JUMP TO EUROPE develops an international activity for IES HELIOPOLIS, a public VET School. The project sets mobility opportunities for students and staff belonging to VET education. The aims of the project are:- To develop an international dimension of the CentreTo improve the offer- To offer the possibility for some students of doing international internships that will be validated as FCT and with validation through EUROPASS system tools- To fund these experiences- To improve our students' employability- To promote languages learning- To Develop cross competences, both personal and professional- To update and improve trainers' competences- To acquire competences on the management of European projectsThe project will include:- 9 week international internships for 22 students from the last year of vocational training studies. Participants will go to Germany, Lithuania, United Kingdom and Italy. the experience will be validated by EUROPASS system tool and FCT (in Spain)- 1 week job shadowing in Italy (3 participants) and Germany (3 participants), with the objective of learning about new methodologies, ideas and experiences regarding the internships of local students in local companies.- 2 week mobility for 10 students of Gastronomy, who will be working and practicing in a similar school in Verona (Italy), developing a specific learning on methodology and new techniques. Professional sectors will be: Gastronomy, Tourism, Catering sector, Office management, Electronics, and heating system fieldJUMP TO EUROPE will carry out mobilities in may and june 2018, but activities will start two months before when participants will be selected. There will be an extensive pedagogic and intercultural preparation of the participants. there will be some innovative tools and iniciatives that will work on minimise the risk associated to this experiences for young people with low language skills. Phases of the project will be:- Call and selection- Preparatopm- Mobilities- Evaluation y awarding- Disemination (in every phase)

This wasa mobility project for students from three Italian Schools. The project aims to promote the exchange of good practices in the field of tourism and to explore employment opportunities in tourist areas in Europe where hotel services and employment play an important role of activator of initiatives related to tourism, social inclusion and entrepreneurship. The partnership with transnational boards has developed among the students a European awareness, that is the main objective of students’ culture and active European citizenship. Tourism is a very important part of Italian economy. Our country is well known all over the world for its UNESCO sites, but tourism has changed during these last years, and even if you have breathtaking landscapes, it could be not sufficient to promote incoming. Gargano is essentially famous for its fantastic natural beauties , but we think is essential a new way of thinking to tourism: no longer as a phenomenon for the summer season but all the year long. We think it is important to create new ideas to give to this region the possibility of developing its main activity not only during the summer time. We want to draw courses able to highline all our beauties all the year long. Our students are our professional future figures that have to be specialized to mark this course. Our region needs well skilled professional figures to promote this project. All the schools belonging to this partnership already have relationship with local tourism companies, due to particular projects like alternanza scuola-lavoro” and through these projects all the school operators exactly know the needs of those companies and try to build the right competences. The projects experts, through the foreign stage, will try to build competences regarding the following figures: travel agent, heritage interpreter; heritage promoter; food blogger; wine and food operator; local marketing operator; web project manager. The professional profile, resulting from the analysis of the skills actually gained through the experience of mobility, has been outlined with the active contribution of the teachers involved in the mobility experiences and national and transnational partners. The course wants to grant to all the students the possibility to acquire transversal competences that will later be transferred to their own school as successful experiences. The specific objectives of the project, with reference to the strategic objectives set in the plan ET2020 and the priorities of the Erasmus + program, are listed as follows: - development of specific professional skills, including skills related to the use of ICT; - promote the usage of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL); - learning new professional skills; - deepening the knowledge and language skills related to the field of micro-languages; - enhancement of skills and personal characteristics and transverse needed to fit into new areas of work developing attitudes of adaptability, learning ability, responsibility, entrepreneurship; - to stimulate awareness and interest in the intercultural and the comparison with other professional, expanding their cultural horizons and increasing the size of active European citizenship; - allow to learn new methods and approaches to vocational training, promoting greater transparency in the system of skills and qualifications specific to the fields. - to create and propose new cultural experiences to permit the future entry in the world of work. The project allowed 90 students to perform internships lasting 32 days to follow a training program in qualified companies in Spain, Germany, England . The project last 16 months. The common project between the 3 schools belonging to the consortium, the foreign mobility and the comparison with other situations, the exchange of good practices, the transnational cooperation with other schools has permitted the schools involved in the project to improve their educational system through the comparison with other systems with the final objectives of improving the quality, innovation, excellence and internationalization. This has actually filled the gap between education, skills and competences required by modern companies. Through this project the consortium wanted to organize activities that aim at thinking about an interaction, in term of opportunities, of the competences acquired by the students, that will be the future leading actor of a European active citizenship, and in the meanwhile improve the teachers skills. This is why each member of the partnership, through this project, wants and hopes that the results of it will last in the future for a long while, giving each partner the possibility to internationalize its school.

