This year, the annual meeting was held in Constanta and the ambassadors had the opportunity to exchange examples of good practice from their activity as well as activities learnt in other events. Ialomita county was represented by two Ambassadors, Militaru Nicoleta and Craciun Catalin. The main focus was to better understand the mission of being an ambassador. So here are a frew of our responsabilities:

• Erasmus Ambassadors advise students, teachers, and other potential participants about the Erasmus+ program. They give information about the application procedure, qualifications, and opportunities that are available.

• Ambassadors frequently serve as mentors or consultants to people who are thinking about taking part in Erasmus+. They can provide assistance with deciding on appropriate locations, creating application materials, and utilizing the program.

• To encourage others, ambassadors share their personal Erasmus+ experiences. To highlight the advantages of joining the program on a personal and professional level, they might publish blog articles, make videos, or organize events.

• Through a variety of platforms, including social media, university events, and seminars, ambassadors support the promotion of Erasmus+. Additionally, they could represent the program at seminars, fairs, and conferences.

• Ambassadors frequently establish connections with other people and groups engaged in international education and mobility. The Erasmus+ program's reach and impact may be increased with the aid of this networking.

The Erasmus Ambassadors are enthusiastic about global experiences and education, whether they are participants in the program now or have completed it in the past. They help to promote greater intercultural understanding and collaboration throughout Europe by actively encouraging more people to take advantage of the opportunities offered by Erasmus+.

Necesitatea de a forma şi dezvolta competenţe prin procesul de învăţământ este ”sine-qua-non” în contextul educațional actual, aceste competenţe  pot fi specifice unei discipline şcolare şi transversale (învăţarea pe tot parcursul vieţii, gândirea complexă şi critică, comunicarea efectivă, colaborarea/lucrul în echipă, cetăţenia responsabilă, abilitatea pentru găsirea şi ocuparea unui loc de muncă). În acest context, în cadrul consorțiului Erasmus+ al Casei Corpului Didactic, anul I de acreditare, au fost derulate activități de jobshadowing în vederea formării (prin intermediul mobilităților în străinătate)  a cinci cadre didactice cu statut de formator, care să dezvolte un program de perfecționare, cu această tematică a formării competențelor transversale, destinat cadrelor didactice membre ale consorțiului dar și pentru toate cadrele didactice din învățământul preuniversitar care doresc să participe la acest program.

Obiectivele de învățare:
- Explorarea și implementarea strategiilor secolului al XXI-lea pentru dezvoltarea celor 4 C ( creativitatea, colaborarea, comunicarea, gândirea critică) în procesul de predare-învățarea evaluare
- Crearea a 2-4 activități care să contribuie la dezvoltarea celor 4C prin utilizarea instrumentelor digitale
- Facilitarea participării la activități și proiecte prin folosirea platformelor și aplicațiilor
- Dezvoltarea oportunităților de colaborare și învățare reciprocă prin folosirea strategiilor și instrumentelor digitale

Informatii utile

The project is a great opportunity for two of our schools to work together : Arts High School "Ionel Perlea" ( teacher Militaru Nicoleta) and "Al.I Cuza high School" ( teacher Rotaru Aida), bringing together teachers and students who want to explore this wonderful world together. 

AIM:

develop the key competences from the European framework: the ability to communicate in a foreign language, the ability to analyze facts and opinions, the ability to work in a team, negotiate and collaborate in order to finalize tasks, the ability to use different digital tools to make presentations and to engage partners, the ability to identify different cultural elements which are representative for national and European culture.

Students will work in multinational teams every week. Each partner is responsible with the completion of the tasks in accordance with their school timetable and responsibilities. They will also suggest different digital tools and activities that can be done in order to develop the skills mentioned. They will also create games to promote European values using different online tools such as WordWall or Quizziz. All these will be considered examples of good practice among European teachers and students.

