Course overview

Early School Leaving is directly connected to unemployment, social exclusion and poverty. Personal or family problems, learning difficulties, conflicting dynamics, a difficult socio-economic situation are all factors that influence students to drop-out from school prematurely together with the pedagogic methods, the school climate and the relationship teacher-pupil. Today is more than important to work on these factors to prevent and manage Early School Leaving and conflicts.
Beacuse there is not a single reason for early school leaving, there are no easy answers and an holistic approach is needed. During the course the participants will learn how to identify the causes of Early School Leaving and the best approaches and strategies to prevent, tackle and reduce it as well as the keys to conflict management.


​Learning outcomes

This course aims to provide teachers, headmasters and education staff with knowledge, tools and methods to prevent and tackle Early School Leaving (ESL) and conflicts. The general aim of this course is to foster excellence in education by empowering teachers, trainers, headmasters and other education staff to tackle ESL while sharing best practices and experiences with fellow participants and trainers throughout all Europe gaining as well  a broader understanding of education in Europe.
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Thanks to this course the participants will:
  • Understand the causes and effects of ESL as well as the relevant European trends;
  • Learn about the dynamics and characteristics of conflicts and the most effective strategies to prevent and manage them;
  • Get acquainted with the key elements and growing trends related to innovative teaching methods to engage the classroom;
  • Learn how to engage students and motivate them through interactive, collaborative  and participatory pedagogic methods to engage the classroom;
  • Get an insight and exchange best practices about fighting negativity in the classroom and establishing classroom ground rules;
  • Exchange best practices and discuss challenges about early school leaving with fellow teachers and the course trainers;
  • Network with individuals and organizations working in the education field in Europe through everyday cooperation and team-building activities.

Courses planned

2024
05/05/2024 - 11/05/2024 (Palermo)
05/05/2024 - 11/05/2024 (Tenerife)
30/06/2024 - 06/07/2024 (Bologna)
06/10/2024 - 12/10/2024 (Tenerife)

2025
23/02/2025 - 01/03/2025 (Bologna)
23/02/2025 - 01/03/2025 (Palermo)
23/02/2025 - 01/03/2025 (Tenerife)
29/06/2025 - 05/07/2025 (Bologna)
29/06/2025 - 05/07/2025 (Palermo)
29/06/2025 - 05/07/2025 (Tenerife)
29/06/2025 - 05/07/2025 (Porto)
29/06/2025 - 05/07/2025 (Thessaloniki)
05/10/2025 - 11/10/2025 (Porto)
​23/11/2025 - 29/11/2025 (Bologna)
23/11/2025 - 29/11/2025 (Palermo)
23/11/2025 - 29/11/2025 (Tenerife)

​If none of these dates suits you please mind that if there are at least 8 participants interested we may organize an additional session ad-hoc for your school.

Target audience

This course is addressed to teachers, trainers, educational counsellors, career counsellors, school psychologists, headmasters, school management and administrative staff working in primary schools, secondary schools, vocational schools, training centres, adult education schools, higher education and NGOs.
Please mind that the course may include teachers from different school levels

Language

The course is held in English. For groups with at least 8 participants, we can organize an ad-hoc session in a different language. 
Please write an email to [email protected] to get more information about it.

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"Course on preventing ESL was very informative, usefull not just in ESL prevention but for developing student motivation and engagement in general. I learned a lot, the course was at the same time relaxing and fun!"

- Marko Fucek, Croatia

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"It is a well-organized course offering training in the field of ESL in relation to conflict management and bullying issues. The way it's structured offers insights into what constitutes effective teaching: theory, practice, speculation." 

- Marita Batsiou, Greece

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"There is hope to deal with ESL and I encourage everyone to get involved in this course and live a memorable experience."

