’’School adaptability as the key to develop a child’s potential’’. The SCHOOL ADAPT project, is funded under the ERASMUS + program (Action KA2 – School education). We are looking forward to our fruitful cooperation with our partners from Cyprus, Italy, Poland, and Spain.

Our project

The SCHOOL-ADAPT project responds to the Europe 2020 priorities in the area of education and training, youth and early school leaving in the context of globalization and labour market integration. With increasing migration into and within an already culturally diverse EU, even more efforts in the educational system are needed to respond to the needs of pupils with a migrant background and to prepare schools, teachers and parents for growing diversity in today’s classroom.

The project objectives are:

• Foster adaptability of school-age children (6-14 years old) to use and boost their learning potential and to meet the requirements of the education system of the unknown environment.
• Help children and young people from migrant backgrounds in the project countries to become well-integrated into the education system abroad and through this into society.
• Contribute to improving migrant pupils' overall school performance and well-being.
• Prepare highly qualified, special primary and lower-secondary educators & teachers to work with migrant students.
• Tackle educational disadvantages and early school, leaving by giving migrant parents' opportunities to support their children in their learning in the project countries.
• Reduce social isolation and perceived barriers to full integration among migrant children.

Target groups:

• primary and lower-secondary school students (6-14 years old)
• parents
• primary and/or lower -secondary school teachers and experts
• school psychologists, educators, management staff

Project results

MODEL OF WORKING WITH A PUPIL RETURNING FROM ABROAD TO THE NATIVE EDUCATION SYSTEM
The Model of Working with a Pupil Returning from Abroad to the Native Education System is an inclusive educational model to facilitate the challenging experience of migration - adaptation process of children (6-14 years old), support inclusive school communities for all students and create an effective teaching and learning environment.

MODEL OF WORKING WITH A FOREIGN PUPIL COMING TO NEW COUNTRY (ADAPTATION OF FOREIGN PUPIL)
The model relates to the process of adaptation of pupils and their families to the new school reality. It provides information for all those involved in the process: the parents who have made the decision to move to another country, the principal of the receiving school, the teaching staff and the local community. It includes all stages from the parents' decision to move to the child's first few months in the new school. The model is largely based on the experiences of the project partners.

TRAINING TOOLKIT - PUPIL ADAPTATION
The Training Toolkit for Pupil adaptation is a comprehensive set of precious resources specifically designed to support the teachers in the application of the two Models for adaptation (Model 1 and Model 2), develop skills and establish a mindset to foster an inclusive learning environment.

CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: AN ONLINE E-LEARNING PLATFORM
CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: AN ONLINE E-LEARNING PLATFORM for teachers with a focus on facilitating school integration for foreign and returning students. Let’s educate ourselves on intercultural education! Let the learning process begins.

M-LEARNING COURSE FOR PARENTS
Online space to develop skills of parents for supporting their children in the process of changing schools and adapting to the new education system. Delivered in attractive, multimedia form.

Link to he Project Website: https://www.schooladapt.eu/en