October- Nice to meet you! – partners present themselves and try to find more about one another ( the forum of the project). They also set up the code of online behavior and discuss e-safety aspects.
November- Human dignity- find examples of how people can promote human dignity- students write their examples in a collaborative Linoit document.
December- Freedom- I am thankful for my freedom to…- students write notes and include them in a Digipad document
January- Democracy- Did you know?- Students find different aspects regarding the concept of democracy in their countries and share in a Padlet
February- Equality- How do we show equality in everyday life? Students find examples from their lives and share in posters and collaborative tools.

March- Rule of Law- Students present different rules of law in their countries and include them in a Google presentation
April- May – Human rights – Students find examples when human rights were not respected in the world and post them in the Padlet of the project
June- It is not the end – Evaluation and Feedback using Google forms/ Mentimeter

RESULTS:

- posters promoting the targeted European values
- collaborative documents which can be used as didactic materials and examples of good practice
- games to promote European Values

Clasa a X-a B, Liceul de Arte "Ionel Perlea"- Denisa A, Teodora A, Alina A, Daniela A, Bianca B, Marian B, Denisa C, Laurentiu C, Marta C, Corina C, Bogdan D, Larisa F, Gabriel F, Mario I, Florin I, Mirela L, Ana M, Adina P, Emilia P, Ionut S, Nicoleta S, Cristian S, Yasmine Z. 

ETAPA DE DOCUMENTARE:

Elevii au ales parcul din oraș pentru a desfășura activitățile propuse în proiectul din acest an. Le-am explicat în ce constă programul internațional LeaF și au decis ca activitatea principală să fie conceperea unor povești a căror acțiune să se desfășoare în pădure.

Echipele au fost stabilite prin Random Wheel iar ca metodă de lucru pentru povești, i-am provocat să folosească metoda zarului cu pictograme.

ETAPA DE LUCRU

STORY DICE
Fiecare echipă a rulat cele nouă zaruri cu pictograme și au ales cele nouă cartonașe cu imagini din natură. Acestea sunt folosite pentru a crea poveștile a căror acțiune are loc în pădure.

ȘTIAȚI CĂ…?
În Săptămâna Verde, echipa a organizat un eveniment la nivelul liceului unde l-au invitat pe dl inginer de la Ocolul Silvic, care le-a vorbit despre importanța pădurilor pentru planetă, despre defrișări și efectele lor asupra mediului și despre cum sunt toaletați/ tăiați anumiți copaci.

ATELIERUL DE SCRIERE
Elevii au lucrat în echipe și au  scris povești în care acțiunile au loc în pădure, văzută fie ca un spațiu de relaxare, fie ca un spațiu magic. Poveștile au fost trecut ulterior în aplicația Story Jumper.

ETAPA DE EVALUARE

Activitățile au fost incluse în programul din Săptămâna Verde și au fost încărcate și pe blogul https://healthandusblog.wordpress.com/leaf-proiect-international/ . De asemenea, activitățile au fost prezentate și pe pagina de Instagram, unde au devenit sursă de inspirație pentru alte cadre didactice și elevi.

https://healthandusblog.wordpress.com/leaf-proiect-international/

https://www.storyjumper.com/book/read/160003311

https://www.storyjumper.com/book/read/160003391

https://www.storyjumper.com/book/read/160003451

The project is based on the Erasmus+ project with the same title. The activities mainly focus on raising awareness on the issues related to environment and global warming. We want our children to be better informed and to start taking small steps towards bigger changes in their future lives as adults. 

