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Job-Shadowing for VET Staff: Italian Teachers in Bulgaria and Portugal

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Post date 4 April 2022
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We are very glad to collect the first Job Shadowing experiences from Italian teachers that took part in the mobilities in Bulgaria and in Portugal.

Mara – a teacher at the ITE “Scarpellini”, located in Foligno – went to the “National high school in finance and business”, based in Sofia for one job-shadowing experience week. She took part in economics lessons with a focus on the ONU Agenda 2030, she had the opportunity to collect such information from the Bulgarian school system. She participated in many classrooms to have a general overview of the schools and the different studies and laboratories implemented, such as enterprises simulation, how to use tools to monitor school performance, student group works and discussion about the school inclusion for students with special needs. Furthermore, she attended a Bulgarian concert with traditional music.

Michelangelo – a teacher at the High School “Beato Simone Fidati”, based in Cascia – went to the “Vocational High School of Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering, Galabovo” located in the Stara Zagora region. He participated in electronics lessons and workshops, and with an interesting and professional exchange among teachers, he had the opportunity to enjoy the Bulgarian culture by visiting museums.

Nicola – a teacher at the “Technical Technological Institute Leonardo Da Vinci”, based in Foligno – went to the “EPROMAT – Vocational School of Matosinhos” located in Matosinhos. He participated in programming language lessons, with the use of HTML, CSS, realizing websites and Virtual Reality activities, with many activities implemented.

All the job shadowing opportunities realized gave a great successful experience for the teachers involved, and we are ready to start going on with the future ones.

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Job-shadowing of VET Staff: 35 teachers have been selected

Post author By enneproject
Post date 3 March 2022
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Job-shadowing of VET Staff: 35 teachers have been selected by the consortium to go abroad:

16 From Italy;
5 from Bulgaria;
5 from Portugal;
5 from Belgium;
4 from Germany.

During the last two years, despite the many difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have proudly and effectively established five national networks of VET organisations and we have already offered numerous opportunities for networking, exchange of good practices, as well as capacity and partnerships building.

ENNE job shadowing is based on good practices identified within the national networks and they aim to:

Give teachers the opportunity to observe and learn the best practices developed in other EU countries;
Inspire new ideas for teaching in VET;
Give hosting organisation the opportunity to interact with a teacher coming from another country and discuss today’s educational challenges and opportunities;
Create/strengthen connections between teachers and the potential partners capable of providing them with expertise and resources for their classrooms and schools.

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Blended Course: 4 projects have been approved

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Post date 2 March 2022
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The ENNE Consortium is proud to announce that four projects “Small Scale 210” have been approved.

From the 18th to the 22nd of October 2021, 26 participants from Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Germany and Portugal gathered together to further learn about project proposals writing and to strengthen the projects they have been working on in groups during
last summer.

Representatives from all 7 groups met in Foligno (Italy) to complete their training and finalise their project proposals.

The groups submitted 5 projects and 4 have been approved. The following ones:

K-TOUR – A Key for Sustainable and Accessible Tourism is an Erasmus+ project that was born from the idea of the Istituto Tecnico Economico e per il Turismo “F. Scarpellini”
(Italy) in collaboration with the European partners of the ENNE Consortium such as: EPROMAT – Escola Profissional de Matosinhos (Portugal), Vocational High School of Economics and Tourism “Aleko Konstantinov”
(Bulgaria), Escola Profissional do C.J. de Campanhã (Portugal) and EGIna SRL (Italy);
VET CREATIVITY – Erasmusplus project is an Erasmus+ project that was born from the
idea of the Belgian High School GO! Next Level X, in collaboration with the European partners of the ENNE Consortium such as: Escola Das Virudes – Cooperativa de Ensino Polivalente e Artistico CRL, Istituto di Istruzione Tecnico-Professionale „Spagna-Campani“, Spoleto (IT);
PAST IN FUTURE BRIDGE is an Erasmus+ project that was born from the idea of the Bulgarian Coordinator Natsionalna Finansovo-Stopanska Gimnaziya, with the support
of: Vocational High-School in Energy and Electrical Engineering, High School „G. Turrisi Colonna“ and Crhacklab Foligno 4D;
WWVET – We’ll work VET is an Erasmus+ project that was born from the idea of the Portuguese Coordinator ES Francisco De Holanda, with the support of: Escola Secundária de Felgueiras, BSZ Konrad Zuse Hoyerswerda, Berufliches Schulzentrum für Technik III Chemnitz, FZG Fortbildungszentrum Gastgewerbe GmbH.

