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The project from Call 2018 was intended for 2 groups of 16 pupils of the Secondary Vocational School and the Secondary Apprentice School in Jindřichův Hradec, who were intended to carry out their internship in the north of Portugal in the city of Braga. Departures were planned for June 2019 and June 2020. Together with the first group, two trainees were to travel for a three-month program within ErasmusPro.The first internship to Braga went according to the plan in the previously planned period in June 2019. However, there was a change in participants, as there was not enough interest in the planned 3rd grade students, and therefore only 15 positions were filled by 3rd year graduates (IT and Economics with a focus on Tourism). One position was later filled by a recent graduate of the 4th year of Traffic Operation and Logistics. The graduate originally planned to participate in the ErasmusPro, but due to family reasons she preferred a short-term mobility. Nevertheless, the ErasmusPro programme was implemented in the planned number of 2 pupils - one pupil was, according to the original plan, a graduate of the field of Traffic Operation and Logistics and the other one was a graduate of the field of IT. The school preferred the participation of recent graduates because it recognized that this experience would be very beneficial for students and younger students would have this opportunity in the following years.The second group of the 2018 Call had a planned internship to Braga for June 2020. However, this internship had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. For this reason, the school requested the maximum possible extension of the project period. More favorable conditions did not occur until May 2021, and therefore the school decided to set the departure for August 2021.The internship was primarily offered to those students who met the conditions and were already selected for the original date of the internship in June 2020, when they were still 3rd year students. Despite the epidemiological situation pupils wanted to participate.It was planned that the second internship from Call 2018 would be combined with the first internship from Call 2019, so that 3 students of the new field of Mechanics of Machines could also take part in the internship. Due to the one-year postponement, the original third-year students became recent graduates. Pupils were very interested in the internship even after graduation, which was also the reason for choosing the August date, because it did not conflict with a possible start at university or employment. The school wanted to give students this unique opportunity to gain new experiences before the next stage of life. The remaining places were offered to third-year students who had to meet the same conditions of the selection procedure (English test, writing a cover letter, study results, etc.).The goal of the internship abroad was met, as the students applied their theoretical knowledge gained during the study and gained valuable practical skills, which they will apply in their future practice. The content of the internship corresponded to the principles of ECVET and Curriculum of individual fields. Thanks to the deepening of knowledge and strengthening of self-confidence, the interest of graduates in further studies has increased, which is evident among pupils from the internship in June 2019. Due to the date of the 2nd internship (August 2021) this cannot yet be objectively assessed. Pupils gained rich experience for the rest of their lives, joined the work teams and tried to establish themselves in them. They tested their ability to work independently and make decisions in an unfamiliar foreign language environment. They also got to know another culture and, thanks to independence, were able to deal with new situations.They have also changed their attitude in the perception of other cultures. At first, the pupils perceived other cultures and people of different skin colors with contempt and apprehension, because they had not met them in the home environment of the small town. After a few days, people took the diversity without any problem.As expected, the intangible outputs prevailed among the outputs of the practice - experience, knowledge, skills. European tools are considered to be material outputs of the placement: eg. Europass Mobility and Europass CV, which pupils have developed for the placement and can then use it in their job search. During the internship, the photo documentation was used to promote the project, the school and the participants themselves on social networks, after returning from the internship to produce promotional materials that now decorate the corridors of the school.
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