AIMS

- to work efficiently in national and multinational teams on the topics of the project
- to create digital materials that can be used as examples of good practice in European projects
-  to communicate in a foreign languages, expressing opinions and justifications of the opinions
- to improve their time management skills
- to identify different solutions to different problematic situations, providing solutions to problems

WORK PROCESS

1. Welcome back- Forum task on returning to the project and also welcoming new members
2. Online eSafety and Copyright rules
3. Between the river and the sea
3. Is our natural heritage in danger?
4. There is NO planet B! Save the environment!
5. Erasmus+ mobilities
6. In the press
7. Feedback and evaluation

EXPECTED RESULTS

1. Digital materials ( presentations, posters, brochures) promoting different measure which can be taken by youngsters when dealing with environmental issues
2. Collection of common games on the topics of the project- learning in a fun way.
3. Pedagogical materials which can be used when teaching topics related to nature and environment

These check points can be used as examples of good practice when it comes to international team collaboration and peer learning. They are also included in the eTwinning project, Be Active! which promotes European Values and competences from the European framework.

O reală oportunitate de dezvoltare profesională prin observarea activităților nonformale, desfășurate de cadre didactice din Italia:
-vizitarea clădirilor istorice sau a muzeelor-ce influențează valorile copiilor,  copiii își lărgesc orizonturile de cunoaștere și le dezvoltă toleranța și capacitatea de acceptare a diferențelor dintre civilizații
-vizite de investigare a mediului, deoarece contactul direct cu natura, explicarea fenomenelor naturale  și a biodiversității sprijină educația pentru grija față de mediu; au fost folosite aplicații digitale pentru  învățarea prin descoperire.

Am avut parte de  schimb de experiență cu profesorii italieni, am aflat despre alte  metode de predare și de interacțiune cu elevii din diferite categorii de vârtă, instrumente de formare a adulților, metode de dezvoltare profesională și personală prin proiecte Erasmus+ sau prin proiecte în comunitate.

Adela P spoke about what it means to prepare for national competitions in which you present the eTwinning projects and the final results. She also spoke about the disesmination activities she took part on in our school , presenting teenagers with the benefits of European projects. 

Andy M spoke about what it means to handle social media channels and what responsabilities one has when choosing this task, adding that social media has a big impact and can lead to change. She also mentioned the partnership we created with other schools and how being present as a student to those meetings really helped motivate students more.

Anastasia G spoke about how her work in eTwinning and Erasmus projects covers some of the activities in the School Council, encouraging students to participate in European activities celebrating Europe day as well as eTwinning Day. She included the Be Active eTwinning project which offers students opportunities to work in national and multinational teams.

I am an eTwinning ambassador and an Erasmus AmbassaDOR and I think that we can make a bigger difference if we start involving our students in more aspects of the projects than simply doing tasks. Once they feel empowered they will find it easier to spring their wings, spreading their joy and knowledge to others. 

Alternative sources of energy is not an easy topic for teenagers but we organised interesting and challenging activities so that to make learning more attractive and easy to remember on the long term. 

4 CORNERS - Students were divided in international teams and worked on mind maps on different alternative sources of energy.

PEER LEARNING is an important step in our activities in Erasmus+ so we wanted students to be an active part in this respect.

TEAM WORK- is very important as it teaches them to listen to one another, to validate different opinions and to listen to others with respect. They learn that every opinion needs to be listened to and needs to be supported. 

BE ACTIVE CHALLENGES- international teams competed in a track of 5 challenge points - each check point inlcuded different challenges that all team members had to do or they had to make a contribution. The check points were supervised by our eTwinning collegues in Be Active project.

Team Work= Succes!

Erasmus enriching lives, opening minds!

Programul Erasmus + și proiectele eTwinning contribuie la toate aceste aspecte și aduce posibilitatea unei schimbări în școala în care este implementat – vorbim aici de o viziune diferită asupra educației, de o conștientizare a nevoilor pe care elevii le au și de  găsirea metodelor de lucru care să ducă la eficientizarea procesului educativ.

Proiectele eTwinning și programul Erasmus+ oferă posibilitatea elevilor participanți de a învăța din situații diverse, de a-și îmbunătăți abilitatea de a munci în echipă, de a exersa limba străină, de a asculta puncte de vedere diverse, de a exprima puncte de vedere personale despre temele supuse dezbaterilor și de a rezolva probleme.