The fifth project submitted hasn’t been approved but it also obtained a good rating.
OUR FUTURE IN THE DISH is an Erasmus+ project that was born from the idea of the Italian Coordinator, the High School „Rocco Chinnici“, with the support of: Comprehensive Institute „Pestalozzi“ and Italienische Handelskammer für Deutschland.

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Inclusion through Mobility

Post author By enneproject
Post date 18 February 2022
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All over Europe there is a need for innovative ways to include young people in difficulty into education and training. Internships abroad offer great opportunities for learners as they have a positive effect on learning performance and motivation, support the further development of personality and significantly improve the chances on the labour market.

The Erasmus+ project InMobVET therefore developed the following resources to facilitate the inclusion through mobility:

A GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS includes information about the role of educators and parents, about motivational strategies, intercultural learning and of course international mobility.
A TRAINING MODULE ON INTERCULTURALITY aims to facilitate the inclusion of young people in the school community and to prepare young people with social and academic difficulties for the immersion in a foreign company during a mobility. It involves activities on cultural awareness, intercultural communication, adaptability, openness, self-efficacy and respect for others.

On our website (vet.eu-mobility.eu) you can find both resources as open educational resources.

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Blended Course, project approved: K-TOUR – A Key for Sustainable and Accessible Tourism

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Post date 7 February 2022
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K-TOUR – A Key for Sustainable and Accessible Tourism is an Erasmus+ project that was born from the idea of the Istituto Tecnico Economico e per il Turismo “F. Scarpellini” (Italy) in collaboration with the European partners of the ENNE Consortium such as:

With the aim of supporting the use of digital tools in favor of eco-friendly and accessible tourism.

K-TOUR involves students from participating schools to:

Search for local tourism enterprises that are already promoters of ”eco-friendly and accessible” best practices;
Create a website for the promotion of the territorial touristic offer in line with the eco-compatibility and accessibility criteria – in order to enhance its visibility and establish its corresponding price;
Become best practices promoters.

More and more people around the world are using tour operators and online travel agencies to book and plan trips and vacations: K-TOUR supports students to achieve the skills necessary to work in the field of tourism.

Tourism that is collaborative, digital, eco-friendly, accessible and local. Tourism that is K-TOUR.

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How VET education helps industry and vice versa

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Post date 2 February 2022
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The PTI of Kortrijk started a collaboration with Pertersime (world’s largest producer of incubators) for the construction of a real chicken house as a test lab in the school.

VET students and teachers breed every 6 weeks 500 chickens from 50g to +/- 3kg under different but standardized conditions. They feed and do the 2 weekly weighing of the animals. The data generated here is the basis for studies on feed conversion.

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BIBB President Esser: “Securing skilled labour will be one of the greatest challenges of this decade”

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Post date 28 January 2022
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PHOTO Credits: by Sten Rademaker on Unsplash

After the considerable losses last year in the wake of the Corona pandemic and its combating, the current situation on the training market only eased slightly in 2021. With a total of 473,100 newly concluded contracts for vocational training, 52,000 fewer contracts were concluded than in 2019, before the Corona pandemic.

The number of training places on offer in 2021 was 536,200, more than 40,000 fewer than in 2019, before the Corona pandemic (578,200).

The number of young people seeking dual vocational training fell again by 4,800 (-0.9%) to 540,900 compared to the previous year. The demand for training places thus reached a new low since 1992, when the data for the reunified Germany were first available.

In contrast, the number of unfilled training places continued to rise and reached a new record level. 63,200 training places remained unfilled in 2021. The number of unfilled training places had already steadily increased in previous years (2019: 53,100, 2020: 59,900).

BIBB President Friedrich Hubert Esser said the Corona pandemic also had a firm grip on the training market in 2021. Dual training continues to be a central component for qualifying the skilled workers of tomorrow. Nevertheless, the uncertainty caused by the ongoing pandemic is palpable among companies and young people. An increasing problem is a steadily decreasing demand for training places by youths and young adults. Because “where there is a lack of trainees today, there will be a lack of skilled workers tomorrow,” said Esser.

Therefore, finding and qualifying enough skilled workers will be one of the greatest challenges of the current decade. An attractive and robust vocational education and training system is needed to meet this challenge.

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Connectief & EGInA: mobility activities

Post author By enneproject
Post date 13 January 2022
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Thanks to the ENNE project, where Connectief and EGInA are partners. Last November, they were able to develop work placement activities for 10 Belgian students in Italy with the Erasdu mobility project. EGInA supported Connectief to research the best companies to host the learners.

