At the beginning,in Iustin Pirvu school,  we informed the students of our school about the implementation of the SLEGS project. We discussed the topic, objectives, activities and we gathered in a team. This was at the beginning of March. Enthusiastic and happy, we got to work.

It was great!

The pleasure of being part of the SLEGS team was ours. In the "Petar Pop Arsov" school in Skopje, the preparations for the project began (assembling the Macedonian team, representing other countries, joint activities and tasks).

The team of the SU "Hristo Botev" in Sungurlare under the SLEGS project was formed with the idea of ​​building a collaborative work between students and teachers to develop their skills in the digital sphere and implement innovative projects. The process of creating the team went through several main steps:

• -Discussion of the project goals
• -Identification of suitable student and teacher participants
• -Creation of a team structure
• -Conducting introductory trainings
• -Promoting innovations
• -Integration of digital communication platforms
• -Creation of a learning community

And we started preparing for the project.

As Türkiye implementation team was set up as listed below 

Partners have made decisions about: age and number of pupils, participants in each activity and number of teachers participating in activities. We've decided to involve five students per school in mobilities, accompanied by two teachers.

The selection criteria for participants;

The student selection was done according to a transparent evaluation and the results will be announced. Each met criterion gives one point. Applicants with maximum number of points were selected. Two different rankings were calculated: one for the fewer opportunities participants, and one for the others. For the first group two of the criteria are economic obstacles and educational difficulties, so that, for each mobility two students, out of the five participants, were chosen on the basis of belonging to a disadvantaged situation. Common criteria for all of the five participants were the motivation to apply and the English language competence (at least B1 level). A selection board in which an occupational psychologist and an English mother tongue teacher were appointed,

After choosing the participants, meetings were organized involving their parents, in order to provide them with all relevant information (what things to take, rules to obey, safety rules, etc) form the specific mobility. Travel and health insurance were purchased. Before the mobilities, participants (students) communicated with their peers and they got to know each other by using the twinspace tools and the social media.

Project management teams organized meetings with each group with the aim of informing them about all necessary practical issues (tasks, schedules, ect.), organizing teams of teachers for implementation and providing a linguistic and cultural preparation.