Este un proces de învățare care permite reflecția asupra învățării, evaluarea efortului depus pe parcursul activităților - elevii oferă și primesc feedback pentru a putea să devină mai buni în ceea ce fac și pentru a primi confirmarea unor alegeri bine făcute.  Astfel, ei valorizează o experiență frumoasă în care sunt ambasadori ai școlilor lor, ai orașelor și țărilor, evoluând atât din punct de vedere personal cât și profesional.

Minunații ediției 2023 au fost:

Militaru Andreea și Popescu Adela de la Liceul de Arte ”Ionel Perlea”, Slobozia

Oprea Maria Melania de la Colegiul Național ”Mihai Viteazul”, Slobozia

Neagu Eric și Popa Catalia de la Gradinița cu program prelungit ”Dumbrava minunată”, Slobozia

Petre Iustina de la Școala gimnazială ”George Vîslan”, Amara 

Tudor Ioana Cristina de la Liceul Tehnologic de Industrie Alimentară, Fetești

Otreș Ștefania, David Mihaela și Pană Atena de la Liceul Tehnologic Sf. Ecaterina, Urziceni

Novac Adriana de la Școala profesională ”Areta Teodorescu”, Grivița

Insituția gazdă: Gradinița cu program prelungit ”Dumbrava minunată”, Slobozia, director, dna Turcea Nicoleta

Organizator: Inspector școlar proiecte educaționale, dna. Tonț Simona

The topics of biodiversity and how people affect their environment were the main focus of the Erasmus+ mobility to Spain. Our project, ACT FOR ENVIRONMENT, focuses on making students aware of different environmental issues and what they can do in order to help.

We also believe it is important to inform them and thus give them everything they need to have a better understanding of everything around them. This is why, our Spanish partners organised an informative workshop on the European project, Life Wood for the Future. 

They learnt how the local authorities get invloved in protecting the environment by plpanting trees which can be used for sustainable and eco friendly constructions. They exaplined the participants all the negative effects of the humans activities on the environment and how they need to be more aware for the future.

The second activity was LA VEGA DE GRANADA where students learnt more about the loca biodiversity and how local producers chose to get involved in protecting it. They were explained the way the plants evolved in the area and how different species were brought into their biodiversity. 

We truly beileve that Erasmus+ projects cand make a difference in our lives and contribute to developing skills which are necessary in adult life. Being informed and aware gives the students the attitude they need in order to be more responsbile in the future. 

A new episode in our Erasmus+ adventure took us to Santa Fe Spain, where students explored more on the topic of biodiversity and global warming. The purpose of the meeting was to get them informed and aware of the things that happen in eahc partner country when it comes to protecting endangered species and measure the governments take in order to help the biodiversity context evolve. 

So, students made presentations of the biodiversity in their countries as well as the endangered species they have, discovering similiarties as well as some differences in each system. They also presented the way the authorties gor involved and what can be done for younger generations to benefit from a better environment.

They had national presentations and then they worked in international teams to do different challenges around Santa Fe. Thus, learning by discovering proved to be very beneficial and helpful. They learnt how to manage the tasks and the time alloted for the challenges. 

They also learnt about national projects that help the communities protect the natural habitat of different species as well as the local producers that support all the initiatives in this regard. 

We have learnt some interesting pieces of information that show us how people have become more and more aware of their actions' impact at the level of biodiversity as well as global warming. 

https://englishpagesforyou.com/tutorials/

https://school-education.ec.europa.eu/en/professional-development/courses

eSafety Label este o acreditare europeană și un serviciu de suport pentru instituțiile de învățământ, care are ca obiectiv furnizarea unui mediu sigur și bogat, pentru ca accesul în siguranță la internet să facă parte din procesul de predare și experiența de învățare.

