[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Strategic Partnership" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23000000" google_fonts="font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:900%20bold%20regular%3A900%3Anormal"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion style="flat" shape="round" color="green" spacing="4" gap="4" c_icon="chevron" active_section="54" no_fill="true" collapsible_all="true"][vc_tta_section title="Liceul Teoretic Bilingv Miguel de Cervantes | ROMANIA" tab_id="1449490293672-36f75d19-e5dd"][vc_column_text]<span style="color: #000000;"><strong><em>"Miguel de Cervantes" Bilingual Highschool</em></strong> is a secondary school in Bucharest, including all three levels of pre-university education: primary (forms I-IV), elementary (forms V-VIII) and secondary (forms IX-XII). Both the teachers and the school board strive for each student to reach their maximum potential.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">Miguel de Cervantes encourages students to develop their sense of respect, responsibility, and courage to help foster bright and motivated members of society. The school also aims to inspire further education.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">During the 1990-1991 academic year, Miguel de Cervantes became the first high school in Romania to offer intensive Spanish classes (for the primary and elementary levels) and bilingual classes for the highschool level.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">The school is consistently involved in various European and local projects and programmes, which aim to broaden the educational offerings of the school and enrich students' learning experiences.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">Teachers of Miguel de Cervantes decided to partner in the European Project <em>School - Future Labs</em> due to their interest in both diversifying their teaching methods and improving the 12-13-year old students' language skills. This project represents a welcome challenge for both Physics and Spanish teachers, as an interdisciplinary approach has never before been adopted in Romanian schools.</span>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Liceul Bilingv, MIGUEL DE CERVANTES”</em></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><em>e-mail: liceulcervantes@gmail.com</em></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><em>web: <a style="color: #000000;" href="http://www.liceulcervantes.ro" target="_blank">www.liceulcervantes.ro</a></em></span></p>
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title="49th Primary School ``Benito Juarez`` | BULGARIA" tab_id="1449490293890-f1486505-0887"][vc_column_text]<span style="color: #000000;">Primary School № 49 "Benito Juarez" was founded over 30 years ago.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">The school, attended by one thousand students, is the largest school size within the Poduyane district. About 60 teachers are employed at Benito Juarez, leading classes from the nursery stage through 7<sup>th</sup> grade.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">The school offers unique programs such as choreography, art, and tennis. Our students have won awards at the national level in each of these disciplines. Also, both English and Spanish language classes are included in the curriculum.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">The school has three well-equipped computer labs and a hall with a seating capacity of 250.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">A representative of the educational department of the Instituto Cervantes invited us to participate in this project in April 2014. Our headmaster accepted the offer, believing that this new method of learning would be a highly constructive and inspiring experience for our students.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">We are thrilled to take part in the project <em>Schools:</em> <em>Future Labs.</em></span>[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title="International School Uwekind | BULGARIA" tab_id="1449490393350-706e8ae2-980a"][vc_column_text]<span style="color: #000000;">The mission of International School Uwekind is to cultivate well-rounded, responsible, independent thinking global citizens, with a passion for learning. Uwekind is committed to providing a supportive and nurturing learning environment in which all members of the community are motivated to achieve their individual potential.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">International School Uwekind provides IPC education (International Primary Curriculum) and is a member of IBO (International Baccalaureate Organization) authorized in MYP and a candidate for Diploma.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">At International School Uwekind we aim to foster a love of language as a means of engaging with society and developing an appreciation of culture. We want our students to develop the necessary and relevant skills to effectively and confidently understand and communicate language through quality learning and teaching.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">To achieve its goals Uwekind is open to new educational methods, which provide appropriate support for teachers and enhance children’s learning.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">The Schools: Future Labs project is committed to developing a methodology that transforms language and STEM subject education, so that students become more self-motivated, exploratory participants in their own learning process. This initiative harmonizes perfectly with the Uwekind school’s mission.</span>[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title="Społeczna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 4 STO | POLAND" tab_id="1449568031341-6f5d5664-959b"][vc_column_text]
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">Social Primary School no 4 in Cracow is one of the schools included in the unit of Juliusz Słowacki general education school of welfare education community in Cracow. In addition to primary school the team includes Social Nursery “Julek”, Social Gymnasium no 7 and III Community High School.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">Furthermore since 2014 alongside the school a non public House of Culture “Juliusz” exists. Our school is situated in historical centre of Craco, the Małopolska Capitol and an old Capitol of Poland. Attendance in all our schools is over 500 pupils, and over 300 in the Primary school itself. Our Students are learning English from the age of 6. Spanish, French or German is introduced in 5<sup>th</sup> grade.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">Ample educational program, diversified after school clubs, teachers with very high qualifications, small classes and small groups for foreign languages lessons provides children with perfect learning conditions and enables them to expand their talents.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">The school allows the perfect development of physical fitness. During PE lessons activities are carried out on various levels of play. Classes are conducted both for general development but also offering swimming, tennis, skiing and ice skating lessons. At the school also operates a sports club “Glosator”. In our schools we emphasise respect for the traditions and values and our mission is based on love, freedom and wisdom. Our pupils are volunteering in organising a Christmas Eve in Brother Albert’s Shelter and other charity based events ongoing in the Cracow area. Our tradition also includes activities integrating the whole School Community such as the Inauguration for the beginning and at the End of the School Year at Wawel Cathedral and a solemn procession with the banner of the school, as well as school Christmas Eve wafer event or summer school picnic or skiing picnic. Furthermore research and sport camps have become a new trend, which was designed for holistic development of our pupils.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">Taking under consideration all of the above and also the pressure we put on general and wide progress of our students we joined the International SCHOOLS: FUTURE LABS Project. Interdisciplinary undertake on process of learning and in this case combining science and Spanish it is a very important step in a young person educational progress. Entering the new Project we aimed to foster the interests of science among students by simultaneously forming their sense of the need to develop language skills so necessary in the modern world.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">Through the training included in the project our teachers have the opportunity to learn new teaching methods – CLLIL and to include them in their day to day work. Purchased with the project funds laboratory equipment will also enable our students to develop their practical skills and shape their attitudes of a young explorer.</span></p>
