Parkinson Lane Community Primary School
Parkinson Lane School, is a Primary School of has 528 pupils, serving an area of very deprived family backgrounds and predominantly of Pakistani Asian heritage. There are a high percentage of pupils who are categorised as ‘vulnerable’ and who, upon entry speak very little or no English. Under the leadership of the present Headteacher, Parkinson Lane has been officially recognised as ‘outstanding’ for 11 years. The school, which employs approximately 80 staff, was designated a National Support School in 2012 and as a Teaching School in 2014. The alliance of schools led by Parkinson Lane now provides: - Teacher training in partnership with York St. Johns’ University − School to school support for vulnerable schools through deployment of outstanding professionals − Bespoke professional development opportunities within the alliance and beyond |
edEUcation
edEUcation is a UK based education consultancy with expertise in working on international education programmes. The company is also experienced in developing online training tools and training programmes for professionals. It is the coordinator of this project and as such it will oversee the smooth implementation of the project activities, although the responsibility is shared among the partners. |
Gottfried Willhem Leibniz University, Hannover
As part of University of Hannover with around 21.000 students enrolled and 1.300 staff, the overall aim of the Research Group Civic Education is to enable both young people and adults to acquire key skills and competences necessary for active citizenship and participation at all levels of social and political life. The research group offers a wide range of teacher in-service and induction training covering all aspects of citizenship education in teaching and learning. The training programmes are offered at university-level as well as at national and European levels. |
Ecole du Dialogue
Ecole du Dialogue is a small school for 3-18 year olds that will open in Brussels in 2018. The school will be articulated around the pedagogical principles found in many works of the 21st century, such as “Sauver l’Ecole ? (To Save the School?)” (John Rizzo) and “Les Lois Naturelles de l’Enfant (The Natural Laws of the Child)” (Céline Alvarez):he school will be articulated around the |
Directorate of Primary Education of Western Thessaloniki
DPEWE (Directorate of Primary Education of Western Thessaloniki) is a Regional Educational Authority under the umbrella of the Greek Ministry of Education, Research and Religion. It is part of the Prefecture of Primary and Secondary Education of Central Macedonia. The Directorate has overall responsibility for 256 general education nursery schools (4 -5 years of age), two nursery schools for students with special needs, one nursery school in a public hospital for children who need in-hospital treatment and 15 private nursery schools. It also has overall responsibility for 174 general education primary schools (6 -12 years), four primary schools for students with special needs, four intercultural primary schools, one pilot school and two schools in public hospitals. The Directorate employs appr. 4 700 teachers. Appr. 45 000 students are currently enrolled in its schools. DPEWE is one of the largest education organizations in Greece responsible for schools and teachers. Its role is to co-ordinate, supplement, support and implement the educational policies of the Ministry, along with supervising the implementation in schools of a wide range of projects, including European projects. |
.Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per la Sicilia
The Regional Department of Education for Sicily (USR) is a General Directorate of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), it is based in Palermo and is organised into executive departments of non-general level with functions and connections throughout the region, providing administrative, monitoring and support tasks to schools, in coordination with other relevant Directorates-General of the Ministry. The USR Sicily has been promoting European programmes for the development of international networks and partnerships. Many initiatives were promoted for the launching and dissemination of the new Erasmus + program through regional conferences and some accompanying actions to support schools in the European programming. |