opportunity to introduce their own culture which is one of the most important points in the project. This process also applied support programs for learning the language of the host countries and working to solve their problems off-school hours for the integration to our societies. The project ensured that partner schools are able to provide assistance to refugee and immigrant students at all times, as most of the practices during the project process will continue without the need for an extra funding after the project ends. Some of the practices referred are;

With OPEN DOOR practice, refugee students who have difficulties in solving their problems were provided with support service twice a week by the counseling teacher and psychologists / pedagogues in our partner schools.
With PEER LEARNING practice, we aimed to support the academic successes, to shorten the target language learning period, and to establish solidarity among the students instead of the rivalry.
With LIVING WITH MY SCHOOL practice, the main purpose was to provide a 6-hour support service in a week aside from class hours to ensure that refugee students learn the language of their host country in a short period of time.
With LIVING CULTURES practice, we organized a festival where our refugee students had the opportunity to introduce their culture in the context of dancing, food and traditions.
With FREE DAIS practice, we aimed to create a democratic society awareness by giving a dais to the students in our project partner schools and giving them a chance to talk from this platform to their friends and teachers about any topic determined by the student at the appointed times. Two LTT activities were carried out in the project process to increase the teacher competences. We planned these activities for teachers to acquire competences to;
– plan training and learning processes of children who have experienced trauma,
– know how the education / learning process of refugee and immigrant students should be planned,
– teach in difficult conditions,
– create a democratic, multicultural and inclusive education approach in our project partner schools,
– gain the skills of creating a inclusive and democratic learning environment.
We organized a LTT activity for the students which enabled the mutual tolerance between students, recognition of the cultures and raised awareness in society and among other students about refugee and immigrant students. The effectiveness of integration increased when the staff who enhanced their competences through LTT activities exchanged their new knowledge and experiences with their colleagues in the project partner schools.

During the project process, three management meetings were held, including the opening meeting, the midterm meeting and the final meeting. Three staff from each school attended these meetings. During the project period, 3 LTT activities were scheduled to take place. 2 of the LTT activities were for teachers and 1 for students. Number of staff and students to participate in project meetings in total;
A) In LTT activities; 48 teachers, 24 students and 8 accompanying persons
B) Transnational meeting; 36 staff

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 119990 Eur

Project Coordinator

Lisa-Tetzner-Schule & Country: DE

Project Partners

• I.C. Matteotti Cirillo
• KARAMAN LISESI
• 2nd PRIMARY SCHOOL OF VRONTADOS “PANAGIA ERITHIANI”
• Association Tourquennoise de gestion de l’EIC – Lycée Privé Marie Noël