Website-ul eSafety Label dorește a fi un spațiu unde cadrele didactice, directorii de școli și administratorii IT pot:

evalua gradul de siguranță online al școlii
lua măsuri pentru a-l îmbunătăți și consolida
împărtăși cu ceilalți exemple de bună practică

eSafety Label a fost inițiat ca un proiect cu mai mulți actori sociali implicați. El a fost creat datorită faptului că o serie de companii (Kaspersky Lab, Liberty Global, Microsoft și Telefonica) împreună cu Ministere ale Educației (Belgia, Italia și Portugalia) au recunoscut nevoia crescândă a școlilor pentru asistență și au decis să își unească forțele cu European Schoolnet pentru a acoperi această nevoie. Consorțiul a fost susținut în acțiunile sale prin Ministere ale Educației și organizații educaționale din Austria, Estonia, Spania și s-a extins și în alte țări europene.

Am aplicat pentru liceul nostru și a fost o experiență din care am învățat foarte mult. Pe lângă completarea formularului, cei care doresc sa obțină această acreditare europeană trebuie să contribuie activ pe platformă cu materiale de la activități desfășurate în școală și pe forumul platformei.

Working on a collaborative presentation using Canva to show some of the most famous parks and reservations from Romania. The task is also part of the collaborative work in our Erasmus+ project, Act for Emvironment. 

Students also addressed the issue of what they need to in order to be more sustainable in their holidays. They found about eco tourism and how this can be encouraged in their country. 

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MOBILITY IN PORTUGAL - ONE WEEK BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE SEA

LANGUAGE WORKSHOP

They learn some basic elements of a new language and they make dialogues introducing themselves. 

PRESENTATION TIME

They make presentations on national topics and present them to their partners.

GLOBAL WARMING WORKSHOP

They learn more about global warming and its effects on local environment. The workshop was very interactive and challenging. 

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY- cleaning the green space from an invasive plant. Learning about how invasive plants affect the local environment and how young people can be more involved in volunteering activities which can benefit the environment. 

CLEANING THE BEACHES: learning about the way people's activities affected the life of the ocean and what the local communities hose to do in order to bring balance. 

MULTINATIONAL TEAMS WORKSHOP

Working together on global warming topics. Making promises for a better attitude towards the environment.

Alina T: The experience in Portugal has made me not only learn new things that I wouldn't have tried on my own, but it has also made me fall in love with places I wouldn't have got to anytime soon. I was pleasantly surprised by the Portuguese children's desire to work with us, to get to know us and mostly, I was surprised by the things they learn in school. I think that this mobility, even if it was one with quite busy days, made me learn more about people, culture, and their customs than I would have learned on my own.
I also learned how many wonderful things and creatures the ocean hosts and how careful we should be to protect this environment that is so useful to us. The documentation visits at the Oceanario, at the Museums of divers, the volunteering activity on the beach and the multinational workshops have offered us the possibility to collaborate and learn from one another which is the best part of the Erasmus experience.
I will definitely not forget this experience and I will appreciate every memory here. I will always remind myself that when I take care of the environment, I take care of myself.

Anastasia G: I consider that the Erasmus+ mobility to Portugal, Almada, has brought me to three main stages; first, going into the, unknown: meeting new people, hearing a new language, seeing new places and getting out of my comfort zone.
In the second stage, after a few days, the “strangers” that we had met became our friends, the places that had been foreign to us slowly began to feel like home and their culture was not so strange to us anymore. The last stage was, unfortunately, the saddest one, where we had to say goodbye, leaving with beautiful memories and with the knowledge that we gained, making promises to see each other again.
I am very impressed by the influence that only one week in this mobility had over me and my life. I realized that you can learn new things in so many ways, not just the traditional ones, and I am more and more fascinated about the world that we live in. The workshop on Global Warming was the best “lesson” I could sit on environmental issues and all participants had the same thought: why don’t we do this at school? I spent a week “between the river and the sea” but I also feel like I learned much more about the insides, the species, as well as about the problems that they face. I realized that we have to protect the environment at all costs if we really want to have a planet for future generations.

