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RomânăTeacher Training is a joint partnership of the Institute for Training, Employability and Mobile learning (IFOM) and YouNet that joined forces to achieve their common goal of fostering excellence in education and training. Teacher Training offers a range of innovative and practice-driven courses tailored for education staff, especially teachers fundable with an Erasmus plus grant. Our focus is on learning outside the classroom in a cooperative and international environment. The pedagogical methods that we use are based upon experiential training, learning-by-doing and best practices’ exchange.
More about IFOM and YouNet
IFOM and YouNet are an education and training provider and a non-profit organization that holds extensive experience in designing and implementing learning mobility projects for educators and students with the support of European programmes especially Erasmus plus.
IFOM and YouNet use training and mobility as tools to support education and ease the transition from school to labour market. We regularly organize international training courses for teachers, trainers, headmasters and other educational staff as well as teaching assignments and job-shadowing in schools and companies especially with the support of the Erasmus plus programme.
At the same time we provide national and transnational work-based experiences for students, graduates, apprentices and unemployed people.
We work as a network in the Italian territory where we cooperate with public institutions, VET centres, schools, SMEs and large companies, universities and other formal and non-formal education institutions. We’re the founders and coordinators of an international network of teacher training providers and schools aiming at Increasing the Quality and Accessibility of In-Service Trainings for teachers (IQAIST). With fellow schools we have established consortiums that aim to provide higher quality and accessibility to apprenticeships and work-based learning schemes both at national and European level.
We support and participate in the European Alliance for Apprenticeships that brings together public authorities, businesses, social partners, vocational education and training providers, youth representatives, and other key actors to promote apprenticeship schemes and initiatives across Europe. We’re active in the field of entrepreneurship education and social business that we believe is crucial to face today’s challenges. We cooperate with the EURES network and we’ve participated in the pilot action Your First EURES Job and in the scheme Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs.
IFOM and YouNet use training and mobility as tools to support education and ease the transition from school to labour market. We regularly organize international training courses for teachers, trainers, headmasters and other educational staff as well as teaching assignments and job-shadowing in schools and companies especially with the support of the Erasmus plus programme.
At the same time we provide national and transnational work-based experiences for students, graduates, apprentices and unemployed people.
We work as a network in the Italian territory where we cooperate with public institutions, VET centres, schools, SMEs and large companies, universities and other formal and non-formal education institutions. We’re the founders and coordinators of an international network of teacher training providers and schools aiming at Increasing the Quality and Accessibility of In-Service Trainings for teachers (IQAIST). With fellow schools we have established consortiums that aim to provide higher quality and accessibility to apprenticeships and work-based learning schemes both at national and European level.
We support and participate in the European Alliance for Apprenticeships that brings together public authorities, businesses, social partners, vocational education and training providers, youth representatives, and other key actors to promote apprenticeship schemes and initiatives across Europe. We’re active in the field of entrepreneurship education and social business that we believe is crucial to face today’s challenges. We cooperate with the EURES network and we’ve participated in the pilot action Your First EURES Job and in the scheme Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs.
We hold extensive experience in organizing international training courses for teachers, headmasters and educational staff. In the last 5 years we’ve successfully received and trained over 500 educators with a satisfaction of over 99%.
We’ve a broad experience in European programmes and we’ve successfully received and sent several thousand young people, teachers, headmasters and educational staff for work placements, training courses and job-shadowing. You can read more about our activities in the field of providing work placements at www.vocationalplacement.com. We’ve experience as initiators, coordinators and partners, especially in the following programmes:
- Erasmus+
- European Social Fund and PoWer
- Lifelong Learning Programme
We work in the education sector since more than 10 years, thus we know the real context, the challenges that teachers are facing every day. We regularly participate in international training and European conference to keep our know-how up-to-date. We’re experience in tailoring our courses to the participants needs and profiles thus enhancing personal and professional development.
We’re experienced in providing linguistic, pedagogical and cultural preparation before the mobility as well as support and assistance after. We know how to support and guide participants providing clear and comprehensive information before the courses and making them feel comfortable and safe.
We have successfully organized board and lodging as well as social activities and cultural visits for thousands of teachers and learners that came to Italy for learning purposes.
We’ve experience in ensuring continuous monitoring and evaluation and in the assessment, recognition and validation of learning outcomes through various European tools (i.e. Europass, ECVET, …).
