OPPORTUNITY
Start date: Sep 1, 2016,
End date: Aug 31, 2017
PROJECT
FINISHED
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: The main objectives of the OPPORTUNITY Project are: to improve the level of professional competence and skills of the students of the short cycles of Administrative Assistant, Hairdressing and Hair Cosmetics and Aesthetics and Beauty, as they will do part of their Work Practice Module (FCT) in the Hotel Gran Canaria, the Keith Graham Salon and Vanity Flair Hair and Beauty Day Spa respectively, all in the United Kingdom. They will also improve their capacity in technical, user English, as well as their knowledge of Europe, equaling the work opportunities of our students as European citizens in a very competitive job market, in spite of their socio-economic situation and living in an overseas territory.The teaching staff will improve their management of European projects and their level of English. Working with colleagues in other countries will give them a more global vision of education thus contributing to methodological renovation and improving educational quality.NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS: There will be one student from Administrative Assistant who will go to the Hotel Gran Canaria, two students from Hairdressing who will go to the Keith Graham Salon and two from Aesthetics who will go to Vanity Flair Hair and Beauty Day Spa. All are in their second year coinciding with the Work Practice Module. Administrative Skills: carrying out activities of administrative support in the workplace, accountancy, commercial, financial and taxes as well as customer service in both public and private companies, applying current regulations and quality protocol, assuring client satisfaction and acting in accordance with the regulations for the prevention of occupational hazards and environmental protection.Hairdressing Skills: hair care and adornment, hand and foot care and masculine styling as well as commercial services and the sale of cosmetics, in accordance with quality protocol, prevention of occupational hazards and environmental protection.Aesthetics Skills: applying techniques of personal embellishment and commercializing beauty services, cosmetics and perfumes, acting in accordance with quality control and the regulations for the prevention of occupational hazards and environmental protection established in current regulations.DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIESBefore mobility: Once the programme starts, the ERASMUS coordinator will be in continuous contact with the receiving centres by video conference, email, calls and instant messaging in order to have everything prepared for the arrival of the students as well as constant monitoring of the evolution of the project and its participants, in practical and logistical aspects as well as quality and management. The students will receive training in our Centre concerning the functioning of the project, historical-cultural and linguistic.During mobility: They will carry out their Work Practice (FCT) to master the abilities described in the profile. This will be accompanied by courses of general and technical English and cultural and company visits related to the activities of each group.After mobility: The Centre will be responsible for the evaluation and academic recognition of the stay abroad and will promote and evaluate the project and resolve problems.METHODOLOGY USED TO CARRY OUT THE PROJECT: Work Practice is eminently practical in nature, so the students will be monitored during this period and during their language and historical-cultural courses.During mobility, there will be a weekly check of the work through individual files with which we will be able to monitor the fulfillment of objectives.At the end of academic year, the students can do the examination for the B1 level of the Official Languages School for which we have been preparing them during the year.EXPECTED RESULTS AND IMPACT: With the development of this project, it is our intention to encourage participation in mobility projects. In today’s globalized world, it is essential to have experience, improve foreign languages and develop professional skills to increase opportunities in the professional market. It will also help teachers to increase their professional abilities as they acquire experience dealing with companies with different working habits and in different languages.We expect to obtain the following skills and behaviour common to the students of the three groups: team work, learning to listen, being participative and decisive, self-sufficient and responsible.We consider that it will have an innovative impact on all concerned; while the students will improve in language skills and knowledge of Europe, the Centre will improve the quality of training.LONG TERM BENEFITS: Innovation of the Centre, improvement of quality, knowledge of how another European country works, increase in the level of English of both teachers and students and acquisition of experience in development of European projects.