The Staff mobility project “Training teachers to encourage innovative curricula and European partnership” was applied for by Liceo Statale “Rinaldo Corso”, Correggio (RE) and was granted funds to start on 1st August 2014. It drew to its end on 31st July 2016. As the title suggests, this project stems from the staff’s need to reinforce their professional skills and intensify their European contacts leading to partnerships, and enhance their teaching strategies through constant exposure to other school systems. Innovation in teaching practice and renewed enthusiasm are a must for our institution, which strives for discussion and sharing ideas with European teachers and experience of European school systems to improve students’ learning, competences and motivation. Finally this project focuses on developing CLIL approach and speaking competences for those teachers involved in introducing CLIL in final classes. This project has addressed and accomplished these objectives: - contribute to improve a methodological discussion thanks to the exchange with teachers from various countries and school models employing diverse strategies, and to achieve innovative student-centred approaches; - widen the curriculum with new activities that have motivated the weaker students as well as the high-achievers; - enhance staff competences through tutoring, tailored training courses and through relationships that have furthered projects; - reinforce the comprehension of the other and the awareness of the multicultural dimension, and strengthen the learning experience by making the students better European citizens when more aware of the real European dimension; - as far as CLIL is concerned, momentous was the training of the teachers involved in CLIL approach as it made them more confident also in specific language use and in communication skills; for teachers of ESL and other languages the activities were aimed at refreshing language skills, cultural contents and ICT strategies. The activities involved teacher training at European course providers and job shadowing in our partner school in Finland, which engaged teachers of several subjects willing to train through observation, discussion and sharing of approaches and methods in a European context, to integrate these stimuli in their daily teaching practice also by intensifying the contacts with European colleagues to shape partnerships promoting active citizenship and broader understanding and awareness of different cultures. As far as our partnership with the Karhulan Lukio is concerned, it ensued a project involving a Dutch school as well and a series of Finnish-style lessons based on the study of the Finnish school. The Training courses at providers covered ICT and digital skills integration into teaching (e.g. Using Technology in the classroom & Technology Assisted Language Learning - aimed at reinforcing active involvement of students and at emphasizing the potential of digital technologies) language and communication skills, culture and literature, the CLIL methodology for Secondary Teachers in two main content areas (Humanities and Science&Maths). The project team selected 16 participants that shared common features such as the need to get involved in European experiences to enhance communicative and didactic strategies, to get motivated by the constant exchange, discussion and sharing, to broaden their horizons to allow their students to experience a fully European network; they were willing to build follow-up partnerships and share their training experience in dissemination events, they were keen on team working. These participants belong to the STEM, Humanities and Modern Languages Departments, they have improved their cultural knowledge but also developed their competences (language & methodology) and CLIL approach, they have reinforced their professional skills through on-going partnerships and intensified their European contacts calling for future exchanges, they considered momentous to further improve their ICT and digital skills to enrich their classroom practice. When it comes to envisaging the results and impact, we consider that this improved learning, the enriched competences and the constant exposure and understanding of diverse practices and approaches have augmented the professional skills and enhanced the quality, variety and effectiveness of the activities the students are involved in. Better understanding of European projects and intercultural awareness have reinforced cooperation and triggered new relationships and projects where training can be applied and students involved. New changes have been triggered towards a more dynamic and committed professional environment, which is better at team working and sharing good practices, which resulted in revitalised curriculum thanks to the Job shadowing study, the lesson plans & modules conceived and produced, and collected in a database which is made available to teachers also in scheduled workshops.