Profile of the participants:

The participants are teachers (working in kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools etc.) or adult trainers active in the sending organization interested in Digital learning, inclusion and in growing a creative and intercultural environment in their institutions, with or without previous experience, willing to develop themselves professionally not only through the course, but by involving themselves in preparatory and follow up activities. They must be interested in other cultures and in developing the institution’s European dimension.

Objectives:
-To develop competences regarding applying non-formal education activities and techniques in different formal settings in order to encourage inclusion
-To share best practices and transfer knowledge and methods between different cultural zones and different learner ages regarding successful inclusive approaches
-To develop the participants’ competences of ensuring harmonious group building (taking into account diversity challenges) and of transforming the class as a group into a team by usage of non-formal group dynamics
-To develop better understanding of their own competence as teachers and to develop creative intercultural strategies for dealing with inclusion challenges in their own schools and classrooms
-To help teachers understand the students different realities and better integrate them in the classroom
-To identify limiting & negative beliefs and transform them into positive and supporting ones
-To understand physical & mental health issues within the teaching profession
-To improve interpersonal relationships
-To introduce new tools & resources within the classroom to foster well-being – Reduce early school leaving
-To acquire understanding of the various forms of BULLING and cyber-bulling and knowledge about impact, risk and long-term effect of victims and bullies
-To analyse bullying, aggressive behaviour (physical and verbal), creating strategies on how to deal with and eliminate them
- To develop e- learning competences about recognizing and prevention cyber-bulling
-To develop the needed knowledge and competences to prevent all forms of bulying and cyber-bulling in education and school settings
-To promote the use mediation and negotiation tools in the fight against exclusion of people with fewer opportunities
-To promote European cooperation in the field of education within the framework of the Erasmus+ program by partnership building