ISTITUTO DI ISTRUZIONE SECONDARIA SUPERIORE L.G.M. Columella LECCE ITALY

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1 ISTITUTO DI ISTRUZIONE SECONDARIA SUPERIORE L.G.M. Columella LECCE ITALY Secondary Technical School for Agriculture Vocational Training School for Catering and hotel services

2 School Description The school is a Secondary Technical School for Agriculture and a Vocational Training School for Catering and hotel services. It is 2 km from Lecce in the middle of an olive grove. Age of students: Duration: 5 years Languages: English-French The school gives the students the tools to enter the university or to find a job. Main goals are:the foreign languages, the use of the new technologies, trainings in Italy and abroad, equal opportunities... Many International Projects have been realized (Comenius exchanges es- CIPE International trainings abroad, Helianthus Projects, PON Projects). Thanks to its European contacts and projects, the use of new technologies, the school is at the head of a network of schools in the province (L Europa( dell Istruzione) for the diffusion of the International Projects

3 2006/2007 International Projects: Comenius Project Parks or Playgrounds Partners: Braunton School and Community College- North Devon- Uk Europe -Hauptschule Wiener Neustadt- Austria- neustadt.at I.E.S. Galla Placidia- Barcelona- Spain- iesgal-lapacidialapacidia Publiczna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 2- Świebodzin- Poland- Publiczna Szkola Podstawowa w Wegrzynicach- Wegrzynice- Poland

4 Outcomes Greater awareness of European culture, attitudes, values and how other communities live world citizenship. ICT skills through updating web pages, , video conferencing use. Vibrant informative European aspect in curriculum as permanent reminder r and real links. Research of an important environment that relates cross-curricular curricular and allows quantitative analysis and use of objective data by pupils enhancing their skills and knowledge. Professional development and personal benefit for staff. Develop idea of eco-tourism and sustainability in a real way, introducing idea of analysis alysis and decision making. Open space as an example of planning management and resolving issues. This will lead to individual student contact and is developing into i student exchange beyond the project. Case studies/information that can be used within the mainstream curriculum e.g. Science, Geography case studies/ict.

5 E-twinning/Med-twinning Partner: Karolina-Burger Burger-Realschule im Schulzentrum Ludwigshafen-Mundenheim Mundenheim-Ludwigshafen-Deutschland rp.de The aim of the project is to compare the different European school systems. Students and teachers will work together to discover similarities and differences, to learn each from the others, to learn new ways "of living the school. We want also to compare and find new solutions to these items: 1)didactic and social problems 2)integration of foreign students and students with "difficulties within the classes and the school 4) use of new technologies 5)teaching of foreign languages

6 Comenius School Projects Tourism and traditions A comparison between the traditions of three European countries - Germany Cyprus- 1999/2000 Writing the script of your life A comparison between young people s ideas of future- Finland-Austria Austria- Spain 1999/ / /2002 Living in a National Park A comparison between the different European green areas Germany, Poland, Portugal- 2001/2002 Ways of finding a Job A comparison between youg European people in their serch of a job- GermanyCiprus 2002/ / /2005

7 Comenius - Language Projects Living by nature Students twinning and a study of their habits- Klagenfurt- Austria 1999/2000 The sun and the snow An exchange between students used to live in the North of Europe E and in the South,by the sea- Vorau- Astria /2001 From the exotic to the mediterranean agriculture An exchange between students used to live near olive groves and students used to live... on the other side of the ocean- French Martinique- 2001/2002 Food and Traditions A comparisonson between food habits of young European people- Spain 2002/2003

8 International Trainings Cipe Project The more you know Europe the better you know Italy A training in Finland ; Objectives: -to learn the methods of growing hops and barley- to apply knowledge of the beer production process- to improve competence in English Finland 2001/2002 Cipe Project Certified Quality Output In Horticulture Industry Objectives: - to acquire operational skills that can be recognised by the employment market - to apply technical knowledge of floriculture and nursery production- to improve competence in English Holland 2001/2002 P.O.N Project The Spanish food. How to cook a Spanish meal. A training in a Spanish agritourism in LèonSpain 2003/2004 P.O.N Project Certified Quality Output In Horticulture Industry Objectives: - to acquire operational skills that can be recognised by the employment market - to apply technical knowledge of floriculture and nursery production ion- to improve competence in English Holland 2003/2004 P.O.N Project From Italy to Finland...discovering Beer A training in Finland;Objectives: -to learn the methods of growing hops and barley- to apply knowledge of the beer production process- to improve competence in English Finland 2004/2005

9 Linguistic trainings Province of Lecce Project Let s Leave An Intensive English Course in England- Canterbury 2003/2004 Province of Lecce Project Meeting People An Intensive English Course in England- Exter 2004/2005

10 VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE ACTIVITIES TRAINING ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS EXCELLENCE COURSES CTI TRAINERS SUPPORT

11 Working experiences with partner businesses This training aims at helping young people to choose their occupation after leaving school through: the acquisition of technical and professional knowledge in real life production contexts; the acquisition of relational, communicative, organisational competences; the development of aptitudes for entrepreneurship and cooperation;

12 ACTIVITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS isits to farms, technical visits to agro- industrial plants and food processing plants, technical excursions in the local area with multidisciplinary purposes uring school hours meetings are held with the experts of Apulia Young Entrepreneurs, dealing with the entrepreneurial activities that can be set up with state financial help uidance for the profession of an agricultural expert uidance for university studies

13 EXCELLENCE COURSES Different courses are held in the afternoon, aiming at getting the students: - to study topics which are not in the school curriculum - to develop entrepreneurial skills. Students must have more than satisfactory marks to be admitted.

14 EXCELLENCE COURSES English Courses preparing students for the Trinity Exam Courses preparing students for the European Computer Driving Licence exam

15 CTI TRAINERS SUPPORT The Province of Lecce has assigned each secondary school in the area a trainer accredited with CTI (Territorial Employment Centre) as a technical specialist in the promotion and implementation of vocational guidance activities.