The 10 students came from different sectors in the fields: “Care”, “Administration”, “Tourism”, “HORECA” and “Automechanics” of GOTalent (Dendermonde), Petrus en Paulus (Oostende), ZAVO (Zaventem), Atheneum Brakel, Atheneum Mortsel and HTISA (Gent).

The experience lasted 15 days and each student was able to work in companies in the area of Foligno (Umbria). They all expressed a positive opinion and underlined the importance of gaining experience abroad to grow professionally and personally.

Thanks to the companies that hosted the 10 students:

OFFICINA PALMIOLI
RISTORANTE MENTELOCALE
CENTRO STUDI CITTA’ DI FOLIGNO
COOPERATIVA SOCIALE LA LOCOMOTIVA
COOPERATIVA SOCIALE LA TENDA
OSTELLO PIERANTONI

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An overview of the general situation of schools in Bulgaria

Post author By enneproject
Post date 13 January 2022
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In Bulgaria, the school year starts in mid of September. Despite the global pandemic situation on 15 September 2021, all schools opened and welcomed all students for the 2021/2022 school year with strict consideration of the National epidemic measures.

The situation in Bulgaria in the last months was very dynamic and it tested on many occasions the flexibility of all schools and the overall preparation and reactions of the National system.

Despite all factors main driven power of the last 3 months was the motivation of the schools’ authorities, parents and students in close cooperation with the national bodies to ensure the learning is happening in a rather difficult situation. The schools and educational entities were to consider the local circumstances and National recommendations for the organization of the learning process. One major lockdown took all students out of schools in October-November.

For most of the Bulgarian schools that are part of the ENNE network the main focus in the last months was the local organization of the learning processes while introducing online, face-to-face or blended forms of teaching. Since the National regulations and COVID-19 measures were not easily predictable the schools and educational entities were to adapt, invent, cooperate and innovate new measures mainly focused on the local realities and specific needs in their schools’ communities.

Some of the Network members managed also to work beyond the basics and get involved in international activities, competitions and mobilities. PGEE Gylabovo also received VET accreditation for KA1 mobilities under Erasmus +.

The National network members also supported and were involved in the following ENNE project activities related to Job shadowing and VET learners mobilities.

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The virological maleise

After the beginning of a school year when anything was possible, reality has once again caught up with us. Vaccinations, unfortunately, do not make us invincible after all. Thanks to high vaccination rates, schools were able to teach as usual for a long time. However, the elementary school and their unvaccinated young students became the driving force behind the spread of the virus, forcing us to take new measures. The Christmas break was extended to 3 weeks. Once again, extracurricular outings have been banned and mouth masks have been made compulsory from the age of 6 (previously 12).

And yet!

In November, Connectief’s project ErasDu was able to send 71 students abroad for a 2-week internship. For the first time since the pandemic, this was possible again. The quality of the traineeship and the “appetite” of the students did not suffer from the pandemic. You can read that in the testimonials. The students and schools are enthusiastic and eager to get back on track in Europe in April 2022.

And yet!

Teachers are joining forces again to set up innovative teaching techniques and methodologies. VTIO Hoogstraten, for example, is developing a new HEV learning box for teaching about electric vehicles. With imec’s support, the school is bringing education and the professional field together to create a great innovative teaching tool.

And yet!

Flemish schools are preparing (for the first time in 2 years) for a live Belfair. BELFAIR is the annual Belgian fair for virtual companies, organized by COFEP. It is usually one of the largest virtual company fairs in Europe. At a traditional BELFAIR we welcome more than 230 exhibitors and 2500 visitors, spread over 2 days. The exhibitors are virtual companies from secondary education, higher education and adult education.

And yet!

Students were able to follow important training courses and obtain certificates that facilitate their transition to the labor market, such as a training course in scaffolding construction after which students from directions such as construction, wood, … receive the certificate “working at height”.

And yet!

Have students undertaken intriguing experiments such as the development of a solar heater from empty soda cans.

Pupils are harvesting strawberries for the first time in their new greenhouses and are making plans for the operation of a store in the school.

Beautiful chairs are designed and made in the style of Gerrit Rietveld (NL).

A youth movement will be able to work in beautiful new buildings next year thanks to the students of a VET school.

Exams and final projects continue 😊

And now…

All options are open for 2022. The air is buzzing with activity and plans are brimming with innovativeness. Good COVID figures were wished for under the Christmas tree to make 2022 a banner year.