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title="Colegiul National Ion Maiorescu | ROMANIA" tab_id="1449568033554-663af725-6c05"][vc_column_text]
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">The National College "Ion Maiorescu" located in the center of the city of Giurgiu in Romania, is the oldest secondary school of our city and was founded in 1869. It consists of several buildings: lyceum (grades 9-12), high school (grades 5-8), sports hall and home (this building needs to be repaired). It has several laboratories (physics, chemistry, biology, computer science laboratory) and a library (27000 volumes).</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">The College has classes for mathematics - computer science, mathematics - natural sciences, philology, Intensive - English, social sciences. Every year, the students participate in the National stages of the Olympics and they get prizes and commendations</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">This project is an opportunity to broaden the study of the German language in a bilingual context for our school. In a united Europe, in today's society, communication and understanding play an important role. The bilingual teaching offers students the opportunity not only to master the language itself, but also technical terms from different fields (physics, chemistry, etc.)</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">The cooperation with colleagues from other countries leads to a better experience. We can see how our colleagues work in the classroom and vice versa, and choose the best methods for language and subject.</span></p>
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title="Ellinogermaniki Agogi | GREECE" tab_id="1449568034692-38eeb3b0-6549"][vc_column_text]<span style="color: #000000;">Ellinogermaniki Agogi pursues with great interest and a restive mind the developments in the field of education: It is a multi-unit educational institution comprising 2200 students of pre-primary, primary and secondary education, and 235 teaching and 330 administration staff. Today it is one of the most modern educational institutions in Greece, using the most up-to-date facilities, an enriched curriculum, experienced and skilled teaching staff. Moreover and, most importantly, through consistency on principles and respect towards pupils and parents, the school has pursued a multifaceted education for its students.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">Since 1969, the school has introduced the German language as the first foreign language its students get exposed to, systematically and intensively at all levels (therefore the name “Ellinogermaniki Agogi”). Within the scope of the broadest possible education and through a series of social and cultural activities the school aims to achieve what is suggested by its very name: a balanced combination of the restless Greek spirit with the German precision.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">Consistent with its pursue of educational innovations in general, but also more particularly in science education and new technologies, Ellinogermaniki Agogi has joined the project “Schools: Future Labs” which introduces the teaching of German in the teaching of science of 5th and 6th school year students, via the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approach.</span>[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion style="flat" shape="round" color="green" spacing="4" gap="4" c_icon="chevron" active_section="54" no_fill="true" collapsible_all="true"][vc_tta_section title="Instituto Cervantes Atenas | GREECE" tab_id="1449490293672-36f75d19-e5dd"][vc_column_text]
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href="http://cervantes.es/" target="_blank">Instituto Cervantes</a></span><span class="s2"> is a public institution founded in 1991 by the Government of Spain, with the aim of promoting Spanish language teaching, and fostering knowledge of Spanish and Hispanic American culture. Instituto Cervantes is located in five continents and has more than 90 centers in over 43 countries around the world</span><span class="s3">.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s2">Spanish is the second most widely used language for international communication in areas such as finance, culture and science, in addition to being a language that facilitates job opportunities. Instituto Cervantes functions effectively and ideally for the promotion and dissemination of Spanish-speaking culture.</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">One of the Institution´s main aims is to inspire and motivate the use of Spanish and encourage all means and activities which contribute to the language´s dissemination on a global scale. Within this frame and following the European language policy, Instituto Cervantes recognizes the importance of being present in European projects which promote the exchange of experiences and encourages many countries to come together. </span><span class="s4">The organization is mindful of the importance of mastering other languages as the basis for greater personal and professional opportunities. Spanish, with 470 million speakers worldwide, is undoubtedly one of the languages with the most potential and therefore, it is important to be put into practice from the earliest ages. </span></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s2">The SFL project meets the goals set by the Erasmus + program that include, among others, knowledge of several languages and lifelong learning in education and training for youth. Instituto Cervantes contributes to establishing its presence in Europe, both institutionally through collaboration with educational institutions (University of Athens, University of Shumen Bulgaria, Department of the Ministry of Education of Spain and MSCDN in Poland) and at the educational level in schools.</span></p>
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title="The Education Office in Bucharest | ROMANIA" tab_id="1449490293890-f1486505-0887"][vc_column_text]
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Spanish Embassy’s Education Office in Romania and the Republic of Moldova depends at a functional level on The Education Office in Bulgaria. It is part of the Spanish Educational Action abroad that is currently developed by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. As such, it promotes and spreads Spanish language and culture, and manages the programs developed in the field of education between Spain and Romania (notably the ten Spanish bilingual sections in Romanian High Schools all over the country).</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1">Notable functions include:</span></p>

