Portugal : Agrupamento de Escolas de Canedo


The Group of Schools in Canedo, Santa Maria da Feira, located in northwest of Portugal is Kindergarten for primary education and secondary classes. It is composed by: - 782 students (1st, 2nd, 3rd cycle from 3 to 16 years old); various nationalities; - There are 55 Children with special Educational needs; -10 Children with different disabilities who are schooled in normal classes; -The school also has 9 pupils with health problems; - 42 assistant staff members; - 79 teachers. Socially and economically, this town belongs to a disadvantaged area where families struggle with high unemployment due to the insolvency of several cork companies and the construction industry, the main employers in this geographical area. 40% of the population has a low social cultural status. Europe needs more cohesive and inclusive societies which allow citizens to play a role in democratic life. Education and youth work are key to promote common European values, foster social integration, enhance intercultural understanding and a sense of belonging to a community, and to prevent violent radicalization. Erasmus+ an effective instrument to promote the INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH THIS ADVANTAGED BACKGROUND, INCLUDING NEWLY ARRIVED IMMIGRANTS: We hope to create a new European community that will strive and have a common vision of a better and more just world. This attitude will foster the feeling of belonging to an important community: Europe, which will help us work together for better relations among families, classmates, teachers and students, neighbors and other members of our community. Especially those who are discriminated against, this discrimination would be particularly relevant or may feel lonely or helpless. The project activities aim to promote integration and equal opportunities between students in each school. Officials and school staff participate in training courses on new teaching methods, some of them also being teachers in different subject areas (project and task-based learning, bilingual and foreign language methodologies, TIC ). The cooperation among the teachers, the work team, the communication, the motivation and the implication of the families in education are essential objectives for the personnel. The professionalism and ambition of teachers in an approved school as an Institution capable of meeting the highest exigencies of our times. To summarize 1.Support schools to fight school dropout and the disadvantages that result, as well as improve the academic performance of all students, including the good / very good, which makes them excellent. 2. Decrease disparities in outcomes for disadvantaged students. 3. Develop basic and transversal skills using innovative methods. The persons in charge of the project are the coordinator and the direction of the school, if for any reason the coordinator cannot realize the work, the direction with take over.


PROJECTNUMBER 2018-1-TR01-KA229-059973_2