We’ve a broad experience in European programmes and we’ve successfully received and sent several thousand young people, teachers, headmasters and educational staff for work placements, training courses and job-shadowing. You can read more about our activities in the field of providing work placements at www.vocationalplacement.com. We’ve experience as initiators, coordinators and partners, especially in the following programmes:
- Erasmus+
- European Social Fund and PoWer
- Lifelong Learning Programme
We work in the education sector since more than 10 years, thus we know the real context, the challenges that teachers are facing every day. We regularly participate in international training and European conference to keep our know-how up-to-date. We’re experience in tailoring our courses to the participants needs and profiles thus enhancing personal and professional development.
We’re experienced in providing linguistic, pedagogical and cultural preparation before the mobility as well as support and assistance after. We know how to support and guide participants providing clear and comprehensive information before the courses and making them feel comfortable and safe.
We have successfully organized board and lodging as well as social activities and cultural visits for thousands of teachers and learners that came to Italy for learning purposes.
We’ve experience in ensuring continuous monitoring and evaluation and in the assessment, recognition and validation of learning outcomes through various European tools (i.e. Europass, ECVET, …).
OUR APPROACH AND ERASMUS PLUS ADDED VALUE
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Feel cared for, feel like at home - We shine when it comes about commitment, passion and care. We believe in our work and we love to welcome, train and meet with teachers and education staff. You’ll see it, you’ll feel it. |
Flexibility - Having a long-standing experience in delivering teacher training courses we know how much flexibility is appreciated and we make our best to tailor the programme as well as the practical arrangement. |
Application support - We support our Erasmus+ partners in every steps of the project and in particular during the application stage providing tips as well as the learning outcomes and daily schedules of our courses. |
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Erasmus+ added value - As partner, IFOM brings a strong added value to an Erasmus+ project thanks to: its experience, its international presence (eTwinning, SEG, EPALE…), its involvement as stakeholder in EC initiatives and networks and its dissemination and visibility capacity. |
Certification - We support our participants in the certification and validation of the learning outcomes with specific focus on EU instruments such as the Europass mobility certificate, the staff mobility/learning agreement and the quality commitment. |
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Passion and commitment - We shine when it comes about commitment, passion and care. We believe in our work and we love to welcome, train and meet with teachers and education staff. |
Multilanguage - Our team is composed of experts from all over Europe that speak fluently over 10 languages, able to organize ad-hoc sessions in 10 different language and to support the participants from every point of view including the linguistic one. |
We comply with the 10 principles set in the European Quality Charter for Mobility:
In addition we follow the best practices identified by the IQAIST network:
- information and guidance: we provide every participant with access to clear and reliable sources of information and guidance on mobility and the conditions in which it can be taken up, including details of the Charter and the roles of sending and hosting organisations;
- learning plan: we draw up a learning plan describing the objectives and expected outcomes, the means of achieving them and the evaluation measures, taking account of reintegration issues;
- personalisation: we tailor the mobility based on participants’ needs and we ensure that the training course fits in with personal learning pathways, skills and motivation of participants and develops or supplements them;
- general preparation: before departure, we can provide participants with general preparation tailored to their specific needs and covering linguistic, pedagogical, legal, cultural and financial aspects;
- linguistic aspects: we support the participants both before, during and after the course, we speak 10 languages do we can fully support the participants form the linguistic point of view;
- logistical support: our venues are easily accessible and based on our vast experience in mobility projects we provide detailed information and assistance concerning travel arrangements, insurance, the portability of government grants and loans, residence or work permits, social security and any other practical aspects;
- mentoring: we provide continuous mentoring to advise and help participants before, throughout and after their stay;
- recognition: we’ve vast experience in recognition of learning outcomes and we assist participants and sending organizations in the recognition and certification process including the issuing of the Europass mobility certificate;
- reintegration and evaluation: during the training we run daily evaluations as well as a final evaluation to monitor and assess all aspects of the training courses and ensure its quality, when appropriate we run an ex-ante and ex-post evaluation to assess the learning outcomes and the competences acquired, after the training we support the participants in order to enhance their reintegration;
- commitments and responsibilities: we draw up and sign with the participant a learning agreement and quality commitment and we monitor that the training course comply with these standards.
In addition we follow the best practices identified by the IQAIST network:
- Innovative, modern and practice-driven content
- Practical, participative and hands-on methodology
- Personalised programme based on concrete professional needs
- Knowledge applicable to the real contexts and/or in the classroom
- Collaborative learning and best practices’ exchange
- European added value and exchange of best practices between countries
- Attention to personal growth and development
- Needs assessment before the training
- Distance learning support before and after the training
- Continuous monitoring and evaluation after the training
- Validation and certification of competences
- Clear communication, practical information and guidance
- Full support, commitment and responsibility
- Easy accessibility
- Flexibility
