WE ARE ALL SPECIAL
The mobility of teachers Primary school Kajetana Koviča Radenci was successfully completed from 11 to 16 March 2024. The course »We are all special« took place in Barcelona and it was organized by the Europass Teacher Academy Barcelona. The group consisted of participant from six European countries. We learned about the characteristics of children with special needs. Through verbal and non-verbal communication, we participated in various interesting workshops, practical approaches and methods. At the same time, we revised and improved our English language skills and broke the ice through various social skills. We also got to know the work, schools and school systems of other participating countries and exchanged many good ideas, practices and experiences. We learned about the culture of the host country, too.
The third mobility within the Erasmus+ project entitled "The Social, the Emotional and Digital Approach", which took place at Kajetan Kovič Radenci Primary School, was also successfully completed.
The course took place from 27 November to 2 December 2023 in Berlin, Germany. It was attended by a Slovenian teacher and a German teacher. It was funded by Erasmus + and organized by the Europass Teacher Academy in Berlin, Germany (www.europassberlin.com).
We learned a lot about social and digital skills in this course.
Together with primary school teachers and principals from other European countries, we held quite a few practical workshops in which we discussed a positive learning environment, positive and non-violent communication, and emotional and social skills, while also using various digital tools and collaborative learning.
In groups, we discussed what contributes to a positive learning environment in the classroom and created practical teaching examples based on modern methods and approaches. Together we created an e-word cloud, and then chose the three most common words, such as motivation, kindness and respect, and discussed them in groups. We talked about emotional intelligence and drew how we imagine it and what it means to us. We also discussed the importance of active listening and learning and learning through role-play. We also created a booklet in groups on the steps to solve violence between students and prepared plans for preventing violence at school and in the classroom. At the same time, we learned about new digital tools in pairs, created fake news and memes, with the help of which we learned how to introduce students to the pitfalls of the Internet in a fun way.
During all the activities of the course, we had many opportunities to talk and network with different teachers and the principal, compare different nations and cultures, learn about different elementary schools, different curricula and various activities at schools. The course certainly contributed to our professional and personal growth and we warmly recommend it to other teaching staff.
Tudi tretja mobilnost v okviru projekta Erasmus+ z naslovom »The Social, the Emotional and Digital Approach«, ki je potekala na OŠ Kajetana Koviča Radenci, je bila uspešno zaključena.
Tečaj je potekal od 27. 11. do 2. 12. 2023 v Berlinu v Nemčiji. Udeležili sva se ga učiteljica slovenščine in učiteljica nemščine. Financiral ga je Erasmus +, organiziral pa Europass Teacher Academy v Berlinu v Nemčiji (www.europassberlin.com).
Na tem tečaju sva se veliko naučili o socialnih in digitalnih veščinah.
Skupaj z osnovnošolskimi učitelji in ravnateljico iz drugih evropskih držav smo izvedli kar nekaj praktičnih delavnic, v okviru katerih smo diskutirali o pozitivnem učnem okolju, o pozitivni in nenasilni komunikaciji ter emocionalnih in socialnih veščinah, pri čemer smo uporabljali tudi različna digitalna orodja in sodelovalno učenje.
V skupinah smo se pogovarjali o tem, kaj pripomore k pozitivnemu učnemu okolju v razredu ter ustvarili praktične primere poučevanja, ki temeljijo na sodobnih metodah in pristopih. Skupaj smo namreč ustvarili e-oblak besed, nato pa izbrali tri najbolj pogoste besede, kot so motivacija, prijaznost in spoštovanje ter o njih diskutirali v skupinah. Pogovarjali smo se o čustveni inteligenci in narisali, kako si jo predstavljamo in kaj nam pomeni. Razpravljali smo tudi o pomenu aktivnega poslušanja in učenja ter učenja s pomočjo iger vlog. Prav tako smo v skupinah ustvarili knjižico o korakih reševanja nasilja med učenci ter pripravili načrte za preprečevanja nasilja na šoli in v razredu. Obenem smo v dvojicah spoznavali nova digitalna orodja, izdelali lažne novice in meme, s pomočjo katerih smo se učili, kako učence na zabaven način seznaniti s pastmi interneta.
Ob vseh aktivnostih tečaja sva imeli veliko priložnosti za pogovor in mreženje z različnimi učitelji in ravnateljico, primerjave različnih narodov in kultur, spoznavanje različnih osnovnih šol, drugačnih učnih načrtov in raznovrstnih dejavnosti na šolah. Tečaj je vsekakor pripomogel k najini poklicni in osebni rasti in ga toplo priporočava tudi drugim pedagoškim delavcem.
