EPAR MOVE
Start date: Oct 1, 2014,
End date: Dec 31, 2015
PROJECT
FINISHED
The Professional School Almirante Reis (EPAR) is a cooperative, founded in 1992, whose MISSION is to “promote the cultural, social and professional integration of People, fostering Diversity and Multiculturalism as a value-added and a factor of relational reinforcement between people, organizations and their spaces in a sustainable way”.
The EDUCATIONAL PROJECT is based on the following ideas:(*) the sustainability of the society requires trained people, active citizens and valorization of the interdependence; (*) the school is the protagonist in the building of the societies; and (*) the education is a project that involves commitments and the affirmation of core values.
THE PROJECT “EPAR MOVE” aims to send 10 young ex-trainees and 10 graduates of the 3rd year to Spain, UK and Ireland for 11 weeks, where they will attend a 1 week language course, followed by a 10-weeks internship
With the project they will work their personal, social, linguistic and professional skills, that will be certified with the Europass Mobility, Certificate of Language, Internship and ECVET.
THE NEEDS to be addressed are connected with the trainees, characterized by the lack of study habits, absence of solid knowledge, prevalence of harmful behaviors that make difficult their integration and their personal and professional fulfillment, lack of expectations and low self esteem.
Secondly, it is fundamental to the EPAR provide the best possible professional training, which is connected with the consolidation of pedagogies.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE “EPAR MOVE” IS FUNDAMENTAL FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT'S SUCCESS AND TO COMPENSATE THE NEEDS AND DEFICIENCIES OF THE TARGET AUDIENCES that derive from its geographical context, social-family structure, economic status and social marginalization. The idea of rewarding the best students at the level of pathways, performance, grades and school participation will allow to achieve the objectives established to meet the diagnosed needs, because they will impress new habits and perspectives in students about the value of training and the professional horizons they can aspire to.
1 - Create opportunities for training and personal development to former graduates of the EPAR European level with a view to their employability and their affirmation and integration;
That said, the general OBJECTIVES of the project are:
1- Create opportunities for training and personal development to ex-trainees of EPAR at an European level, aiming their employability and their affirmation and integration;
2- Strengthen the educational project of EPAR on creating networks and actions aiming the training of professionals and citizens with equal opportunities, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, age, gender or geographical origin;
3- Paving the way to establishing work networks at an European level for a greater dialogue and relationship between the world of Vocational Training and the Labor Market;
The expected impacts are:
- FOR PARTICIPANTS: consolidates professional Curriculums; greater employability; fluency in foreign languages; mastering ICT and software; learn new behaviors; autonomy and entrepreneurship; adherence to lifelong training strategies; feeling of belonging to Europe; creation of contact networks; adopting healthy habits and behaviors.
- FOR EPAR AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY: flows of communication and international exchanges; sense of training mission; reduction of failure rates and dropouts; motivation and expectations of the trainees; dynamism in the extracurricular activities; new methods of work; disruption and weakening of cycles and routes of social exclusion; participation in the policies and best practices at the European level, rooting of ICT as a working tool.
- FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF PARTNERS: techniques and working methods; partners network; good practice in the management of internships, mobility and relationship with the labor market; new projects; participation in the construction of Europe; knowledge/access to new markets/cultures; contact with other ways of thinking and doing.
This project contributes to the EU politics in relation to: young graduates, ECVET and Europass; mobility; togetherness and cohesion across borders, identity and European values; youth unemployment.
The divulgation will undergo through a space in the project's website boosted with testimonials, videos, articles and photos, also disseminated via Facebook, twitter, linked-in, video channel EPAR, newsletter and mailings. The targeted audiences are the school community, potential trainees, families and communities, national and international partnerships network, which includes businesses, other schools, public institutes and local authorities. The goal is to raise awareness for the school project EPAR, for the programmes, policies and opportunities that the European Union offers and how the mobility, interexchange and partnerships are ways to ensure the progress of societies and economies.