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Description
Glemmen School – Zdrávka friendship and cooperation is a project about mutual partnership and cooperation between the Secondary school in the Czech Republic and the Secondary school in Norwegian town Fredrikstad. The aim of our project is to support attractiveness and quality of vocational education of the pupils and teachers of our schools. Another aim is to establish and support long-term cooperation between the two schools.
Within the staff mobility six teachers from each school will visit the partner school. The aim of their visit is their professional development. Of course, they will share experience, gain inspiration for their teaching activities and make new contacts.
Four pupils from each school will participate in internships in medical facilities in the partner country. Nursing School sends students of the third year of the study of medical assistant field. During their mobility the students will provide basic care to patients under the supervision of a mentor. We will use the unit of expected learning outcomes according to ECVET to define content and assessment of the internship to ensure the quality of the project. All participants will gain valuable experience and improve their professional and communication skills. After successful finishing of the mobility each student will gain Europass Mobility Certificate and their practical training will be recognised by the sending school.
The desired impact of the project is their motivation for further study and work. We believe that experience of the internship will positively influence the students´ personal and professional life and form their way of looking at society and the European Union.
Summary of project results
Our aim was to continue the cooperation with the Norwegian school Glemmen videregaaende skole from Fredrikstad, where our pupils or students could go on annual internships abroad. This school has already been our partner in the Erasmus+ project and also in the first call of the EEA grants project. The opportunity to reapply for funding for a new project from the EEA Fund was an excellent opportunity to strengthen further cooperation and strengthen the relationship with the Norwegian school. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project was frozen and extended for one year. We applied for teacher and student mobility. Four students from our school did an internship in Fredrikstad, Norway, working in a different environment, meeting peers from the partner school and practicing communication in a foreign language. Six teachers from our school visited the partner school in Norway to see the teaching methods and classroom facilities. They also visited a facility for the elderly and a newly established simulation centre for teaching nursing. Due to the pandemic situation of COVID-19, it was not possible to visit the medical facility. Our project contributed to increase motivation to learn and interest in joining an international project, e.g. Erasmus+ or EEA grants. These projects have reached a wider group of pupils, students and teachers and offer the opportunity to travel abroad and participate in international mobility. Teachers are motivated to further their education, especially learning foreign languages. The cooperation on this project helped to get another grant approved from the new call.
Summary of bilateral results
Our partner school has a lot of experience with international projects, they have a lot of digital tools. Our teachers were happy to share their experiences and ideas, to discuss the differences between the education and health systems in Norway and the Czech Republic. The Norwegian coordinator helped us with planning project activities. Teachers from both countries expanded their professional knowledge, skills and language competences, learned something new about the culture and traditions of the partner. The students also benefited from this cooperation. They strengthened their self-confidence when working in an international team and improved their professional qualities, staying in a foreign environment improved their independence. They practiced communication in a foreign language and made new friendships. Both organizations appreciate the partnership, which helps meet educational goals, and plan to continue working together on future projects. Health and social care institutions in both countries are suffering from staff shortages, and projects like this motivate pupils to take up vocational training and make it more attractive.