Andreea M: This mobility has made me realize two things about myself: one, I can handle any situation that's given to me and two, I’m surer on myself than ever. Although Portugal wasn't the first country I went to through Erasmus, I still found myself be in love with the activities and workshops. I met new people and we worked together on finding solutions for the sea and rivers that are affected because of global warming. We presented our projects about water pollution in our country and what we can do to fight it, thus discovering how much we actually have in common and how local authorities have slowly started to take different measures.  We also had the opportunity to learn from our partners about how they deal with it in their countries realizing that we all do a little something to help and make a difference.
Besides this, we also had documentation visits such as our workshop at the Oceanáiro de Lisboa where we had a marine educator explaining us different environmental concepts and we talked about the greenhouse effect and how that can affect the marine life. Then we had a visit around the aquarium where we saw how they help and protect the species. But everything must come to an end. We left with the knowledge about the marine life as well as the memories, making a promise to ourselves of what we'll do in our daily lives to be more sustainable and eco-friendlier. We also worked together to provide solutions to different problems and we used our critical thinking to make real-life analysis and presentations in multinational teams. We did volunteer work on the beach by collecting the rubbish and also cutting invasive plants.
We spent a week" between the river and the sea" where we learned about how affected the water life is by the actions of people, how we are unfortunately killing the whole ecosystem with our recklessness and how little steps can make a huge difference. So, we do have to Act now, to protect this beautiful planet!

Delia M : “Act for Environment”, Erasmus+ is a great project that combines learning and interacting with the others, improving social skills and gaining knowledge. The theme is really important and we believe that we raised awareness through the presentations on plastic pollution in our waters and actually acting for the environment by cleaning the beach and removing invasive species from the trees.
The mobility gave me the opportunity to visit a gorgeous place and meet wonderful people. We started as strangers but through the activities we have done together we have got to know each other better and I even became friends with some of the people there. My favourite activities were the workshops in which we had to form international teams, because we had to get out of our comfort zone and interact with everyone in the group. I really liked it because that's how I started talking to one of the girls and we ended up having a lot in common. Moreover, I saw the ocean for the first time in my life and it was an unforgettable experience. I enjoyed the entire week and I am excited to keep in contact with the friends I made there in Almada and from whom I have learnt so much!

Students have to enroll in the two introductor modules and then choose one module. When they have 100% in all three, they can downlad the certificates. 

JA Romania works in partnership with the Minsitrty of Education. They have recently extended the deadline for joining this project until the end of December. My students had a lot of fun! 

They can choose from:

1. Metals and the circular economy

2. Fashion and the circular economy

3. Rethinking plastics

4. A circular economy for smartphones and electronic devices

5. e-waste and the circular economy

6. Robotics and the  circular economy

7. Tackling climate change through circular consumption

8. Circular economy of food in cities

9. Sustainable mobility for ciruclar and inclusive cities

10. Climate neutral hopsitals for future- saving lives the circular way

11. Circular and climate rsilient transformation of cities

12. Artificial intelligence and the circular economy

13. Schools as living labs for systematic food circularity

Despre fapte si opinii pe teme de interes: sistemul de invatamant in Romania, locuri de munca in Romania si viata adolesecentilor. Temele au fost abordate in limba engleza asa ca elevii au dezvoltat abilitati de a comunica opinii in limba engleza, de a argumenta un punct de vedere, de a asculta ce au colegii de spus si de a solicita informatii suplimentare. Ei au lucrat in echipe pentru a transforma opinii in fapte si fapte in opinii. 

Evenimentul "Cea mai mare lectie din Romania: Cum deosebim faptele de opinii in mass media?" a fost organizat de Centrul pentru Jurnalism Independent și UNICEF în România.