- Natalie, Spain​ 

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Standard daily programme

Please find below the standard indicative daily programme that will be personalized on participants needs and professional profiles.
Our standard programme comprises 7 days, of which the first one is dedicated to networking, preparation and cultural immersion and the last one to follow up, specific needs and cultural activities. Please note that we always do our best to accommodate the specific needs of our participants in a flexible way, including but not limited to budget restrictions and travel arrangements.  Participants can choose to arrive 1 day before the start of the course and/or leave one day after the end of it in order to enjoy a deeper cultural immersion. Upon specific request we may organize longer versions of this course.
Sunday
-  Participants arrival
 - Orientation and information about the venue and the city 
 - Networking activities
 - Walking tour in the venue’s city
Monday
- Course introduction
- Teambuilding exercises
- Needs and expectations evaluation
- Early school leaving European rates and policies
- Analyzing the different forms early school leaving can assume
- Understanding and recognising the main factors that lead to early school leaving
- Reflections on current early school leaving causes and presentation of learners’ experiences with early school leaving
Tuesday
- ESL prevention approach I: Fostering conflict management skills
- Understanding conflicts: the 3 keys to manage conflicting dynamics and the main conflict management styles
- Changing point of view: conflicts as opportunities and the beauty of conflict management
- Practical work: identifying the type of conflict and the best conflict management strategy
- Cultural activities in the venue’s city
Wednesday
- ESL prevention approach II: Establishing an environment of collaborative learning and building classroom positivity
-  The importance of teamwork: effective dynamics and roles
-  Practicing and delivering collaborative learning tools
-  Strategies for collaborative work and peer-education
-  Optional cultural visit outside the venue’s city 
Thursday
- ESL prevention approach III: Using innovative teaching methods and new technologies to engage and motivate students
-  Practical work: keep students focused and engaged through interactive presentations and learning games
-  Practical work: manage and get feedback effectively from your students in real-time
Friday
- ESL prevention approach IV: Fighting negativity and establishing an environment of secure relationships
- Analyzing negative behaviors, bullying, aggressive behavior and violence
- Practical activities: transforming negative behaviors into positive and supporting ones
- Cultural activities in the venue's city
- Farewell dinner
Saturday
- Space for discussion of future cooperation and planning follow up activities
- Course roundup and final evaluation
- Validation of learning outcomes and certification ceremony
- Additional training session tailored to specific needs (optional)
- Participants departure
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Other relevant facts

  • Methodology
  • Costs and Erasmus+ Funding
  • Certification and Validation of learning outcomes
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We tailor the working methods based upon participants’ needs, attitudes and professional profiles in order to ensure high productivity, effectiveness and transferability into practice.
The standard methodology is highly practical and participative with hands-on approach that comprises real-job examples, case studies examination and simulations. We embrace collaboratively working methods that foster mutual learning and cooperation among participants. Our focus is on learning in an interactive and international environment knowledge applicable to the real contexts and/or in the classroom. The pedagogical methods that we use are based upon experiential training, group and peer activities, learning-by-doing and best practices’ exchange. They include visits with local schools and institutions allowing the participants to better understand the local education system as well as exchange ideas and contacts.
Morning Wrap-up and brief daily evaluations are foreseen to ensure quality of education and to adapt the learning programme to participants' needs better tailoring the education.
We organize optional social, networking and cultural activities in order to give participants the opportunity to know Italy as well as to exchange best-practice and establish professional cooperation and links.
The training and staff team is multinational thus giving a full European dimension to the course.
Teachers, trainers, headmasters and any other staff of education organizations are eligible to receive an Erasmus+ grant covering all the costs to attend our training courses including travel, board and lodging, cultural activities and all fees. Our training courses are tailored to be fully funded by Erasmus+ and we offer different options to ensure the best comfort and quality at a price that is within the Erasmus+ grant.
We are proud to tailor our training courses to both participants' learning and practical needs and to ease your participation at our training courses, we will gladly take care of all the practical arrangements. If you prefer, you can take care of some of the practical arrangements by yourself (e.g. meals, local transport...), though we will manage the organization of your accommodation in order to ensure optimal logistic organization, safety and time-efficiency. We always provide board and lodging in the same hotel in which we organize the course  thus ensuring optimal comfort and potential of networking with the fellow participants. Read more about  how we take care of your subsistence and practical arrangements. 
The most common option that we offer to schools and organisations in 2025 costs 1405 EUR in Bologna, 1330 EUR in Tenerife and Thessaloniki and 1225 EUR in Palermo, Porto and Rimini and includes course fee, certification and support fee, accommodation in single room, 2 coffee breaks per day, walking tour in the venue’s city, a sum-up dissemination video. The standard option in Bologna, Tenerife and Thessaloniki includes all meals from Sunday lunch to Saturday lunch, while in Palermo, Porto and Rimini includes all breakfasts and three networking meals in local restaurants. Few of our courses include extra services and activities hence having a different pricing option, which will be communicated upon receiving the pre-registration.​
For schools sending 2 or more participants we can offer accommodation in double rooms and we can provide as well accommodation for people or relatives accompanying the participants.
When attending our courses, we recommend you to request 9 days of individual support for your subsistence costs, 7 days for the course plus 2 additional days for the travel. In this way you can have more flexibility in planning your stay and you can enjoy all the cultural activities planned from the first to the last day of course. You can read here more about the Erasmus+ funding. Shall you have need any help with filling the budget during the application stage or have any problem with your grant please let us know and we will see how to support you.
At the end of the course, each participant will be awarded a certificate of attendance, together - if requested - with the Europass Mobility Certificate. The certificate are in line with the Erasmus Quality Standards and include a short description of the course and its learning outcomes, dates, venues, the name of the course provider and the course instructor(s).
We support the participants in every step of certification and validation of learning outcomes with specific focus on European instruments and Erasmus plus requirements such as staff mobility/learning agreement, quality commitment and Europass mobility certificate.
We experienced that schools and education organizations may require additional documents to certify the competences learned or the presence in the training course. Upon request we can provide additional certification and reporting documents as well as we provide photos of the training course and a sum-up video that can be used for visibility and dissemination purposes.

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