The VET pupils of the GO! atheneum of Maldegem, Eeklo and Zelzate went on a two-week Erasmus placement to France, Italy, Germany and Portugal. The pupils were given a warm welcome in the fraternity town of Zelzate.
The pupils were immersed in the foreign work field. The students worked hard on their subject-related and language skills, all thanks to the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme.
On April 8, 2022, EGInA organised the ENNE Project Multiplier Event in Foligno with the participation of national schools from all over Italy.
Altheo Valentini, the coordinator and General Manager at EGInA, presented the benefits of the project and opportunities in the field of Vocational Education and Training in Europe.
4 schools from the ENNE Network attended the event:
Technical Technological Institute “Leonardo Da Vinci” Foligno
About 100 students participated in the laboratories and working groups. All activities were planned for schools to create new connections and promote the project.
In 2022, Connectief was able to launch the KA2 project LOGIPRO with the COFEP project. It aims to develop a work-based programme that prepares European students in VET for advanced logistics training in higher education or for a job within the logistics sector.
With the methodology of the virtual company in logistics education programmes, this project aims to increase the inflow into higher education and the labour market.
Website: logipro-project.com
Michelangelo Capodimonio from Foligno, Italy was a guest lecturer at PGEE, Galabovo in the period from 21.03.2022 to 25.03.2022. His visit was part of the activities of ENNE – European National Networks for the Enhancement of VET project, No. 608964-EPP-1-2019-1-IT-EPPKA3-VET-NETPAR for welcoming mobility of „Job shadowing“ for teachers within the international network ENNE. The Italian colleague is an engineer with a degree in „Electronics“ with three years of teaching experience and at IPSIA ,,Beato Simone Fidati“- city of. He has also been trained at the University of Cascia (Cascia).
ENNE is an Erasmus+ project which aims to enhance the quality and attractiveness of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in five partner countries (Italy, Bulgaria, Germany, Portugal and Belgium) with a specific focus on mobility opportunities.
The last phase of the ENNE project is being implemented, which is mainly focused on organising transnational mobility activities for both VET staff and students and has the following objectives:
– improving cooperation between VET providers at national and European level;
– sharing good practices;
– promoting mutual learning methodologies among VET staff;
– promoting the acquisition of soft skills for VET learners;
Observation as a method of working represents a very effective method of achieving these objectives as it provides an opportunity to visit another (host) and observe the work for an agreed period of time.
ENNE job shadowing is based on good practice identified within national networks and these aim to:
– enable teachers to observe and learn best practices developed in other EU countries;
– inspire new ideas for teaching in VET;
– enable the hosting organisation to interact with a teacher coming from another country and discuss today’s educational challenges and opportunities;
– create/strengthen relationships between teachers and potential partners to provide expertise and resources for their classrooms and schools.
The project team revised and developed a set of tools (e.g. instruments, protocols, …) for coping with diversity matching the Common frame of reference on diversity.
Each partner developed activities in local schools around the project’s theme. The project team designed international training. Based on all experiences the project website provides a blueprint and roadmap that before use has to be contextualized/adapted by the user.
Website: www.udel21.eu
School: Catholic Education Flanders
In ganz Europa besteht ein Bedarf an innovativen Wegen, um junge Menschen in schwierigen Lebensumständen in die allgemeine und berufliche Bildung zu integrieren.
Auslandspraktika bieten große Chancen für Lernende, da sie sich positiv auf Lernleistung und Motivation auswirken, die Weiterentwicklung der Persönlichkeit unterstützen und die Chancen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt deutlich verbessern.
Das Erasmus+ Projekt InMobVET hat daher die folgenden Ressourcen entwickelt, um die Integration durch Mobilität zu
erleichtern:
Auf unserer Website (vet.eu-mobility.eu) können Sie beide Ressourcen als offene Bildungsressourcen
finden.
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.
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:
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.
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!
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 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.
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