PROJECT PARTNERS

We have run several Erasmus+ projects since 2016. The topic of this project is different from the previous ones because we want to expand our focus, in other words it is challenging “to try something new” which could help our school to be updated. We offer to study branches as follows: graphic designers, booksellers, economists, librarians (these are 4-year-long studying branches with “maturity” as the final exam) and window dressers (3-year-long studying program).
We have been running the literary competition “Čapkoviny” for 10 years. Pupils and students from all over the Czech Republic take part in the competition. We also organize art exhibitions (e.g. the last one took place in Novoměstská radnice).
In the field of international cooperation, we have run several projects under the Erasmus+ program (KA1 + KA2). The project “Creative Teacher - Creative Students” got European Language Label Award in 2017.
Our previous projects focused on reading literacy, creativity, culture, intergenerational relationships and history. We learned a lot and we shared our gained knowledge with other schools, organizations, and the public (we published articles, books, seminars, training, lectures, and regularly put info on our school website). Now we would like to expand our focus and pay attention to science and how to teach it outdoors. We found a suitable place near our school where we can try and share activities from the field of 1) history and geology 2) physics and 3) biology We also want to involve the students in the production of the eBook output, namely they can make the design of the book because we have classes in web design and booksellers. We consider that this would be a perfect link between school curricula and the real work environment and the students will practically contribute to the visual and ‘marketing’ aspect of book creation.
Our secondary school provides vocational education to 573 students aged 15-19.

ITL INSTITUTE works in supporting and promoting education, culture, and lifelong learning; organizing Strategic cooperation with associated groups; creating and encouraging sustainability; encouraging innovative work by means of appreciation and other forms of encouragement; enhancement of international culture and art promotion.
Our organization offers courses on different topics related to the educational process in the field of training for developing and improving teaching skills, soft skills, communication skills, teamwork, decision-making, time management, project management, etc.iTeach ITL INSTITUTE focuses on the development of core 21st century skills. Our objectives are to promote active citizenship regarding sustainable development education and a sense of European citizenship and the development of good practices in the field of sustainability in school education. 
ITL INSTITUTE is getting involved in projects in order to make better education progress. ITL will contribute to the project through its experience, its local and regional network, and its expertise in various areas relevant to the project activities. We are also working with global environmental issues through engagement in policy-making dialog at the national, regional, and global levels. Members of the organization are involved in developing, evaluating, and managing various programs and projects.
Know-how: Training to improve learning management framework competence; Formal and non-formal approaches to the curriculum;
International, national and regional programs planning and implementation; cultural heritage, history, and culture; Education, music and the arts The trainers involved in the application are highly experienced teachers who have both experience in schools and experience in lecturing international courses.
    Our team has experience in management and business, legal issues, youth, and minority empowerment, and non-formal education. The core team members have combined experience in starting up youth entrepreneurship, organizing public cultural events, organizing training courses, and other non-formal education activities.
For the purpose of the project, we will cooperate with 2 schools in our area: Evyap Vocational School and Kadikoy Anatolian Secondary School with who we have already set up agreements in this respect. We have collaborated with them in the past applications and they proved to be a reliable associated partner. Both of them offer general education to the age group concerned in this application and they will benefit directly from the LTTAs as participants. We, the main partner, will apply the project activities with them.

The organisation provides educational services in line with the national curriculum to students aged 11-19. The higher secondary level consists of 32 upper-secondary classes in general education (grades 9-12). For this project initiative we are addressing the lower-secondary level which includes 6 lower secondary classes (Grades 5-8) with 200 students. We offer the students in compulsory education educational services to cover for their general knowledge basis, so that they can choose to specialise in a certain profile after Grade 8, when they sit the National Evaluation Exam that allows them to access a form of upper-secondary education (general, technical studies). Almost unanimously, our students opt for general studies and most of them continue in our college. The subjects taught in lower-secondary education and the corresponding no. of teachers are: Romanian (3 teachers), Maths (3), English (3), French (1) or German (1), History (2), Geography (2), Science (4), OE (2), Arts(1)

The school has been operating for 100 years. It is an educational institution with tradition in the area. We first organised lower secondary classes 20 years ago. We offer general training to students in the subjects mentioned above. In the upper secondary level, we are organising classes according to profiles and specialisations: Philology intensive English and bilingual English, Social Science, Natural Science, Maths-Computer Science. There are classes who study this specialisation with intensive study of English (3 out of 6 per level). In terms of the topic of the project, we have little experience in outdoor learning. Although we do have extracurricular activities that involve spending time outdoors, we have rarely used it as a substitute for classroom work. That is why we are interested in the cooperation on the topic. 

The lower-secondary level addresses an age group of 11-14 which includes a number of 200 students distributed in 6 classes. The upper-secondary level covers the age group 15-18. There are 1000 students in this group distributed in 32 classes (8 per Grade level). Our students are from a mixture of backgrounds - mainstream as well as challenged socially, economically, geographically. An approximate 35% of students come from single-parent families, 37% of them are commuters from rural areas. According to the reports from the counselling department, at least 40% of them are facing psychological challenges, adaptation problems and other difficulties in coping with either family issues or handling depression. Despite the facts and numbers, our students successfully participate in school contests and contribute to the positive image of the school at local, regional or national level.