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Internationalisation of Community Learning
Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018 PROJECT  FINISHED 

This project aims to meet the management and staff development needs of a consortium of small adult community education providers that want to engage in international activities within a strategic organisational framework. The consortium members want to give their organisations an international outlook, and provide staff with opportunities to acquire the competences needed for the further development of the organisation and own professional needs, thereby providing organisational capacity, and improving the quality of teaching and learning within their organisations.Within this broad aim the project will achieve the following concrete objectives:1. Improve the competences of managers in policy formulation and implementation 2. Empower individual consortium member organisations to support dyslexic and dyscalculic learners by equipping staff to use relevant tools, teaching strategies and materials.3. Develop the skills and ability of staff so they are able to engage and motivate learners to embrace digital learning including social media in learning, and their daily lives.4. Equip staff with the skills to embed the global dimension and reflect intercultural issues in teaching and learning,5. Improve Intercultural awareness among participants In order to meet the identified needs, is proposed to send 6 managers and 9 teaching staff on structured training to enable them to acquire the required competences. A senior manager from member organisations will attend training on internationalisation, to enable them to lead on the development of an international strategy and lead on bringing about the international outlook within their organisations. Teaching staff will undertake training to meet identified professional needs, and to support the implementation of the international strategy. The main needs are to (a) provide improved support for adult learners, especially those with special needs (dyslexia and dyscalculia), (b) motivate and encourage learners to engage with digital learning (c) reflect the global dimension the curriculum, and (d) improve the intercultural competence of staff.The training will result in participants developing knowledge, skills, attitudinal and behavioural changes to further the development of their organisation and their own professional careers. Managers will learn about organisational change and the competence strategies for internationalizing their organisations. They will be able to formulate, implement and monitor the international strategy, and gain an insight into international issues and intercultural competence in the context of internationalisation and their roles in learning.Staff (teaching & support) will have improved knowledge and understanding of global issues, cross cultural issues, pedagogical skills and the ability to use a range of tools to better support learners and boost their achievement. They will develop the ability to devise and implement attractive learning programmes to motivate adult learners to embrace digital technology. They will be more confident, skilled, with broadened horizons, and likely to engage in transnational activities, and become multipliers and champions for promoting the EU agenda.The culture of the participating organisations will change, becoming more global and intercultural. The organisations will participate in other strands within Erasmus plus and other European programmes. The globalism and interculturalism reflected in the organisations will resonate well with learners, since they are very culturally diverse. A more welcoming learning environment with which they readily identify, and an enjoyable learning experience will motivate them and others, to engage with learning and improve their performance and achievement.

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