The project Jóvenes de Almendralejo is the result of our concern for the difficult working situation of our youngsters, either students and recent graduates, which is increased by the lack of businesses in our town. For that reason, the main objective of this project is to encourage the labour insertion of the participants in this project. The project has been developed by a Consortium of partners lead by Almendralejo Town Hall together with 3 Vocational Centers which have acted as Sending Organisations to this project. These are: ES Carolina Coronado, IES Santiago Apóstol e IES Arroyo Harnina. After a Selection Process which was transparent and open to the public, the Project allowed that 35 participants (17 women and 18 men) – aged 18-43- completed a qualifying training period in Eurpean companies form different countries including Italy and Portugal. The profiles of the participants were: Auxiliary Nursery Care, Business Administration, Animation of Physical and Sport activities in natural environment, Proficiency certificate (2nd level) and Oxy-gas welding and and mig-mag welding, Basic laboratory Operations; Mechanics, Telecommunication Installation; Proficiency certificate (3rd level) on Information and Visitors Care (tourism). By implementing this Project, we have coped with the following needs:- Acquiring the knowledge, (theoretical and practical) that actual market demands and that are needed for developing their professional tasks in different countries of the EU: - Obtaining the Europass Mobility certification by the validation and recognition of the competences that participants have acquired during the training period. - Possibility to complete a variety of activities regarding both, content and difficulty, during the training period, enabling the participants to develop the skills and competences inherent to their professional profiles and obtaining the certification for those that have completed the compulsory training modules that correspond to their studies. - Developing language skills by improving Portuguese and Italian, which will increase their competitiveness when developing their professional careers. - Those students with less economic resources have received financial support so that they have been able to complete the programs, and have improved their competences minimizing at the same time the gap of opportunities with other students with more resources- Acquisition of values such as respect, tolerance and intercultural appreciation. - Students have grown up, especially those Youngers who hadn´t lived away from their background before. They have acquired greater autonomy and have learnt to overcome situations (like problems of coexistence) and to sort problems out. - Personal training, they have realized that they are able to face other realities, know other cultures and insert themselves into them. The activities that have been done were: - Preparatory phase: (Oct 15 - August 16). Draft of the proposal, Signature of the Agreement, Activity Plan. - Publishing and Dissemination of the Proposal, Selection of the Participants for each of the destination countries. - Formative sessions and informative meetings prior to each departure- Organization of the documentation according to the different flows- Mobilities: 5 different flows: Jan-Apr 17 / Mar-Jun 17 / Jul-Sept 17 / Oct-Dec 17 / Jan-Apr 18 / Apr-Jun 18. Monitoring and evaluation for each flow-Evaluation and dissemination (17- Oct 18). Throughout the project, as well as the dissemination phase.The results and impacts achieved have been:For students: Acquisition of new skills at professional and linguistic level as well as and other transversal competences such as personal development, maturity, independence, etc., acquisition of a more versatile professional profile, knowledge and use of the different applications of new technologies in the environment in which they perform their work experience, knowledge of the productive and organizational system of their sector, realisation of a quality training period that will allow them to be competitive, obtaining the EUROPASS, obtaining the corresponding vocational school degree, being differentiated when they try to enter the labour market. For the consortium: Expansion of the European work network. The Town Hall is very focused on the management of all types of European projects, because this is increasing the interest of our citizens in Europe. In the long term, the revitalization of mobility among our students will promote a new spirit and interest in training education, since they will see new training opportunities for employment, they will see the benefits that the training program has meant for those who have already participated. School absenteeism rates will be reduced too.

