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Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The project "Placement makes perfect" is a response to the great interest of students of the Vocational School of Gastronomy and Service in improving their skills and professional competence abroad and the need to gain experience, knowledge and foreign language skills so that they can have easier start in life and make similar the practice directly at the workplace with the students from different countries of the European Union. "Practice makes perfect" is also gaining experience immeasurable with marks or additional points, but giving advantages such as the ability to move in the international labor market, the ability to compare work at home and abroad, behavior in different situations at work, at home and staying abroad alone.The project will be directed to 132 students in the following professions: techniques of hotel (38 students), nutrition and food services (52 students including 16 additional placement), salesperson (24 including 10 additional placement), waiter (6 students) and 12 students of vocational school: pastry chef and cook. They will intern 4-week placement as a compulsory and additional improving skills directly in the workplace. For vocational school is the only opportunity to practice in restaurants. Internships will be implemented with partners in Greece, Great Britain and Italy. 84 students and 7 teachers will intern compulsory placement during the school year (7 groups: 3 to Greece (IV / V.2017, IX. 2017, IX. 2018), 3 to Great Britain (III. 2017, X. 2017, X.2018), 1 in Italy (V-VI. 2018), 48 students and 4 teachers additional placement during the holidays (4 groups: 2 to Italy (VII. 2017, VII. 2018) and 2 to Greece (VII. 2017, VIII.2018)."Placement makes perfect" is also a response to the reform of vocational education in Poland emphasizing the needs of students expressed in learning outcomes, knowledge, skills and competences. The project has been prepared on the basis of previous experience in implementing mobility projects and cooperation with employers in the region with whom we consulted an placement program. Its implementation is to provide the independent, creative, mobile employee at labor market.The main objectives of this project:1.Implementation compulsory and additional placement program developed together with our partners. 2.Improving and gaining new skills, professional experience in a new environment operating specialized technical equipment in conditions other than the ones they know from school or placement in the country.3. Familiarizing with the specific national and regional cuisine, new trends in gastronomy.4.Improving linguistic competence in the language (in English) necessary to understand the instructions given by direct supervisors during the placement.5. Improving communication using everyday language, as well as learning basic phrases in the Partner’s language (Greece and Italy) will help to break the language barrier.6. Knowing how to manage and run their own business. Verifying the psycho-physical qualities needed to do the job, the management company and comparing to their own.7. Forming appropriate attitudes necessary to perform work in accordance with European standards (creativity, professionalism, learn new skills).8. Understanding the culture of the Partner’s country, sense of European identity, openness, tolerance, respect for different communities and minority groups.9. Improving education quality and attractiveness of vocational education and the position of the school in the education market.Placement programs and dates were chosen to constitute the basis for professional skills during external examination confirming vocational qualifications for certain professions (3rd and 4th class)For all professional groups is planned:-improving professional language-familiarizing and using HACCP regulations-confirming qualities such as openness, creativity, independence and entrepreneurship-ability to work in a group-encouraging of the need ofvocational training throughout the working life.All groups will intern placement in small and medium-sized enterprises often run by families. It will allow to learn the principles of management and the use of entrepreneurship.All participants will receive documents confirming the work experience, such as Europass Mobility, Personal Achievement Record, certificates and references.Improved and gained skills during the placement whilst executing the project will be long running profit for the school and labor market and increasing the amount of placement should be an example for other vocational schools.

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