Include and Innovate in School Education Project (InSchool)
Project Number: 2022-1-BG01-KA220-SCH-000089165
Work Package: 2.5 Guide for School Application
Publication Date: September 2024
Overview
The Guide for School Application that Ensures Wide Implementation of Digital Competences represents a pivotal component of the InSchool project, aimed at fostering inclusive, innovative, and future-ready educational environments. As part of Work Package 2.5, the guide equips schools with practical tools and strategies to enhance digital competences among educators and students, with a focus on inclusion and the prevention of Early School Leaving (ESL).
This guide integrates digital competence into the daily practices of schools, ensuring educators are equipped with the skills and resources to create inclusive and adaptive learning environments for all students, particularly those facing challenges in traditional educational systems.
Key Features
The guide provides:
- Comprehensive strategies for building digital competences in educators.
- Practical approaches to foster creativity, innovation, and modernization in education.
- Targeted solutions to support students at risk of ESL through digital tools.
- User-friendly methodologies that ensure accessibility and scalability across diverse educational contexts.
Specific Objectives
- Raising Digital Competences of Educators
The guide offers a structured framework for enhancing educators’ digital readiness and teaching capabilities. This directly supports Specific Objective 2: Raising digital competences of educators. - Creating an Accessible Approach for Digital Competence Implementation
The guide emphasizes a streamlined methodology to facilitate digital competence acquisition among students, particularly early school leavers, in alignment with Specific Objective 4: Facilitate inclusion by application of digital know-how. - Providing a Supportive Learning Environment for At-Risk Students
By offering strategies to create adaptive and supportive educational spaces, the guide contributes to Specific Objective 1: Reducing early school leaving. - Fostering Creativity, Innovation, and Modernization in Education
The guide encourages innovative teaching practices to motivate disadvantaged students, reflecting Specific Objective 3: Foster creativity, innovation, and modernization in education to raise digital competences.
Methodology
The methodology behind WP2.5 combines evidence-based research, input from focus groups, and best practices gathered from partner countries (Bulgaria, Spain, North Macedonia, and Portugal). Key components include:
- Collaborative Development: Input from educators, school leaders, and experts to create a practical and adaptable guide.
- Integrated Digital Tools: Recommendations for leveraging digital platforms, tools, and resources to enhance teaching and learning.
- Inclusive Focus: Strategies tailored to address the needs of vulnerable groups, including students at risk of ESL.
Expected Outcomes
- Enhanced Digital Competence: Schools gain practical resources to implement digital tools effectively.
- Increased Inclusivity: Students from diverse backgrounds benefit from tailored digital learning experiences.
- Improved Educator Readiness: Teachers are equipped to lead digital transformation within their institutions.
- Reduced Early School Leaving: Targeted strategies support at-risk students, fostering engagement and retention.
Purpose
This guide is a resource aimed to empower schools to bridge the gap between traditional and digital education, ensuring wide-scale implementation of digital competences. By addressing the challenges of inclusivity and digital transformation, WP2.5 provides a practical guide for systemic change in education, enabling schools to meet the needs of modern learners effectively.
For more details and access to the guide, please visit: [Link]
This project has been co-funded with support from the European Commission. The content reflects the views of the authors, and neither the National Agency nor the Commission can be held responsible for any use of the information contained herein.