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This module focuses on how schools can motivate students to complete their school path in order to be ready for the job market through the exploitation of opportunities to study, carry out voluntary service and work experience abroad making use of mobility funding and cooperation initiatives.

Mobility to Learn and Work

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Chapter 1 – Introduction
1.1 What is Mobility
Mobility is one of the most famous issues and it is used to overcome linguistic and cultural borders. Today Mobility means much more than in the past, for example school activities are included and it is supported by the Erasmus+ programme in the context of Europe 2020 strategy.
Mobility provides language training, internships abroad, intercultural meetings for youth, mobility of teachers and normal staff, school partnerships with other schools or other institutional partners, as sending or receiving organisation.
Its importance in context of Universities means the acceptance and the success of the Bologna process with international ETC and Bachelors and Masters degrees.
For example Staff Mobility is part of the Erasmus+ programme, Key Action 1. Staff and teachers might attend training or job shadowing in another country, or deliver lessons at a school abroad and vice versa as host organisation.
And with Strategic Partnerships, Key Action 2, schools are allowed to cooperate with other schools and organisations to improve teaching and learning approaches, and the quality and relevance of education and training.
In internet portals for schools like eTwining the schools might find partners and create a network for their projects.
Mobility also means organisation work and to be engaged in a good stakeholder management like cooperation with local businesses, policymakers, community members.
It also means sometimes to be prepared for the exchange with the activity programme like dress code, access arrangements for people with disabilities, what to bring for special events or field, and information about the weather and how to prepare for it.
The success of the mobility project can be enhanced by making it public,like a school exhibition, a promotional video or photo slideshow or by uploading participant experiences, photos, interviews, reports, diaries on websites and social medias.
Mobility has a positive effect on the future of the students: They will improve their language skills, their intercultural and interpersonal abilities, specific areas or subjects in their curriculum or interdisciplinary learning. The school values will increase, and the learning and teaching methods will be affected in a positive way.
Online Resources
  • A practical guide for school leaders In “A practical guide for school leaders” school leaders, teachers and interested people might find information about Erasmus+ for schools. From first information about Erasmus+ until practical ideas how to organise a school project and how to make it public for a great success.

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Date: 2016.09.13

Posted by Aneta - Lithuania

The E- learning package provides effective methodology on how to deal with students at risk of early school leaving and motivate them to continue their educational path.

Date: 2016.09.05

Posted by Christine CLOES - Belgique

In Belgium a group of secondary schools is involved in a pilot project supported by the European Social Fund. The “Accrojump” project is a cooperation project between eight technical and vocational schools located in the same region. This original project lets students at risk of early school leaving carry out traineeships in a partner school that offers other options better fitting to their personal project.
It is an innovative concept of “mobility” that can be applied inside a country or region. Thanks to this project the traditional competitive relationship between schools turns into complicity and solidarity.

Date: 2016.08.03

Posted by A. Navas - Spain

Good overview of all the chances to study or work abroad.

Date: 2016.07.10

Posted by P.B. - Italy

For teachers the section of the portal is useful because it offers a series of tests to know and exalt the pupils’ potentialities. Teachers can also inform pupils about the concrete possibilities of working and living abroad.
The contents of the package are undoubtedly very useful, because they permit the deep knowledge of all the possibilities offered by the labour market.
In particular the Mobility section offers an exhaustive explanation of how many possibilities are now offered by the European Union for those who want to start relationships with foreign countries. Finally it stresses the importance and the opportunity to start entrepreneurship at school, so students can start to think about this possibility since they are attending their schools.

Date: 2016.07.07

Posted by Panunzio Laurent - France

The module is interesting because they bring light on some subjects and give advice.

Date: 2016.07.07

Posted by Didier Cahour - France

All modules are well written, especially the fifth one on “Mobility to learn and work”. It gives ideas about apprenticeship and I think in our society, it’s a good alternative for young students to enter the job market. It would be interesting for every European country to develop this kind of training.

Date: 2016.07.06

Posted by Gherca Iulian - Romania

This module focuses on how schools can motivate students to complete their school path and accelerate their preparation for the job market through voluntary service and work experience abroad making use of mobility funding and cooperation initiatives. The module deals with general information about mobility, some statistics and European policies, goals and benchmarks, its impact on social life, necessary intercultural understanding and transversal skills and practical tips on application forms and procedures to be respected. The theoretical issues are supported by a collection of students’ success mobility stories.

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