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Through this project the school wants to solve the problems of students’ work based learning.
The general objective of this project is to improve the quality of practical training courses for a better insertion on the labor market of graduates. The specific objectives include: improving the capacity to organize practical training internships; Development of students'' assessment skills by teachers in cooperation with the practice tutor; - Development of materials and documents related to practical training internships.
The final target group of the projects is represented by students from the field of Business-Commerce.
The study visit to Croatia will be attended by 8 teachers and 4 representatives of the partner company. The project activities will contribute to a better organization of practical training courses and technological laboratories. They will consist of the development of CDLs, teaching materials, assessment tools, professional development activities, dissemination activities, all in collaboration with the local partner and based on the exchange of experience during the study visit to the Croatian partner. Among the expected results we can list: Development of skills for organizing internships for teachers and staff of economic agents participating in the project; developing the skills to develop tools to ensure the standardized assessment of students by teachers and tutors; improving the capacity to develop a quality curricula in line with labor market requirements in a school-economic partnership; increasing the institutional capacity to organize quality practical training courses; improving the managerial skills of the members of the project management team; improving communication skills in English for study visit participants; developing students'' practical and entrepreneurial skills.
Summary of project results
the problems faced by professional and technical education is the practical training of students because:
The content of the curriculum is not always adapted to the requirements of the labor market.
The business environment is not involved in the development of the curriculum.
The CDLs developed for practical training courses and technological laboratories are not always developed with the sustained participation of economic agents.
Didactic materials are missing in the field of practical training.
There are no standard practice books for students to ensure a uniform assessment of them.
In the field of economics and commerce, there are no training programs at economic agents for teaching staff.
There are not enough partnerships with economic agents to carry out internships.Internships mean additional costs for economic agents (tutors, teaching material, etc.) In the case of carrying out the practice at several economic agents, the teacher cannot ensure the effective supervision of a class of students.
The lack of fiscal facilities granted to economic agents involved in the practical training of students.Student evaluation is not always carried out by the teaching staff together with the employer.
The main aim of this project to help us improve the quality of the practical training courses for a better insertion on the labor market of our graduates.
Within this project were carried out various activities: mobility visit to the partner in Croatia, learning activities organized with colleagues from the school, meetings with economic agents who are our practice partners, teamwork with representatives of the economic agent to create the final products , activities to disseminate the results of the project, practical training activities carried out with the students based on the experience gained in the project. Within the project, the following were realized: 8 CDLs, 8 learning agreements, 4 studentnotebooks, a practical tutor''s guide, 4 questionnaires for the evaluation of practical training courses.As a result of the activities carried out within the project, we can say that: we have improved our ability to organize practical training courses; we have developed our student assessment skills by teachers in cooperation with practical tutors; we have designed materials and documents related to the courses of practical training.Our school provides better conditions for students to carry out practical training courses.The teachers are better prepared and it was found that there is a better collaboration with the economic agents involved in the running of practical training courses. The project facilitated the development of new standardized assessment tools and CDLs in line with labor market requirements.
Tangible results of the project: CDLs and Learning Agreements:Class IX a/ Technician in economic activities: Practical activities at the economic agentClass IX of /Technician in commercial activities: Practical activities in commercial establishmentsClass X a/ Technician in economic activities: Technology of economic activitiesClass X a /Technician in Trade Activities: Trade OperationsClass XI a/ Technician in economic activities: Online MarketingClass XI of /Technician in trade activities: Sales promotionClass XII a/ Technician in economic activities: Circular economyClass XII a /Technician in trade activities: Development of international relations and contactsStudent notebook:Class IX a/ Technician in economic activities: Practical activities at the economic agentClass IX of /Technician in commercial activities: Practical activities in commercial unitsClass X a/ Technician in economic activities: Technology of economic activitiesClass X a /Technician in Trade Activities: Trade OperationsQuestionnaires for the evaluation of internships:Class IX a/ Technician in economic activitiesClass IX of /Technician in trade activities, Class X a/ Technician in economic activitiesClass X a /Technician in trade activities. The practice tutor''s guide
Intangible results: Developing the skills of organizing the internships of the teachers and the staff of the economic agents participating in the project; Developing the skills to develop tools to ensure the standardized assessment of students by teachers and practice tutors; Improving the ability to develop a quality CDL, in accordance with the requirements of the labor market within a school-economic agent partnership; Increasing the institutional capacity to organize quality practical training courses; Improving the managerial skills of the members of the project management team .As a result of the experiences shared by our partners in Croatia, we managed to develop better relations with economic agents in the area. We organized meetings with interested economic agents, we concluded partnerships with the Association of Accounting Experts. A more intense cooperation between teachers and practical tutors regarding the efficient and unified assessment of students.