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Immersion à Edimbourg
Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2015 PROJECT  FINISHED 

Joliot Curie High School in situated in the city of Sète and is classified "sensitive". It is located in a pleasant and geographically strategic region. It trains 400 students in the areas of car maintenance, maintenance of industrial equipment, electronics, electricity and boiler making. Most students are in social, family and academic difficulties and are recruited locally. They have very few opportunities to open up culturally or travel outside their region. The willingness of our teams of teachers and management to expand internationally is strong and everything is implemented so that our goal be reached through participation in workshops, seminars, study visits or business trips, eTwinning partnerships as well as school trips in various European countries each year. Our teams are motivated and united and try to lead students in their wake. This is the first time that our school applies for a European program. The objectives are manifold: developing European mobility, developing knowledge of the culture and the education system of the UK in general and Scotland in particular, developing language skills in English, improving the use of ICT in the classroom, discussing current events and (re) discovering the personalities that make Britain today, meeting European colleagues, using authentic materials in the classroom, strengthening teamwork, motivating teachers and fostering the exchange. Four teachers have volunteered to participate in this immersion course in Scotland: two teachers of mechanical construction, a teacher of industrial maintenance (all three are enrolled or willing to enroll in the DNL, Discipline Non Linguistique, to teach their subjects in English in the future European Section of the school) and a teacher of English and French who is also the International Coordinator. These four teachers are used to work as a team and participating in an immersion course would be most beneficial. Joliot Curie High School provides various activities throughout these 12 months. The vocational teacher candidates benefit from linguistic and cultural preparation provided by their colleagues of language. When they are back from the course, they will share their experience with their colleagues and students through articles in the school newspaper or on the school website as well as during meetings. A ceremony to deliver the Europass will be held. In the end, various benefits are being expected. Regarding the four teachers, they will become levers for strengthening teamwork and communication and will come up with new projects. Concerning the school, its image will be improved. The results will be shared through the school website, the school newspaper, a photo exhibition, the regional press, especially during the Europass graduation ceremony in the presence of various officials.
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