What’s up in education: new models for future pre-school services Erasmus Project

Project Title

What’s up in education: new models for future pre-school services

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Pedagogy and didactics; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

In the last years European society has to cope with different challenges. These changes require to extend the access to ECEC services in order to accommodate a greater number of families, develop more inclusive and holistic educational services, able to intercept the different needs of different families and different type of users. Today services are likely not to take into proper account the differences in users’ needs: more flexibility in the operation and organization of the services is required, together with lower expenses for the families, an integrated system of families and educational services offers.The project was developed in PARTNERSHIP with 3 schools in Italy, Sweden, Slovenia. The partners involved in the project have been purposefully selected to represent examples of different Ecec government and organization services. These have been determined by analyzing existing practices and experiences that the partners have gathered over the years as part of their independent endeavors. GOAL of project is to improve Early Childhood Education and Care (Ecec) organizational and governance models through exchange of experiences and good practices.In particular the project has two specific objectives linked to expected RESULTS:1) To identify organizational solutions that improve Ecec services and contribute to increase accessR 1.1 Innovative Pre school organizational models identified;R 1.2 Best Practices tested and implemented with teachers and families;R 1.3 Pre school teachers competences improved.2) To improve Families and community participation in the life of pre-schools servicesR 2.1 ECEC services more in line to family and community needs.Direct and indirect BENEFICIARIES will be Ecec practitioners, Families, Decision-makers in local and regional authorities acting the field of educational policies and services and Children.The project will be organized in ACTIVITIES like: Transnational meetings (also aimed at deepening organizational models and families and community participation and involvement), Job shadowing, Local Seminars, Local Experimental Practices.METHODOLOGY will include active methods like for example: World Cafè, Open Space Technology, Community self-mapping tecnics.The IMPACT of the project involves the transfer of best practices and organizational models able to respond more adequately to the needs of families and communities. This impact is not only on the services involved in the project but it concerns the whole network of ECEC services and the people who deal with education in different contexts. The long-term benefits of the project are related to the awareness and the acquisition of tools and methods by people who work in ECEC services for questioning the changes taking place, intercepting the needs of families and communities and adapting the organization of services to the latter.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 94460 Eur

Project Coordinator

Scuola Infanzia Arcobaleno Unione Terre d’Argine & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Öjeby förskoleenhet
• VRTEC JELKA
• Elmer vzw