final brochure dorsten

A summary of the Comenius REGIO-project between

Dorsten & Rybnik 2013 - 2015

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0. Overview

This summary tries to bundle both

background information of our theoretical thoughts before and during the project

as well as

impressions of realized projects during Comenius REGIO

Find an abstract of the project on page 3

Concrete objectives are described on page 5

A list of planned activities is detailed on page 6

Necessary background information by a survey on page 8

Impressions…

of teachers workshops on page 25

of workshops with students on page 31

of the different mobilities on page 41

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1. Abstract of the project

The Comenius Regio Partnerships consists of two partner regions

The partner 1 (coordinating region) will be represented by the Miasto Rybnik

(the City of Rybnik, Poland).

The Stadt Dorsten (the city of Dorsten, Germany) will be the coordianator of the partner region 2.

Other organisations will be: the Von-Ketteler Schule and the Dorstener Arbeit organization from

Germany as well as the SOS-W and the Razem organization from Poland.

The main goal: find the most effective leadership strategies to motivate and activate

students with special needs.

two partner regions.

1 (coordinating region) will be represented by the Miasto Rybnik

Dorsten (the city of Dorsten, Germany) will be the coordianator of the partner region 2.

Ketteler Schule and the Dorstener Arbeit organization from

W and the Razem organization from Poland.

: find the most effective leadership strategies to motivate and activate

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Furthermore, teachers will take a lot of methodological seminars and conferences to

deepen their theoretical knowledge on new effective motivational methods and techniques

in teaching disabled students. Another major goal of the project will be to enrich education offer

to students. After completion of courses, teachers are going to offer a wide range of workshops

(after-school activities) to students. Students will also take part in interesting mini-projects,

contests and school events.

Publication and dissemination of the project results and products will be the matter of great

importance in the project.

One of the important events in the project will be the Comenius

Opening Day held in two partner regions for all project partners as well as other institutions and

organizations aimed at supporting and educating disabled people.

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2. Concrete objectives of the partnership

…to exchange experiences, best practice in educating students with special needs in order to find

out most effective motivation and activation methods and techniques,

…to deepen teachers’ and organization workers’ theoretical knowledge of motivating and

activating students with SEN as well as raise their qualifications and competences,

…to raise teaching standards both in formal and non-formal special education,

…to enrich education offer to students,

…to collect, publish data on new effective methods and techniques in motivating and activating

students with special needs and share interesting project findings with other special schools and

organisations which cater to disabled people,

…to raise parents’ awareness of the important role of motivation and help them find best

ways of motivating and activating their children to positive actions,

…to develop long-term co-operation among authorities, schools and organizations which address

the issues of handicapped people.

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3. Planned activities during the project

Name of organization

Time Activity

1. Stadt Dorsten September

2013 Organisation of qualification courses for teachers

2. von Ketteler-Schule September 2013

E-twinning account creation

3. von Ketteler-Schule September 2013

Research: questionnaire with students and parents;

publication/evaluation of results

4. von Ketteler-Schule October 2013 Teaching series: motivation

5. Stadt Dorsten October 2013 Organisation of English courses for teachers

October 2013 1. project meeting

6. Dorstener Arbeit &

von Ketteler-Schule Dec. 2013/

Jan 2014 Introduction of planned offers / choice of offers by pupils

7. Stadt Dorsten & von

Ketteler-Schule February

2014 Beginning of qualification courses for teachers

8. von Ketteler-Schule April 2014 Organisation of offers during school trip to Wangerooge

9. Stadt Dorsten & von

Ketteler-Schule &

Dorstener Arbeit May 2014

„Motivate yourself – learning is more that Maths and German“: different offers, maybe a workshop-week

10.von Ketteler-Schule &

Dorstener Arbeit May 2014

„Motivate yourself – Join the team“: organisation and

implementation of a school feast at the end of the

workshops weeks with students’/parents’ involvement

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May 2014 2. project meeting

11.Stadt Dorsten & von

Ketteler-Schule June 2014

„We present ourselves”: publication of project results in

local newspaper

12. von Ketteler-Schule June 2014 „Motivate yourself – learning in a social context outside

school“: a school trip to the island Wangerooge in the

North Sea

13. Stadt Dorsten September

2014 Organisation of exhibition of project results / students

work at local locations (RP, Tillbeck, Kreishaus)

November

2014 3. project meeting

14. von Ketteler-Schule December

2014 Christmas fair: presentation & sale of produced works

15.von Ketteler-Schule &

Stadt Dorsten February

2015 Publication of effective methods/ techniques for motivated

learning; teaching material, project results, …

16. von Ketteler-Schule April 2015

„We present ourselves”: publication on school website /

website of Dorsten returning questionnaire for students and parents,

evaluation and presentation/ publication of results

April 2015 4. project meeting

17.Stadt Dorsten & von

Ketteler-Schule &

Dorstener Arbeit June 2015

„We present ourselves”: Organisation of Comenius Regio

opening day with all participants, presentation of materials,

results for other schools, parents, students, teachers…

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4. Searching for background information

January 2014

Bereich I: Behaviour concerning school 1. How long does your child learn for school (daily)?

