As educators, we want to make sure that we comply with the guidelines set by the local education authorities. In Kempele, there is a handbook for good practices in early and compulsory education ("Hyvän kasvun strategia"), according to which each child's invidual weaknessess and strengths will be taken into account using innovative pedagogical methods. To be able to achieve that, the teachers must have a chance to take part in different training sessions/activities throughout their career. Kempele is a small community with a largely homogeneous population and the children have few opportunities to interact with people from other cultures. For this reason, our school has hosted Comenius teaching assistants three years in a row, which has broadened the childrens' horizons and made them more aware of different cultures and taught them how to be more tolerant of others. To make even better use of the future assistantships, our staff needs to improve their command of foreign languages. In the global world of today schools are required to have tools that enable them to make international contacts. We are getting ready for compiling a new local curriculum for the year 2016 and onwards. The curriculum will focus on bringing new technologies into the classroom, communication and language skills and cross-curricular teaching. To make these aims more concrete, we need creativity and courage to use new, innovative methodology, and more up-to-date training. Altogether seven people of our staff are applying for funding under Erasmus+ / individual mobility. The head teachers, Eero Siika-Aho and Jukka Ojala are in need of impoving their command of the English language due to the language assistantships at our school. Also,getting to know different educational systems and being able to network abroad is a particularly current issue for our head teachers because of the recent big change in our administration; in 2012 the previously separate schools for Years 1-6 and Years 7-9 were put together to form one big administrative and pedagogical unit. Mari-Liisa Kurkela, an English teacher at our school, is applying for funding to be able to take part in a training session that focuses on bringing new technologies into the English classroom. Valma Karjalainen, a special needs teacher, is applying for funding for a training session where she can develop her language skills and which will give her practical tools and ideas for teaching. Hanna-Mari Turunen, a history teacher, is involved in entrepreneurial education and the managing of the student body at our school. She is applying for a training session that will focus on teaching entrepreneurial education. Eija Ruotanen, a music teacher, is applying for a training session where she can develop her language skills and learn about teaching music in Britain and in the other participants' countries. Outi Tuomaala, an educational co-ordinator for children with disabilities, is applying for a training session that focuses on using tablets in special needs teaching. In the training sessions the participants can share ideas and practices they can then use in their own teaching. The participants will have a better command of English and they will be able to appreciate similarities and differences in different cultures. They will have gained new insights into their teaching and they will be able to use more varied methods and new technologies in their work. In turn, this will motivate the students more and help them use different learning strategies. The head teachers will gain new skills and knowledge to manage and develop our school further. The participants are obliged to make sure that all our staff have a chance to benefit form the individual mobilities. We will arrange afternoon training sessions for the staff, for example. During the training sessions, the participants are expected to keep a record of the course and their personal development in an appropriate way (a diary, a blog, a vlog, social media, a photo journal). Other channels of dissemination will be local and/or regional newspapers, the televised weekly news broadcast of our school and educational journals. So, the training sessions will not only benefit the individual participants, other staff and our students, but also the surrounding community. Other schools in the area will also have a chance to find about the opportunities provided by Erasmus+.