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Let 's Work and Innovate Together
Start date: Sep 5, 2014, End date: Sep 4, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The project starts at one of the 15 Innovative Technological Secondary School Miguel de Cervantes in Móstoles, Madrid. It arises from the need to know, exchange and disseminate new methodological lines which allow to solve the problems detected in recent years such as early drop-out, absence of motivation between students and teachers,recover the students with disruptive behaviour and linguistic improvement;to sum up resolving our weak points. The participants are 26 teachers of 57, plus 1 services and administrative staff. The teachers belong to the following departments:Maths(4), Geography(1),Phisics and Chemistry (2), Latín (1), Biology, (2), Technology (2), English (4), French (1), Guidance (4), Arts (3) P. Education (1) Language and Literature (1) All the participants are permanent or in duty in the center for the next two years, they all show a great interest in the project and also in its broadcasting, they have made educational background in ICT, some of the teachers are developing an innovative experience based on PBL ( Project Based Learning ) in 3ºESO.They all have an English, French and Italian knowledge that goes from A1 to C2 level and they are eager for improving it. Apart from the teachers there is other member of the staff who has always shown a significant participation in the school. She helped in the receipt of teachers coming from Europe and also making reports for them. The activities follow three main lines: 1.- Teaching training in new methodologies and the use of ICT. 2.- Job shadowing: Portugal, Látvia, República Checa, Italia, Hungría, Polonia y Suecia. 3.- Profesional exchange: lectures,... The methodologies would be: Training Sessions,Presentations ( disseminations of the results ), Work Team ( committee every two weeks ) and linguistic training organized by the English Department. The results, that are set in the use of new methodological estrategies, ICT and linguistic knowledge, will be submitted and widely spread through work teams by the participants in the project. The impact is going to suppose a much better global progress in teaching methodologies, as well as the disseminanation of the project to the Technology Innovation Schools and European Contributor Partners. The improvement in our school can briefly summarized as: 1.- Update new metodologies. 2.- Use of new tools in ICT project. 3.- Permanent exchange with the European partners. 4.- Educational cooperation with schools in other European nations. 5.- Acquisition of procederé of permanent activities. 6.- Improvement of linguistic competences. Our students have improved learning performance; increased sense of initiative, increased self-empowerment and self-esteem; improved foreign language competences; enhanced inter-cultural awareness; more active participation in society; And more positive attitude towards the European project and the EU values; As regards staff has improved competences, linked to their professional profiles, broader understanding of practices, policies and systems in education, across countries; increased capacity to trigger changes in terms of modernization and international opening of their educational institution; better quality of their work and activities with students, increased interest in social, linguistic and cultural diversity; increased competence in foreign languages; increased motivation and satisfaction in their daily work. As a result this school year we are organizing two exchange projects with Sweden and Finland with 21 and 17 students from our school and the same number from these two organizations. We are also thinking in making a KA2 project with Check Republic and Poland and another project through e-twinning platform. And we are introducing the cooperative learning in our school, as a way of changing our methodology, one of the aims of Let's Work and Innovate Together project.
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