One School Many Faces Tähtiniitty school is one school with many faces. In our school there are main stream classes from 1st to 6th grade where the language of instruction is Finnish. We also have main stream classes from 1st to 6th grade where the language of instruction is both Finnish and English. We have Special Needs classes for children with severe learning disabilities such as Down Syndrom etc. from 1st to 10th grade. In our school there are 323 student aged between 6 to 18 years. We emphasizes will be in co-operation with all different programs within our school and in life skills needed to cope in modern world. The main goals of the project -Improvement of English Language skills for teachers, improvement of co-operation between the school staff and with parents. Because our school is multicultural, we need staff with good English Language skills. -Through networking, training and improvement of the English language skills we acquire new teaching methods and knowledge to use new learning materials. We need to put our effort on good pedagogics and use of new , modern learning materials, student involvement and using ICT and media skills. - Improving the quality of English Language teaching. It is especially important with special ed children for them not to become marginalized in the society and being able to utilize ICT in every day life. - Networking and using e-Twinning net sites with other European colleagues and students create new possibilities and bring new partners and international projects to our school. Participants of the project We have 10 participants in the project, Art teacher, 4 Special Education teachers, vice principal, who is also Special Education teacher .The 5 other teachers will be selected next term 2014-15. Art teacher is going to take part in EcArte conferens in Italy 16-19.9.2015. Other participants are going to take part in English language In -service training, courses that contains the aims of our projects. Organisation of the project The course applicants start by thinking which needs our school has in relation to the projects available. We jointly apply meet on a regular basis and evaluate the process and its progress. We discuss and decide which courses would be most useful to the participants. Every project participant chooses an appropriate in-service training course and makes arrangements accordingly. Every participant is prepared to introduce and present the outcome of the training at his own and in meeting with other colleagues. The benefits and outcomes of each course will be evaluate together. The aims and objectives of the project Our teachers will gain deeper understanding on how to enable different types of learners to join in on common activities. The teaching in our school will become more inclusive and cooperation between pupils from diverse backgrounds will increase. We will learn new ways of taking full advantage of the possibilities of information and communications technology and e-learning environments in our teaching. This will also offer new perspectives on how modern technology can be used to further diversify our teaching methods, as well as encourage the students to be active and independent learners. The improvement of the teachers English language skills will make cooperation both within the school and between the school, parents and other partners easier. The experience of communicating in English in a professional context will also encourage everyone involved in the project to take part in other international projects in the future. Focusing on the professional development of our teachers will have a visible, positive impact on the quality of teaching and learning. After the project we evaluate it`s effects to our school, students and staff. We consider together how to use the information and skills we got from project to develop our school organisation and curriculum. We hope that the project increases the enthusiasm of our staff to apply for similar projects in the future.