CREATIVE TEACHING TEHNIQUES TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION
Through Erasmus + Project My, Our and European Heartbeat we successfully organised two more learning mobility activities in Spain.
The professional development course with the title Creative teaching tehniques to promote social inclusion took place from 27th November to 1th December 2023. Through this course we learned new learning-by-doing tehniques, we improved personal and social skills in
order to understand and adapt to the realities of our disadvantagedlearners.
As teachers and school leadership we have the need to develop our personal and social skills in order to understand the very different realities of learners that come from vulnerable backgrounds or are in risk of exclusion.
During this Erasmus + course we also visited the SOS Children's Village which is the organisation that ensures that children grow up with the care, protection and relationships they need to become their strongest selves.
The first mobility in the Erasmus + Project with the title My, Our and European Heartbeat being carried out at Primary School Kajetana Koviča Radenci was successfully completed.
As the English teacher, I took part in the Erasmus + funded course provided by Euromentor in Barcelona http://euromentor.es/, Spain. The course took place from 6th November to 10th November 2023.
One of the aims in the school project is enhancing teachers’ knowledge, capability of using ICT successfully in the classroom and recognizing the importance of using ICT in the classroom. The main topics covered introduction to ICT tools, creating content and the searching for possibilities of use in the lessons. The tools were introduced, discussed within the group of participants and later new content was created and presented.
The extra added value of the course for sure was the practical part of the course where the participants first took part in the lesson from the learners’ point of view, then learnt how to create a lesson and lastly presented the lesson to other participants. The highlight of the course was the visit to one of the schools in the neighbourhoods of Barcelona. More about the school at https://agora.xtec.cat/ceip-jruyra-l-h/
The teachers – visitors were invited to actively participate in the class teaching the content that the teachers of the school have prepared. We also had the opportunity for networking, to talk to various teachers and the headmaster, compare schools, curriculums, schools’ activities, …
I highly recommend taking part in the Erasmus + Projects because this is the unique opportunity to learn new content, revise the content you already know, get to know teachers from all over Europe, share ideas and grow, not just professionally but personally as well.
ERASMUS+ PROJEKT TRI SRCA: MOJ, TVOJ IN EVROPSKI UTRIP
Primary School Kajetana Koviča Radenci started carrying out the Erasmus + Project KA 122 with the title My, your and European Heartbeat on 1st October 2023.
With this eighteen-month project we want to gain new knowledge and strategies, methods and efficient approaches that will improve our daily work with our students but also encourage teachers to see their development potential. We want to take part in international staff mobilities in order to follow these goals:
- Improve staffs’ ICT competences to use it efficiently for planning, managing and carrying out educational activities for students.
- Learning about successful inclusion systems of children with migrant background, students with special needs and implementation of good practice into our learning process.
- Inclusion and communication.
Throughout the project teachers and staff will strive to raise our professional development. The competences and experience gained in the project will, undoubtedly, be used in our daily work activities with our students.
The project is fully funded by Erasmus +, financed by the European Commission.
OŠ Kajetana Koviča Radenci je z uspešno prijavo na razpis Evropske komisije programa Erasmus+ s 1. 10. 2023 pričela z izvajanjem Erasmus+ projekta z naslovom Tri srca: moj, tvoj in evropski utrip. Na šoli želimo s tem osemnajst mesecev trajajočim projektom pridobiti nova znanja in spoznati učinkovite pristope in metodologije, ki bodo dodatno obogatile naše delo. V okviru Erasmus+ projekta na šoli organiziramo mednarodne mobilnosti osebja, kjer bomo sledili naslednjim ciljem:
- Izboljšati e-kompetence pri zaposlenih, da bodo sposobni uporabljati IKT za načrtovanje, upravljanje in izvajanje izobraževalnih dejavnosti za učence.
- Spoznati sisteme uspešnega vključevanja otrok priseljencev in otrok s posebnimi potrebami v šolah ter prenos dobrih praks v naš učni proces.
- Vključevanje in komunikacija.
V sklopu projekta bomo iskali priložnosti za dvig našega profesionalnega razvoja. Pridobljene kompetence in izkušnje bomo s pridom uporabljali pri svojem nadaljnjem delu.
Projekt poteka v okviru programa Erasmus +, ki ga sofinancira Evropska unija.