Improving Quality and Accessibility in In-Service Trainings for teachers

Context/background of the project- Lack of enough opportunities for professional development of teachers. - Fragmented offer.- Lack of quality criteria.- Lack of awareness of teachers/educational staff of LLL opportunities.Objectives of the project- To increase the accessibility of teachers to in-service trainings and to raise the availability of high quality and tailored in-service training. - To create an Online platform with high-quality teacher-centered in service trainings responding to quality criteria. - To promote the cooperation between schools and training providers.Two profiles of participating organizations took part in the project: training providers and schools- Training providers: have contributed to > international meetings / communication management / impact and dissemination / creation of online platform and Community of practice. Training providers representatives undertook several roles and a project team has been composed.- Schools: have been asked to involve as much as possible their educational staff. Teachers/educational staff (managers included) have participated in all project activities, such as data research, attending trainings abroad, providing evaluation, etc.The project has implemented the following activities- Data research for identifying quality criteria: schools and training providers have participated- Development of training modules: training providers have elaborated them during transnational meeting and online local work- Training modules: attendance of schools staff, organized by training providers, constant evaluation > redefinition and adjustment of the criteria- Creation of Online platform + Community of Practice> offers for teachers with quality-criteria applied have been gathered // The CoP brought trainers together- Multiplier event: dissemination of results > online platform + Raising awareness of LLLThe methodology applied during the project included:- Constant cooperation training provider-school- Constant cooperation and monitoring within the training provider partnershipThe results and impact that the project has achieved are related to:- More trained educational staff, better awareness of teachers of LLL initiatives and better motivation to apply for such training courses- Training providers are more aware of teachers needs in terms of in-service trainings, exchange of best-practice with other TPs, being part of the international network and Community of PracticeThe long term project benefits shall be seen in perspective are refer to:Regarding the Schools> Higher quality education centers, better results from learners, teachers better aware of European dimensionRegarding the Training providers > collaborative network for exchanging best-practices, promote greater visibility in the online platform, more aware of teachers’ needs and interests