Project’s context: The project „Creative School in Europe” involves the participation of a group of employees from Primary School no 68 in a series of language and methodical training courses (CLIL, BI-COMPONENT, BLP), organized in Great Britain by Shadows Professional Development for Europe and Richard Language School. This project is our staff’s ambition to continually improve their qualifications, searching for effective and attractive ways of working with students and showing them different possibilities of learning new things, discovering their interests, developing their creative abilities and preparing for further education. Participation in the language, methodical training courses, possibility to observe the work of modern English schools would be a great opportunity to improve teachers’ qualifications in the language area, knowing new cultures, learning innovative methods of working with students and using new technologies (computers, interactive boards, the Internet, etc.) It is also an important opportunity to meet new people and exchange experiences with teachers from other countries. Project’s goals: - improving teachers’ qualifications - learning new methods and ways of working with students (using computers, interactive boards, the Internet, learning through experiments, etc.) - improving English teachers’ qualifications, learning the CLIL method and using it during the classes and creating a series of extra classes in English for students in the future - extending the knowledge and abilities of the managing staff - learning about the managing system in English schools - networking with other teachers, exchanging creative ideas, further improvement of the international cooperation Number and profile of the participants: There are 15 participants from school included in the training courses: primary school teachers, early child education teachers, a librarian, a head teacher, a psychologist and an educationalist. Description of the activities: Duration of the project is 24 months (01.07.2014-30.06.2016). There are teachers planned to attend 20 competence improving training courses: - classroom teachers: 3 training courses CLIL preparing not English teachers to introducing English language into their classes - classroom teachers, early child education teachers, a head teacher, a psychologist and an educationalist: 6 bi-component courses including both language training and observing classes in an English primary school or observing other fields of an English school, 1 BLP course (modern methods of working with a student) - English teachers: 3 courses involving new language learning teaching methods - 7 language courses allowing to prepare teachers to cooperate in international projects at school Methodology used during the course: language courses, methodical courses, observations. Short description of the outcome and benefits of the project: Teachers improving qualifications will influence school’s quality of work. Learning new teaching methods, expanding knowledge and abilities to work with new technologies will help the teachers to work more effectively. The project will make students’ lessons more attractive, students will be motivated better and this will show in higher students’ results. Improving language skills will allow to use English sources of information and active participation in international project where English is essential. Offering extra classes in English for students can be very important for parents who will choose a school for their child. Sharing the knowledge gained during the project and the courses will let other teachers adjust the school curriculum to European standards. Contacts with other teachers and students met during the courses in England can lead to new projects and cooperation. Mutual exchange of experience, using new techniques and methods will help some teachers, students and parents to become more open-minded to other cultures and they will see their local community as a part of a big European community. Promoting the project on the school’s website will encourage others to cooperate internationally and exchange their experiences.