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Communication Skills for personal and professional growth

IPSSAT Rocco Chinnici is partner in the Erasmus+ Project «Effective Communication – Communication Skills» (Nr. 2018-1-CZ01-KA229-048217_2) implemented by 5 Schools from the Czech Republic, Bulgary, Italy, Turkey and Portugal, involving around 250 students.
Learners developed their communication skills through team building and group work activities as well as their digital skills to improve communication effectiveness.

IPSSAT „Rocco Chinnici“ is a sicilian high school specialized in the field of hospitality and tourism and the next may 2020 will host the final project meeting.

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Students called to humanize the economy

On 20th of February 2020 in the Auditorium of Foligno (IT) the students of ITE “Scarpellini” took part to the “Economy of Francesco” event.
The meeting is part of the big call by the Pope to all young world economists during the last years to create a humanized economy.

The focus was the importance to return the economy more humanesustainable  and humanly engaged by putting non-capitalist values at the centre, but aimed at the well-being of the human being and equity.

The discussion was based on the need to care for the land but also the necessity to upgrade professional skills according to a rapidly changing reality of market labour and the distance between the needs of society and the business objectives we find in the books school.

The event was the prepping for the appointment on march 2020 in Assisi (IT) (it’s actually postponed on november 2020), where the Pope will meet young economists from all over the world to discuss the future of economy

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Transition from school to work

Last january the Business Management Department of ITE “Scarpellini” of Foligno (IT) organized a workshop with the experts of A.N.C.L.(National Labour Association).
The event was part of a School Project designed to help the transition of young people from school to the labour market, by increasing their skills and competencies within the framework of the labour market in Italy. The students also had the opportunity to practise standard procedures (such as payrolls, employment contracts etc).

The class was organized in 3 different meetings following a practise methodologies in which ones there are professional experts as: Mr Maurizio Tessenda President of National Labour Association, Emanuela Baroni, Paolo Biscarini, Beltrami Raffaello, Deloiso Rita, Salvadei Ivan and Camilli Giovanni that actively involved the participants to lead them in simulation texts to understand the real labour market situation.

The enthusiastically students feedback during the meetings (they prepared an employment contract and a paycheck) and the will of National Labour Association to go on by proposing other classes for students in the future, they are the best measure of effectiveness of the project and its achievements.