<ul>
	<li class="li2"><span class="s1">the supervision of current programs created in collaboration with the Romanian and Spanish Ministry of Education.</span></li>
	<li class="li2"><span class="s1">the organization of continuous teacher support and training in collaboration with the Menéndez Pelayo International University in Santander (Spain).</span></li>
	<li class="li2"><span class="s1">the promotion of international projects of association as a means to increase mutual knowledge among Romanian and Spanish educational centers.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The participation in the Project “Schools: Future Labs” offers the Education Office in Romania the following benefits:</span></p>

<ul>
	<li class="li1"><span class="s1">to know and share good practices with relevant European educational institutions</span></li>
	<li class="li1"><span class="s1">to participate in a cutting-edge experience that may open new areas of interest specifically for Spanish as well as foreign languages in general </span></li>
	<li class="li1"><span class="s1">to provide support to one of the high schools with a Spanish bilingual section, with the aim of extending results to other educational institutions and centers</span></li>
	<li class="li1"><span class="s1">to collaborate with the Instituto Cervantes, the language institute for Spanish</span></li>
	<li class="li1"><span class="s1">to disseminate the results of the investigation carried out through the extensive network of Spain Education offices in the world (thus benefiting the project by attracting recognition of our institution and collaboration with prestigious partners)</span></li>
</ul>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is the largest higher learning state institution in Greece, and among the largest universities in Europe. With a student body of about 108,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students, over 2,000 members of academic staff, and approximately 1,300 administrative and secretarial staff and specialized personnel, the University of Athens aims at excellence in both teaching and research in a significantly varied range of disciplines. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Science Laboratory was founded in 1995 and is located at the 4</span><span class="s2"><sup>th</sup></span><span class="s1"> floor of Faculty of Primary Education of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Professor George Kalkanis has been the Director of the Laboratory since its opening.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Educational activities of the Laboratory include: Science education (theoretical and practical/experimental) for undergraduate students, science education and educational technologies of in-practice-teachers of primary and secondary education, theoretical science education, and experimental practice in the Laboratory of postgraduate students. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Research Activities of the Laboratory include: </span></p>