JUMP TO EUROPE is a project designed for enhancing IES HELIOPOLIS's international scope , that has some experience on the matter as a consequence of the specific participation in other projects the aims of the project are:- To develop an international dimension of the Centre- To improve the offer- To offer the possibility for some students of doing international internships that will be validated as FCT and with validation through EUROPASS system tools - To fund these experiences- To improve our students' employability- To promote languages learning- To Develop cross competences, both personal and professional- To update and improve trainers' competences- To acquire competences on the management of European projects The project has included:- 9 week international internships for 16 students from the last year of vocational training studies. Participants have been in Germany, Lithuania, United Kingdom and Italy. the experience has been validated by EUROPASS system tool and FCT (in Spain)- 1 week job shadowing in Italy (3 participants) and Germany (3 participants), with the objective of learning about new methodologies, ideas and experiences regarding the internships of local students in local companies. Professional sectors involved: Gastronomy, Tourism, Catering sector, Office management, and Electronics. JUMP TO EUROPE has carried out mobilities in May and June 2017, but activities have started two months before when participants had been selected. There had been an extensive pedagogic and intercultural preparation of the participants. Some innovative tools and initiatives has been used to minimise the risk associated to this experiences for young people with low language skills. All the project long, a TIC platform has been used for communication and documentation management, that has allowed every participant to have and verify any information. The phases of the project have been:- Call and selection - Preparation- Mobilities- Evaluation and awarding- Dissemination (in every phase).

"The Mobility Project ""Welcome.WBL@vet.eU - Work-based Learning (WBL) in VET for Tourism and Hotel Management in Europe"" is realized by a National Consortium that includes:1) Hotel Institute IPSSART de Carolis - Spoleto (PG)2) Hotel Institute IPSSEOASC - Assisi (PG)3) Hotel Institute ""Patrizi Baldelli Cavallotti"" of Città di Castello (PG)4) Agrarian Technical Institute, of Sant'Anatolia di Narco (PG)5) Municipality of Spoleto (PG)6) ConSpoleto- Tour Operators' Consortium7) Umbria Training Center - of Scheggino (PG),The tested/proved international team consists of 7 intermediary VET agencies located in Spain, Bulgaria, UK, Germany, Greece, Malta and Cyprus, and 40 host organizations such as companies of hotel, catering and environment sector. The mobility project has involved 100 students so distributed: 50 of the head institute, 30 of Assisi, 10 of Città di Castello and 10 of Sant'Anatolia di Narco. A total of 50 cooks, 22 in the tourist reception area, 15 room operators, 3 in the commercial service and 10 environmental technicians, were selected. The participants were so located: 15 in Spain, 15 in Bulgaria, 15 in the UK, 15 in Germany, 20 in Greece, 10 in Cyprus and 10 in Malta.The project proposal was born from the need to enhance work-school alternation paths to increase employability of learners in an international context, to provide new teaching skills for teachers / trainers in the management of the transition's period between education and the world of work and the design of a new curriculum in English, update the European Plan, the Improvement Plan and the PTOF.GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT.1) The project provided to the students the development of more employment opportunities in the local and European labor market, through a WBL experience abroad, developing basic, specialist and transversal skills on the job.2) It also provided for the teaching staff an opportunity for training abroad for the acquisition of specific methodological tools to implement the mobility projects (we are currently in the third consecutive K1) with foreign countries and to create the conditions for the National Consortium, to manage any incoming student mobility flows of foreign students, develop competence and teaching methodologies useful for the development of innovative curricula in English, consistent with the needs of local businesses.The IMPACT covered all project target groups and bodies, and there was full correspondence between what is indicated in the application form and the results obtained at the end of the activities.For the STUDENTS we highlight that 30% of students from the placement have received job offers from the host companies and have started formal work contracts. We will look the employment situation, the contractual format and the student satisfaction 6 months after the end of the project. For third and fourth grade students, we have verify a general improvement in technical skills, a great development of managerial and transversal skills, and a ""contagious"" effect on other classmates who have increased their overall profit.The use of the ECVET system and the transfer model of the 12 credits recognized by the Council of the Institute and the Councils of Class has translated the experience into the major votes given for each discipline and additional points for general assessments and final exams. The students attending third and fourth classes also received job offers, which will of course be monitored for next year.For the STAFF. The trainers have considerably improved their language skills so much that they have confirmed their participation in the English language course at the institutes and started the Cambridge certification requirements. The objective of C1 certification, useful for bilingual teaching provided by law 107 has been achieved for 2 of them and will be achieved by others in the coming months. The European Plan has been upgraded as a result of the developed common designs (participation in 3 K1 in outgoing, 3 K1 in incoming and a K2 102 as a Italian partner), it was reviewed the position of institut's referents in the school staff organization chart in order to dedicated more time to the European design and internationalization activities.All trainers have started clil modules in this new school year, involving students also in tool and didactic materials design (eg https://kahoot.it/ and Google apps).The NATIONAL CONSORTIUM has consolidated the collaboration between training and business bodies, will design a common European Internationalization Plan and apply for the VET Mobility Charter."