2. Does your child like going to school?

3. Are your child´s hobbies appropriately taken in consideration at school?

4. What are your child´s favourite subjects?

_____________________________________________________________________

0 hours 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours more than 3hours

no partially/sometimes yes

no partially yes

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Bereich II: Leisure behaviour of your child

5. What are your child´s hobbies (You can mark more than one!)?

dancing music cooking climbing sports

handicrafts computer miscellaneous:______________________

6. How long does your child watch TV a day?

7. How long does your child play with the computer (XBOX/Playstation/…) a day?

8. How long does your child play outside a day?

0 hours 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours more than 3 hours


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Bereich III: Social relationships

9. How often does your child meet friends in a week?

10. How big is your child´s circle of friends?

General information 11. How old is your child? _____

12. Sex: female male


never once twice 3x 4x 5x 6x 7x

no friends small (1-2 friends) average (3-5 friends) big (more than 5)

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4.2 Results

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Our goal

Include the student´s hobbies into our

Comenius REGIO work and focus on

sports arts computer

music technical workshops

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5. Realised projects

5.1 Workshops for teachers

School dog training, March 2015, Dorsten

After being introduced to the school dog of our partner school in Rybnik during the last visit, three

of von Ketteler-teachers took their private dogs and visited a further training about educating dogs

to school dogs. They learned details about the practical use in school, requirements of both

teachers and dogs, as well as methods to introduce the school in class.

A school dog is especially useful for students of our school, as it can both risen the student´s

motivation by relaxing the atmosphere in class, as well as encouraging them to care for others.

See next page for pictures.

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Whiteboard Introduction – Dorsten

With means out of the Comenius REGIO budget the von Ketteler-school could afford a digital

whiteboard. Connected to the internet several interactive teaching methods are possible.

In order to handle all possibilities of the board an employee of the whiteboard-company

introduced the teachers to the board.

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March 2015 – Münster, Germany

On a conference about mathematics, several games were introduced to teach maths within a

playful context. Afterwards, the students in von Ketteler-Schule had a lot of fun testing them.

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December 2014

Comenius REGIO yearly conference in Bonn, Germany

Once a year members of Comenius REGIO and ERASMUS+ projects meet. This time a conference in

Bonn was held to bring together interested organizations (such as universities, cities and schools)

and those involved in a project right now. We presented our project and got many insights into

other projects. Also, we as teachers, have to be motivated once in a while – and discussing project

issues with others from all over Germany was incredibly interesting.

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November 2014 - Dorsten

Handicrafts is a good way to motivate students. To get to know different tools, teachers of von

Ketteler-Schule did a machinery course on the 7th& 8th of November 2014. With the support of a

carpenter it was the task to build slats for breakfast and a picture frame within these two days. The

work with tools like a circular saw was a new experience to most of the participating teachers and

helped a lot to appraise the possibilities within handicrafts lessons.

Have a look for yourself…

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5.2 Workshops with students

February 2015 – Dorsten

With the help of Comenius REGIO and Johanniter Unfallhilfe students of 10

First Aid.

With the help of Comenius REGIO and Johanniter Unfallhilfe students of 10th grade were taught

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December 2014 - Dorsten

Our Christmas breakfast and fair has arrived. The pupils liked watching photos, handicraft work or

just a good breakfast.

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November 2014 - Dorsten

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October 2014 - Dorsten

Toys, toys, toys – where to put them?

Thanks to our partner, Dorstener Arbeit, students of class 9 built boxes for balls, rackets & other

games. Simultaneously they experienced work in an external environment, under supervision of

others than their teachers. It was motivating to work with tools towards a goal and, as you can see,

the results are brilliant.

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Fall 2014 – Dorsten

Class 5 played the recorder – with all new equipment

Students of class 6b learn to play the recorder in order to find out about notes, music, rhythm and

different songs. Playing the instrument stimulates the finding of their own identity and the creation

of their self. The recorder is just an introduction, maybe some of the students are interested in

more and different instruments.

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Fall 2014 – Dorsten

Newly equipped with table tennis rackets our students won a local tournament. Hurray!

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June 2014 -Dorsten

School journey to Wangerooge

One of our highlights during Comenius REGIO was the realisation of a school journey to the island

of Wangerooge. Packed with all of our students and teachers we spent a whole week there and

experienced a lot. A for many of our students it was the first holiday experience of their life. Our

pictures give a pretty good impression of the actions done and precisely show that the students

were stuffed with a lot of motivation.

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May 2014 – Dorsten

Week of motivation

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6. Impressions of the different Mobilities

First Mobility to Rybnik

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Second Mobility to Dorsten

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Second Mobility to Rybnik

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