<ul>
	<li class="li1"><span class="s1">New Ways on Teaching and Experimentation in Science, Modeling / Simulation / Animation of Micro Cosmos (Monte Carlo method)</span></li>
	<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Sensors /Actuators driven by the Computer in Science Educational Laboratory</span></li>
	<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Information Technology Application to Science and Environmental Education</span></li>
	<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Distance Learning, Design, Application and Evaluation of Educational Simulations and Educational Software for Science and Technology</span></li>
	<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Participation in many National and International Experimental / Educational Programs</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"> The results of Laboratory’s educational and experimental activities are featured in magazines and also presented in a wide variety of publications at international conferences.   </span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The driving force behind the development of Mazowieckie Samorządowe Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli (MSCDN) in 2005 was the goal to create a coherent, modern and effective system of in-service training for Mazovian teachers.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The training personnel of the Mazovian In-Service Teacher Training Center consist of experienced advisors and teachers. These consultants, professionals in their respective subjects, aim to consistently advance their competence within various areas of education. Our personnel focuses on preparing and implementing a comprehensive training offer realized by professionals (professors of the universities, lecturers and educators), both external and internal for the Center. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">We are concerned with our development and the support of schools in their development. The Center finds solutions to methodological and educational problems. MSCDN also seeks partners within many professional institutions, Polish and foreign universities among others, to develop another area of interest – Educational Projects. A small sample of projects MSCDN is involved in includes: <i>The Professional Teacher’s Academy,<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>A Wakening School, The TOC , The School in Democracy, Early Language Education, Mazovian Talent and Career Centra </i>and others<i>.</i></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">We accepted the invitation from Goethe Intitute for the Schools Future Labs Project in order to support CLIL development in Polish schools, and to support our teachers in Language and STEM subjects.<span class="Apple-converted-space">   </span></span></p>
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title="Colegiul National Ion Maiorescu | ROMANIA" tab_id="1449568033554-663af725-6c05"][vc_column_text]

The National College "Ion Maiorescu" located in the center of the city of Giurgiu in Romania, is the oldest secondary school of our city and was founded in 1869. It consists of several buildings: lyceum (grades 9-12), high school (grades 5-8), sports hall and home (this building needs to be repaired). It has several laboratories (physics, chemistry, biology, computer science laboratory) and a library (27000 volumes).

The College has classes for mathematics - computer science, mathematics - natural sciences, philology, Intensive - English, social sciences. Every year, the students participate in the National stages of the Olympics and they get prizes and commendations

This project is an opportunity to broaden the study of the German language in a bilingual context for our school. In a united Europe, in today's society, communication and understanding play an important role. The bilingual teaching offers students the opportunity not only to master the language itself, but also technical terms from different fields (physics, chemistry, etc.)

The cooperation with colleagues from other countries leads to a better experience. We can see how our colleagues work in the classroom and vice versa, and choose the best methods for language and subject.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title="Ellinogermaniki Agogi | GREECE" tab_id="1449568034692-38eeb3b0-6549"][vc_column_text]Ellinogermaniki Agogi pursues with great interest and a restive mind the developments in the field of education: It is a multi-unit educational institution comprising 2200 students of pre-primary, primary and secondary education, and 235 teaching and 330 administration staff. Today it is one of the most modern educational institutions in Greece, using the most up-to-date facilities, an enriched curriculum, experienced and skilled teaching staff. Moreover and, most importantly, through consistency on principles and respect towards pupils and parents, the school has pursued a multifaceted education for its students.

Since 1969, the school has introduced the German language as the first foreign language its students get exposed to, systematically and intensively at all levels (therefore the name “Ellinogermaniki Agogi”). Within the scope of the broadest possible education and through a series of social and cultural activities the school aims to achieve what is suggested by its very name: a balanced combination of the restless Greek spirit with the German precision.

Consistent with its pursue of educational innovations in general, but also more particularly in science education and new technologies, Ellinogermaniki Agogi has joined the project “Schools: Future Labs” which introduces the teaching of German in the teaching of science of 5th and 6th school year students, via the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approach.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][/vc_column][/vc_row]