"The Erasmus+ mobility project ""EuPROSkillS"" named “WBL+ECVET+EPRO=European Professional Skills for Employability"", has been implemented by a national consortium consisting of:1) Istituto Alberghiero IPSSART G. De Carolis - Spoleto2) Istituto Alberghiero IPSSEOASC - Assisi3) Istituto Alberghiero “Cavallotti” di Città di Castello4) Istituto Tecnico Agrario Valnerina, Sant'Anatolia di Narco5) Umbria Training Center6) Comune di Spoleto7) ConSpoleto8) Federalberghi Umbria9) Ass. Zafferano di Cascia10) Ass. Zafferano di Spoleto11) PRO BIO Umbria12) CCIAA Perugia13) Regione Umbria14) MIUR-USR Umbria15) Gruppo Editoriale Umbria Journal.The experienced international team is composed by 6 intermediary VET agencies located in Spain, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Germany, Greece and Cyprus, by 6 VET Centres and 43 hosting organizations such as companies in the hotel, food and wine sectors as well as in the field of tourist accommodation and environment.The mobility project involved 120 participants:1)100 shorts distributed as follows: 50 from the leading institute, 30 from Assisi, 10 from Città di Castello and 10 from Sant'Anatolia di Narco,2)20 post graduate (PRO), of which 19 from Spoleto and 1 from Assisi. A total of 50 chefs, 34 receptionists, 29 room operators, 4 sales agents and 3 environmental technicians have been selected.The SHORT participants were distributed as follows: 20 in Spain, 20 in Bulgaria, 20 in the United Kingdom, 12 in Germany, 23 in Greece, 10 in Cyprus. Of the 20 PROs, 10 were in the UK and 10 in Cyprus.Of the 30 participating trainers, 17 attended the training course for the CLIL and 13 a training course for SCHOOL INCLUSION in Cyprus.The project proposal was born in the CONTEXT of the European VET Development Plan of the Umbria Region, with the need to improve the quality of the internships in line with the Framework Agreement: ""For the dissemination and implementation of good practices for school-work alternance ""approved with DGR n.377 11/04/2016, to improve the employability of learners and the quality of teaching of teachers, in an international environment.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT. 120 WBL experiences abroad have been carried out, the learners have developed basic, technical and European Citizenship skills. The post-project survey shows an employability rate of the Erasmus + Learners above the average of the EDUSCOPE statistics.The staff has acquired useful skills for the development of innovative curricula in English, consistent with the needs of local businesses, and useful for the creation of an inclusive school for all. The VET Centres formalized the Erasmus + Inclusion department, updated the PAIs ( annual plan for school inclusion) while the PTOF ( Three-year plan of training supply) is under review. The local training districts of Spoleto, Assisi, Castello and Valnerina cooperated with the trade unions and strengthened the agreements for the A.S.L.The IMPACT concerned all the project targets and there was full correspondence between what has been planned and the results obtained at the end of the activities.As regards the STUDENTs TARGET it should be noted that 40% of those, after the completion of the training course, received job offers from the same hosting companies and 16% (5 participants) had employment contracts so that they came back abroad. UTC will check the employment situation and the type of contract of the graduated participants 12 months after the end of the project. For students attending the third and fourth year we have noticed a general improvement in technical skills, a great development of managerial and cross-sectional skills and a ""contagious"" effect towards other colleagues in the class who have raised their overall profit.The use of the ECVET system and the 12-credit transfer model recognized by the teachers’ board have transformed the WBL experience into a score framework for individual disciplines and in additional credits points for the final assesment. All 20 PRO participants have passed the B1 language certification exam.As regards the STAFF CLIL TARGET, the trainers have significantly improved their language skills so much that they have confirmed their participation in the English language course within the institutes and started the requests for the Cambridge certification. The achievement of the C1 level of the Cambridge certification by teachers will take place in the coming months. The European Plan has been updated following developed project proposal (participation in 3 outgoing K102s, 5 incoming K102, 1 K202 as partner, 3 PON for dual training implemented abroad). The positions of dedicated staff for Internationalization for each VET centres has been confirmed. All trainers have started the implementation of experimental CLIL modules in this new year 19-20.Federalberghi (Umbrella association) is currently organizing the Recruiting Day dedicated to new graduates who completed the Erasmus+ mobilities."