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Higher education student and staff mobility project
Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2015 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The Institute Severo Ochoa is a public secondary school that began teaching in 1976 as a vocational training center. Currently focuses its formal educational provision in the studies of secondary and high schools, CAS and Vocational Training intermediate and higher level. As a school, our mission is to guide, train and certify students in achieving the skills and competences of the different educational levels, according to their personal rhythms and established requirements. Since its inception it has been a center willing to participate and innovate in educational experiences and since 2001 participates in various mobility projects with EU countries. The first contact to the mobility of students was from a proposal to participate in a Leonardo project with Italy, entitled European initial vocational placements. The experience was so positive that it was repeated the following year. Since then the mobility of our students has been promoted through partner companies, mainly in Germany. The aim of our policy of international mobility is to gain a smart, sustainable and inclusive higher education. That's why we designed specific strategies for the internationalization of education; the first being the institutionalization of the Erasmus + Charter. This framework allows us to increase the number of graduates with experience in the EU, promote language learning and culture of the countries of the European Union and facilitate our students to be more competitive in the labor market, able to participate in projects of innovation and research, respecting the individuality and ensuring the principles of non-discrimination. Our goals are: - Develop and extend the curriculum and educational experience from the practices in fims of other EU countries - Improving the assessment of vocational training through new learning experiences - Promote the learning of European languages and culture, providing students the sociocultural approach and integration in Europe, exchanging experiences between higher education institutions, companies and families from other countries. - Increase the number of innovative proposals and simple research projects to adapt better to labor market needs and requirements of SMEs Once obtained the Erasmus + Charter was disseminated internal and external promoting a non-discriminatory participation. Initially there were five students interested in the project. Once obtained compliance of the project and assigned the number of scholarships, eligibility and selection criteria of candidates were established: degree of knowledge of the language of the host country, academic record, attitudes and personal skills and complementary skills. Of the five students interested initially three were submitted to the selection phase and were selected as they fulfilled the requirements and criteria. Two students were enrolled in the specialty of Social Integration and the third in a kindergarten. The three were good students with basic knowledge of the language of the host country and with optimal attitudes and skills to perform the assigned task. With selected students the cultural and linguistic preparation began. Parallel individualized training programs were selected of partner companies were developed: a center to meet the functional diversity and a bilingual kindergarten, both in Berlin, Germany. Once the agreements about the training programs were established, the more practical aspects of mobility (travel, accommodation, insurance, etc.) were organized. During mobility regular contact with students was maintained via e-mail. For monitoring and evaluation in accordance with the criteria agreed in the training program, as well as establish partnerships with host companies a site visit was organized and an interview with the mentors showed these very pleased with the practices of our students. This project has allowed us to: ? Improve the technical / professional skills of the teacher who has monitored the program. ? Establish partnerships with both host companies for future mobility ? Acquire a better understanding of the socio-cultural and labor situation in the EU ? Provide our students an increase of their professional knowledge and a cultural approach to the host country ? Improve the assessment of vocational training in the social and municipal environment ? Increase the number of students interested in the experience.

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