1.The Vocational Training Centre in Jastrzębie-Zdrój is the promoter of this project and Zbigniew Pałasz - a teacher of such professions as: electrical, electronic and mechatronic subjects, on behalf of the promoter, is the project coordinator. 2. In this project, there will be 40 students who are going to participate in it. Twenty of them are technicians electricians and 20 are technicians of mechatronic. Each of them will be at the third class at the time of the project and will take apprenticeships in Irish companies associated with the selected direction of learning. 3. The host organization is Your International Training. The person responsible on behalf of the organization is Patrycja Pilarek.. 4. The apprenticeship will take place in companies, as well as in companies cooperating with the host organization, with the program adequately provided for internship. The main objectives of the project: 1.The improvement of the quality of education at the Center for Practical Training in order to enhance language and professional skills of the staff and introduction of the innovative methods in vocational teaching in the Center for Practical Training. 2. The project allows the comparison of two educational systems in such fields as technician electrician and technician mechatronic, as well as the comparison of two European countries cooperating in the project. In consequence, this partnership will help to standardize the curriculum, the system of assessment and determining the qualifications and the obtained skills. From the point of view of the recipient the main goal of the project is : - taking part in the compulsory apprenticeship in Ireland and trade companies in Ireland, such practices are provided in Polish curriculum and usually they are held in Poland. However, often Polish factories and companies are not able to ensure compliance with the practices prescribed in the curriculum of the subject. Additional objectives of the project : - the possibility of observing how Irish companies organize their work, - the comparison of educational systems in European countries, - the development of interests, - the possibility of gaining qualifications and skills confirmed by certificates, - improvement of language skills of the technical language in English, - improvement of language skills in the non-professional communication and of the everyday language, - the opportunity of getting to know Irish culture , - the ability of working in a group, often international - raising one’s self-esteem 3.The promotion of the project is also a great opportunity to encourage students to choose technical fields of education, especially such as electronics and mechatronics, which are becoming less common orientations of choice for middle school students, and the market of the demand for the specialists in those fields is growing. 4. The results of the project are also a great promotion for the the Vocational Training Centre in Jastrzębie-Zdrój by raising its prestige in the city and the region, which is crucial in the process of recruiting junior high school students. Relevant dates : 1. The duration of the project is planned for a period of 24 months from 01.06.2015 to 01.06.2017. 2. The apprenticeships will be held on the following dates : Teachers: a) 4.06.2016 - 12.06.2016 - 6 teachers Students: a) 16.04.2016 - 14.05.2016 - 20 students - electrical technician (10), mechatronic technician (10) b) 17.04.2017 - 15.05.2017 - 20 students - electrical technician (10), mechatronic technician (10) 3. There are going to be 3 meetings of the responsible people in the host organization as a part of the evaluation and monitoring: - the organizational visit – April 2016 with the objective to launch the project, detail the terms of cooperation, examine the possibility of the apprenticeship and preparation of the preliminary evaluation of the project. - the inspection visit- during the selected internship, with the objective of carrying out monitoring and evaluation to make proper conduct of the apprenticeship, checking the living conditions and compliance with the internship program. - the summarizing visit of the project – evaluation of the project - May 2017.