Rozwijanie profesjonalizmu. Erasmus Project

Project Title

Rozwijanie profesjonalizmu.

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 vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

“Developing professionalism” project assumed bidirectional exchange of good practices in vocational subjects taught in every partner school, the partner schools are institutions of education at the same level of education, ie. their audience (audit learners) are young people and adults studying medical professions at the level of post-secondary education. Partner schools are schools located in the least economically developed areas of their countries. Schools are underfunded and under-equipped, are faced with difficulties in the areas of teaching and training because of the lack of a sufficient number of facilities, institutions providing vocational training, but also unemployment in each region, which means that graduates of these schools, like many others, can not find work in their profession. Schools of Partnership are important educational centers in their regions, they are very respectable educational institutions. It was assumed that we can help each other without additional funding for schools but only by comparing the methods and forms of work in order to improve them. In this way, schools have become more visible in their regions and are seen as a modern, educational center.
Areas common to the partnership were dentistry and prosthetic dentistry, dental hygiene, cosmetology, massage and medical care. The names of the courses and subjects in each school may vary slightly but the core curriculum in the context of these fields were similar, hence the cooperation in such fields as described was possible.
The objectives of the project was to exchange the best practices of each institution in the field of teaching methodology and practical training in the jointly selected areas of learning, therefore teachers could improve their teaching methods and practical training as vocational teachers whereas students gained more knowledge and skills also in English, information technology-related services and computer software/hardware knowledge such as processing, transmission, storage and data presenting.
Participants expanded their interpersonal skills. In this way, teachers became more involved in the learning process, and students are more competitive in the labor market because of their newly acquired knowledge.
3 vocational training centers participated in the project activities, two of which are public schools ie. MSCKZiU Poland and the IES La Quintana of Spain also one institution which is a private school SGE Form from Italy.
Each of the schools has been a leader in the field of its choosing. The described below areas are taught in every school as complementary in the profession, and so:
• MSCKZiU Poland in the field of medical care and massage techniques together with their use in hygiene procedures , nursing and care.
• SGE Form Italy in the field of cosmetics and make-up together with the use of cosmetic techniques in the care of sick people as well as the elderly and children.
• IES La Quintana in the field of dentistry and prosthetics, and activities preventive-therapeutic dental hygienist.
The exchange was based on classroom observations, presentation programs and teaching materials as well as the exchange of teaching materials for vocational teachers, participation in practical classes, conducting some joint classes and presenting their skills during the practical presentations by both teachers and students.
The exchange and the presentation of practices in each profession was achieved by organizing short training programs for vocational teachers and students of a given field. Training programs for people undergoing vocational training were preceded by an exchange of practices in the profession using the methods of e-learning and exchange of practices online.
Additionally, other training institutions in the medical professions were visited as well as health care facilities or service providers who were cooperating with schools in terms of organizing internships and professional practices. Institutions providing in-service training for teachers and other subjects in the field of medical care were also visited.
In addition, vocational teachers participated in the training programs for learners, acting as tutors, whose task was to care and support the participation of students in classes who could have experienced language difficulties, cultural and/or social differences. Teachers also took part in other training programs that were organized for them.
This partnership has brought the expected benefits. Teachers enriched their workflow, enhanced the methods of teaching in the field of vocational subjects and practical training. They acquired new or improved their practical skills. We also put some extra attantion for the soft skills which need to be attached to each practise to improve verbal and non-verbal communication of our students in all mobilities with the empathy, ability to cooperate and self-presentation.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 57085 Eur

Project Coordinator

Medyczno-Spoleczne Centrum Ksztalcenia Zawodowego i Ustawicznego w Rzeszowie & Country: PL

Project Partners

• SGE FORM S.R.L.
• IES La Quintana