The project enhanced international cooperation, extension of knowledge of the language and intercultural awareness. Due to the participation in two different courses, the participants had a chance to verify and expand their qualifications which contributed to increased efficiency of their work, better prosperity of their school and wider opportunities for their students. Information about the project: - name: "Staff Training Abroad", - duration: 31.12.2014 - 30.12.2015, - founded by PO WER programme, - included two-week courses and implementing aquired knowledge into everyday work of a teacher, its analysis and evaluation - innovative techniques were one of the main elements of training process, - participants focused on expanding their knowledge and aquiring new skills, Achieved aims of the project: - helped to explore the potential uses of new technologies in language learning, - explored different aspects of modern British life and culture, - investigated ways of teaching cross-cultural awareness in the classroom, - provided opportunities to build up a portfolio of authentic materials to support the cultural component of teaching, - developed exciting teaching ideas on how to use the materials. Participants: Two teachers of English, experienced, motivated and open to new opportunities for gaining knowledge and experience. Stages: - the participants formally prepared for participating in courses by means of taking part in workshops and sessions for school coordinators, course topics analysis, - they took active participation (they exchanged notes, resources, implemented groupwork amnd extracurricula projects, conducted individual talks with tutors), - they conducted evaluation and dissemination of project's results by sharing the knowledge with fellow teachers and teachers frtom other schools, - they used acquired knowledge and experience in everyday work ( created a set of resources, handouts and lesson plans, conducted lessons using new technologies, prepared Virtual Day of Creativity to inspire creativity in students), - the participants took part in discussions, lectures and workshops, - they implemented acquired knowledge via multimedia resources in teaching process - The Internet, social media, presentation and local media, - they submitted reports of every stage of the project in order to analyse the stages of the project and inform about the progress (reports can be found in school documents), - they conducted training and workshop for the rest of the teaching staff and local institutions ( report in school documents), Results and outcomes: - the efficiency of teachers' and students' work increased ( students get higher results in external mock-exams), - the acquired knowledge of teachers' work was efficiently implemented ( lesson plans with new methods included), - they motivated students to learning ( students volunteer to extra projects more often), - they provided teachers with graded increase in their teaching and language skills ( created a set of resources, handouts and lesson plans), Long term profits: - efficiency in foreign language learning was increased ( students get better marks and are more active in volunteering), - professional qualifications were developed, ( the school gained better-educated staff that increased the atttractiveness of the school's offer), - international cooperation and development in education were enhanced ( students gained new e-pals and penfriends from school in Turkey, they host AIESEC volunteers). - cross cultural awareness in the classroom was raised,