A school for future!

Context The project ,,A shool for future,, is an exchange of good practices among schools, whose goal is to reduce absenteeism and school dropout from 10% to 5 % during two school years, this being closely related to EU goals.ObjetivesThe objectives were designed in cooperation with partner schools:O1- to involve, during the project, 200 students(aged 11-15) with school dropout tendencies in extra-curricular activities to prevent and combat school dropout and absenteeism, to develop students`language skills, critical and creative thinking;O2- to reduce functional illiteracy, among students, with 30%-40 % through specific activities;O3- to involve students with school dropout tendencies in activities whose purpose is to understand the importance of completion of school education, through workshops, meetings with members of the local labor office, representatives of the local community, former school pupils.ParticipantsThere are five countries involved in the project:Romania-coordinator,Turkey,Greece, Bulgaria and Poprtugal-partners. The partners were selected on the basis of their interested on the topic and through eTwinnig platform. The target group consists of 300 students, aged 11-15, in all 5 schools, students of diffrent ethnicity( Romani,Armenians,Russian) and who come from families of moderate income, divorced families, which leads to low school results, absenteeism and school dropout.From the target group, 20 students and 11 teachers will be involved in mobilities. The partcipating teachers have different specializations and they will coordinate students`activities.ActivitiesThe proposed activities to achieve the objectives are varied and designed according to the compulsory and extra-curricular curriculum:M1-Romania-October 2018-coordinator meeting(planning);C1-Bulgaria-March 2019-Robotics clubC2-Greece-October 2019-,,Learn for us, integrate us in EU,,C3-Romania-December 2019-,,The little craftsmen,,C4-Turkey-April 2020-,, Aviation club,,C5-Portugal-May 2020-,,The Puppetters,,M2- Romania- July 2020-coordinating meeting(evaluation and sustainability)ImpactAs a result of the project, will be created and used the website, Facebook page, the project journal, CDs, evaluation documents and dissemination materials. The impact will be observable at the level of:1)students- improving school results, reducing absenteeism and school dropout;2)teachers-improving communication skills, leadership of teaching activity and its development, diversifying teaching strategies;3) institutions-improving of human resources, group cohesion;4) local and regional level- it will give the students the possibility of continuing the theoretical and / or vocational studies, increasing the chances of integrating into society and the labor market, to improve mentality and to perpetuate it from generation to generation, maintaining the school population and increasing the prestige of the school.MethodologyThe project has five stages: management, implementation, creation of activities, materials and lessons, dissemination and sustainability. As coordinator, Romania will monitor implementation and dissemination of activities, evaluation of activities and the impact based on the data collected from partners. Project management will be carried out by the person designated for this purpose, by the contact person together with the headteacher and the accountant. They will identify resources (human and material),they will monitor the compliance with deadlines and the realization of activities. There will be two management meetings, both in Romania.