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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">WELCOME</span></h2>
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<h4><strong>The <i>Schools: Future Labs</i></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> project team recognizes the currently ineffectual classroom practices with regards to STEM and Spanish and German language study. The lack of participation and direct application during class misrepresents these subjects as abstruse and vague, rather than useful and exciting.  Studies assert that careers which contribute to a thriving, productive economy require knowledge of these fields; however, student disengagement in class leads to low levels of interest and commitment.</span></h4>
<h4><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">SFL</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> aims to help students become captivated with these often dismissed subjects; to revive motivation and enthusiasm for both students and teachers. Through a detailed system of method implementation and evaluation, while working with esteemed educational experts and dedicated researchers, the project aims to investigate the capacity of success through bottom-up teaching methodology informed by Action Research. STEM material will actually be taught in tandem with language study for an integrative approach to learning.</span></h4>
<h4><span style="font-weight: 400;">The program will begin with teacher training events, covering the details of teaching methodology. Mentorship relationships will be forged for the duration of the curriculum through an online platform wherein teachers will share lesson plans and outcomes. Following the preliminary phase of research and training, teachers will pilot the program and develop lesson plans further. Participating schools will join in organizing a science fair to demonstrate the consummation of each student’s learning experience. Following the evaluations of SFL, a closing conference will be held presenting the results of the project and discussing how the methodology could be incorporated in more classrooms. </span></h4>
<h4><span style="font-weight: 400;">The long-term goals of SFL reach beyond simply implementing and documenting this new methodology. Rather, the SFL team desire to inspire progress in global educational institutions.</span></h4>
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<h4><strong>Deliverables-Activities</strong></h4>
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<h4><span style="font-weight: 400;">Year 1 will consist of training trainers and teachers, the use of labs, and draft project output presentations.</span></h4>
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<h4><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Year 2, methodology will continue to be tested during the entire school year, after which all formal teaching materials will be assessed and completed.</span></h4>
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<h4><span style="font-weight: 400;">Year 3 will illustrate the outcomes of the program after analysis of research results, as lab work continues in the classrooms.</span></h4>
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[/vc_column_text][clients in_row="3" greyscale="0"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image="2307" img_size="full" alignment="center" style="vc_box_rounded"][vc_column_text]<strong>Partnership:</strong>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Our indispensable partners include:</span>

<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instituto Cervantes</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which will provide a project manager based in Athens, as well as Project Coordinators and Teacher Trainers in Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, and Romania. </span>

<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Spanish Ministry of Education, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">which will administer</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">an esteemed Education Counsellor.</span>

<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Romanian Ministry of Education</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which offers a three-person team of high ranking managers of educational study. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> MSCDN, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">whose chosen team will implement a teaching training course under a project manager.</span>

<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">SHUMEN University, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">which will offer management to the project, as well as respected experts to consult in the fields of German language study, and Experimental and Theoretical Physics.</span>

<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The University of Athens, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">where a team of scientists specializing in the research and evaluation of new teaching methods will focus their groundwork on cognitive science and science teaching, as well as STEM subjects.</span>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image="2310" img_size="full" style="vc_box_rounded"][vc_column_text]<strong>Project outcomes:                                   </strong>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Through consistently attentive reflection and evaluation, SFL will establish teaching modules for STEM study in combination with Content and Language Integrated Learning. The program will conceive a thorough teacher training course methodology. Evaluation results and learning outcomes will be documented on a virtual student learning portfolio. Lastly, the effectiveness of the methodology will be considered in both qualitative and quantitative terms. Test scores as well as classroom dynamics will be analyzed in order to give a well- rounded perspective of SFL’s strengths.</span>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]