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Higher education student and staff mobility project
Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 30, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

Summary of the project - Context and background to the project This project is part of the European policy of IES La Albuera in order to know other European countries, other cultures, other diferent ways of studying and working, envolving students and staff. Our high school has previous experience in participating in the European Projects (Sócrates, Comenius, Lingua); currently it has also been granted with an Erasmus+ K2 Project. IES La Albuera has a multilingual dimension with two bilingual programs, French-Spanish and English-Spanish. Our students can choose to study other languages like English, French and German. The high school encourages to learn foreing languages to students in higher vocational trainning and it promotes motivation as candidates for mobility to carry out their practices, Training in Laboral Centers (FCT), essential to achieve the qualification requirement; this FCT is carried out according to the conditions that are reflected in our ECHE. - Objectives The overall objectives of our European Project, as mentioned in our letter Erasmus, are: To develop multilateral trade center staff and facilitate connection with e-learning projects. To oganize student exchanges through bilateral agreements with European institutions. To participate in cooperation projects with companies. To promote mobility as part of the strategy of employability of students in vocational trainning. To share the priorities that appeared on the Modernisation Agenda 2011 of the European Commission for Higher Education and its subsequent updates. - Number and profile of participants. The IES La Albuera has followed a policy of equal opportunities for the selection of candidates for mobilities. Therefore We have used different tools to reach all staff and students with the information necessary to participate in the project. First it was communicated through emails and direct information workshops for teachers and students. Surveys have been conducted to find out their preferences and interviews with those who have shown interest in the project. All activities have had a direct action with all stakeholders, enabling immediate feed-back.. A committee for information and selection of candidates formed by the head teacher of vocational training and department heads of all professional families was formed. According to the above process, the following candidates were presented: Mobility for teachers: one. Not being necessary selection. Mobility for students: two. The selection among the candidates was took place following these evaluation criteria: above average grade course, crediting language level, income level of the family unit and a motivation letter. The profile of selected candidates: Teaching staff: teacher specialty training and career guidance, with 19 years of teaching experience, teaching class in higher vocational training IES La Albuera, PhD in Sociology and an accredited B1 level of English. Student: student 2nd Training Cycle Higher Level of Physical and Sports Activities of IES La Abuera, with an average score of 8.3, accreditation of B1 level of French and highly motivated to exchange, presenting the company to to perform his practices . - Description of the activities carried out: In the previous section we described the activities carried out to inform the project to all staff and students of IES La Albuera and selection processes of candidates for mobilities. The preparation of mobilities has included finding partners for these mobilities. In the case of teacher mobility it was conducted through the e-Twinning platform, contacting other schools with a similar profile of IES La Albuera, and common interests. It was selected the Vienna Business School and we started to contact by mail, ending with the agreement of training mode mobility, job shadowing. In the mobility of students, the student contacted directly with the company from Marseille, ANIMASPORT, and his tutor guided him towards the achievement of the agreement. The activities are described in full in Section 5 of this report. - Results and impact obtained and expected long-term benefits: Teacher mobility has allowed implementing new tools and learning methods, with the spread of goods practices for other teachers, enabling the mobility of a student during 2015/16 course to a company in Vienna. Student mobility has enabled him to improve his skills and initiate cooperation with other institutions at European level, disseminating their experience to other students. These results have been published on the Website of IES La Albuera.

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