The
Last Transnational Meeting
May
28th
to June 1st
2017
I
read „closing circles“ not only carries the meaning of completing
what you've started, the phrase itself tends to reveal much more. It
reveals powerful energies on a spiritual level :) Joking aside, we
are convinced that by closing the circle of The Y.E.S. for Future
project activities we've created an international community of
numerous students, parents, teachers, school staff and other
organizations that have been collaborating on the grounds of the same
interest: enhancing entrepreneurship among the students which is the
main thematic element of the project.
The
3 teachers from each partner school (Alemandralejo, Loimaa and
Slovenske Konjice) were welcomed at Arany
János Általános Iskola és Gimnázium
for
the last transnational meeting. The main plan of the meeting was to
evaluate the work done throughout the 3-year project,
implementation
of the activities and dissemination of the results put into the wider
conext. We as well needed to unify the criteria and define the
elements of the reporting process which we still have a head of us to
complete.
As
always, the Hungarian teachers organized the efficient 4 working
days.
The
working Monday started at Arany Janos high school where the
participants were greeted by the principal Horvathne Aniko at
her office. We were asked to express our thoughts on significance of
the project. Its impact on our students, colleagues, local
communities was particularly emphasized: The Implementation of the
the students' work and thematic research carried out, new
entrepreneurial, linguistic and digital knowledge putting into
effect, exchange of views, methods, skills among the participants,
students and the teachers. The last but not at all the least, the
connections, friendships and collaboration europewide created while
learning and gaining new skills.
After
a short tour around school we settled in in a
classroom where we had the last project meeting within this project, which eventually
lasted until the next day. So, we started compiling all the
important work, products and data concerning the project: Students'
and teachers' products created during the activities and mobilities
in all 4 countries with the budget: Students' exchanges in Slovenia,
Hungary, Finland, Spain; transnational meetings in Finland, Slovenia
and Hungary; Teacher training in Spain.
The
second part of the meeting was dedicated to evaluation of evaluation
which was among other possibilities ( group work, video conference)
done by a common tool Google questionaries: (needs analysis, at the
beginning, after mobilities, mid-term, final evaluation...)
Tired
after a big piece of work done we enjoyed the walk around
Archeological park where we were acquainted with the local historical
heritage and we were finally demonstrated where the name
Szazhalombatta came from. A very interesting guided tour brought
ancient history to life as we got firsthand experience of Iron Age
villages, landscapes and burial grounds.
On Tuesday we concluded our work with the discussion about dissemination of the results and the reporting itself. We as well tackled the challenges we may have come across during the project and at the end, before some more historical and cultural education, we had a look at the operation of the Mobility Tool and work that is still ahead of us.
Budapest
again took our breathe away, even though taking a boat cruise we saw
the main sights from a different perspective.
Visiting
Hungary is not complete without visiting the Hungarian sea as they
call it - Balaton. We used the last day for a pleasant trip to
Balaton with its lovely towns. First we visited historical
Balatonfüred with the famous old Spa and salty mineral water. Then
Tihany, a small village with old traditional houses, lovely views on
the lake, its majestic Abbey and lavender fields. The day and the
visit to Hungary was deliciously finished with wine tasting and
dinner in Csopak.
As
for the Your Entrepreneurial Skills for Future project, it was
closed, so we can start another circle with another project. :)
Mateja Smolar Tič, Slovenia
Mateja Smolar Tič, Slovenia
