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<< Background >>Loss of instructional time due to off-task behaviour is a well-established problem in educational settings, recognized both by researchers for over a hundred years.Teachers have a big challenge to fight students’ off-task in the classroom. Despite the teachers’ multifunctional skills and knowledge, many of them lack abilities to motivate students and still use old-fashioned methods of teaching. They have a fear of changes in teaching and those who are willing to do some innovations in the class usually have difficulties in finding information sources with good practices.Needs: Teachers don’t perceive student’s boredom and have a hard time engaging students: boredom is one of the most frequently experienced negative emotions among students. Bored and distracted students cannot reach their cognitive potential, especially during classroom instruction. Students can’t concentrate in the classrooms: Research shows that students find it difficult to concentrate in the classrooms because they don’t understand the instructions; they don’t know why they are doing the activity; the activity is boring; the activity is too easy or difficult; they are tired; teachers can’t get their attention<< Objectives >>The objecitive is to improve the socio-emotional climate in the classroom, fight distractions and boredom in classes by striving for lessons of interest, quality and engagement by creating:Manual of Good practices for teachers;Training for teachers on how to increase students’ motivation, focus and on-task time.Providing pilot trainings to test chosen practices.Mobile friendly teacher online toolbox with constant support everywhere and anytime the teacher needs it.<< Implementation >>A1 Project managementA2 Manual of Good PracticesA2.1. Preparation of the methodology for good practices surveyA2.2. Creation of the survey tools using ICTA2.3. Data collection and gathering of good practicesA2.4. Evaluation of gathered good practices, an identification which to include in the guideA2.5. Preparation of the instructions on how to implement good practices into the schoolA2.6. Development of the final, easy to use guideA2.7. Translation into partners’ languagesA3 Teacher trainingA3.1 - Preparation of training outline, chapters and detailed training contentA3.2 - Development of pre- and post- assessment toolA3.3 - Preparation of methodology for trainingA3.4 - Development of the contentA3.5 - Translation in all partners’ languagesA3.6 - Pilot teacher training at participating schools and update of programmeA3.7 - Development of final training programme, based on feedback from pilotingA4 Teacher online toolboxA4.1 - Transform the teacher training into small modelsA4.2 - Set-up the Online toolboxA4.3 - Filled testing and gather feedbackA4.4 - Finalize the Online toolboxA5 Dissemination<< Results >>1. Manual of Good practices on how to increase students’ engagement and concentration2. Training for Teachers - Training for teachers on how to increase students’ motivation, focus and on-task time. The aim of training is to introduce good practices to teachers that they can implement in their schools.3. Teacher online toolbox - Mobile friendly teacher online toolbox with constant support everywhere and anytime the teacher needs it.