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Je pars donc je suis
Je pars donc je suis
Start date: Jul 1, 2014,
End date: Jun 30, 2016
PROJECT
FINISHED
The project of mobility "I Move therefore I am" concerned 24 students preparing for vocational secondary education diplomas - level 4 (baccalauréat professionnel) and 8 teachers. The students will be in their final year of training, in « Terminale ». Most of them had never experienced any mobility outside the place where they live, for social, economical and cultural reasons. They are all preparing for a vocational baccalaureate in production fields (industrial maintenance, electricity) and services fields (secretarial, accountancy, commerce, customer services).
The National Vocational baccalaureate certifies the aptitude to exercise a highly qualified professional activity. It is aimed at entering the workplace. But it also gives the right to enter higher education. During their curriculum, the students need to perform 22 weeks in companies as part of their professional training. The project will allow the students in the European Sections to prepare a specific European Section certificate supplement to their diploma. Teachers, educators, tutors in companies and school advisors point out how difficult it is for the pupils to show initiatives and how reluctant they are to look for placements outside the place they live or study. It is therefore important to prepare them to face their future. The project will allow pupils to use and improve their skills to adapt, to gain confidence enough to move to a positive professional experience or to move forward to prepare a further education diploma.
Our school can rely on a network of vocational schools in Tampere (Finland), Padova and Ferrara(Italy), Cornellà de Llobregat (Spain). For the mobilities in Britain we could rely on an intermediary organisation, Avantages in Portsmouth to help finding appropriate placements in local companies or organisations.
The project also aimed at providing teachers the opportunity to improve their knowledge of European vocational training systems, and to share their knowledge of European companies. Some of our teachers are teaching CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning): they teach business and communication through English or Italian. One of our school and regional priorities is focused on the staff training. 9 teachers eventually took part to short mobility, among which 2 in teaching missions. Their experience has contributed to support their motivation in their daily professional practice, giving them new perspectives and strengthening their professional profile with the recognition of their skills both in our school and outside the school. 3 of them passed a CLIL certificate (DNL in French), which will allow them to teach their vocational subject in a foreign language: 2 in English and one in Spanish