"The implementation of this project entitled ""Galileo with New Horizons"" has been the school´s first experience as beneficiary of a european action. The development and coordination of the program has been a great responsibility for the school since although we knew the dynamics of the program, we were aware of the important challenges we were going to face, we were mainly concerned with making a good dissemination reaching much of our educational community, and a good pedagogical preparation that would guarantee success in the development of the program, this training has been aimed at students and teachers of our educational community,The school board have believed from the beggining that this initiative would contribute to a better and greater education and trining of our students and teachers, giving them the opportunity to grow and improve their language skills,as well as social and cultura competences. Furthermore the reinforcement of fundamental values ​​and ideas such as gender equality, respect for diversity or feel active in a common European framework.The objectives achieved in the project are in line with those initially planned and listed in this record:1- Promotion of innovative training processes based on active and dynamic learning paths2 - To support Life Long Learning programs that give greater quality to our academic proposal3 - Increase and optimize the use of new technologies applied to education4 - To settle down cooperation agreements with European organizations in the field of VET that encourage a mutual enrichment of both our students and teaching staff, giving a greater European dimension to our school.5 - To improve our student and teaching staff language proficiency6 - To reduce school absenteeism and dropouts by offering attractive programs that encourage and motivate our young people to finish their training.This project has been addressed to our VET students and recent graduates to carry out a work placement in European companies according to their training curriculum. The project also involved our teaching staff to carry out a job shadowing period that provide them with new teaching methodologies as well as collaborative agreements with European VET schools and companies.All the participants were mostly studying a VET course in one of the professional families that shape out VET offer, that is, Agricultural Production, Gardening and Florist, and Care for People in Dependency. The program has given all our students the opportunity to have a first work experience in another country that has been a source of enrichment at a professional and personal level.The job shadowing mobilities have been awarded to teachers in our VET courses, most of them never had previous experience in this type of action. This new experience and immersion in the program has opened new paths and ideas in their teaching work. All of them have been able to visit VET schools counterpart to ours and have interacted with colleagues from other countries exchanging experiences, ideas and different ways of working.The learning outcomes and impact achieved can be distighished between students, teaching staff and educational community.The results and the short-term impact for our students have been:- More interest in Life Long Learning / - More proficiency in a second european language / - They have improved their learning capacity / - They better adapt to new situation and better problem-solving capacityFor our teachers this project has contributed to: - Improving and creating new teaching strategies / - They have more proficiency in a second language, mostly English / - They have a closer idea about how the academic world and the labour market are interconneted in other EU countries / - They are more aware of the importance that European mobility programs should have in the student's training itinerary / - The vast majority feel that their professional development possibilities have increasedThe main impact for our center has been the beginning and implementation of a European Development Program and internationalization strategy that has consolidated the basis for the development of new European initiatives in the short term."

"IES La Granja ""Professional Development in Europe"" is the fourth project carried out successfully by our school. The level of satisfaction among our participants is around 90% and the receptiveness of the program Erasmus+ among our students and educational community in general is very positive.The students attending our center come from middle-class families who, in many cases, cannot afford their children an international training, so the integration of Erasmus in our curriculum has meant the opportunity, for economically disadvantaged students, to complete their Training in an international context.We believe that the main objectives set out in the proposal have been met and summarized in the following points:- To promote student training based on innovation- To consolidate over time, collaboration and cooperation agreements with European organizations in the field of training and labor entities, that favor a mutual enrichment of both our students and teaching staff, and consequently give a greater European dimension to our center- To improve language proficiency of students and teachers- To improve the climate of coexistence and avoid the high level of absenteeism- To reduce the percentage of students leaving the education system11 students of the center participated In this project, out of 7 were recent graduated and 4 were in second year course, these latter were able to validate their last course module (""Training in Work Placement) with the period of work practices as the main activity planned in the project.Mobilities were offered to all the VET professional families taught in the center, finally the participating students have been 5 of CFGM Nursing Auxiliary Care, 4 CFGM Gardening and Florist, 2 CFGM Pharmacy and Parapharmacy. All the participants were in ages ranging between 18-25 years old and it was the first time for all of them to perform an internship in a European company. The program has meant an unforgettable experience both professionally and personally, beside the linguistic competence achived in a second language spoken in the EU, in this case English, Italian and Portuguese.The impact of Erasmus + in our educational community, throughout these years, has been very positive and can be summarized in these 3 essential points: - Greater motivation in our students resulting in a reduction of school absenteeism - Higher labor insertion rate, around 80% - European dimension of our training processes - integration of Erasmus + in our curriculum"