Project “Visible Teaching4Performance”,

Erasmus + Program

Joint Report of the first project meeting in the Zespół Szkół nr 2 w Rybniku, Poland

13th to 17th DECEMBER 2017 The first international project meeting was held in Rybnik, Poland, from the 13th to 17th December 2017. Representatives from all the nine partner schools Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Turkey attended the meeting. Project Activities: The project meeting started with ice-breaking activities and a welcoming dinner at the Zespół Szkół nr 2.

The guests were warmly welcomed by Ms. Maria Malinowska - the head teacher of the Polish host

school and Ms. Hanna Skowrońska - the project coordinator as well as other teachers. The participants

were invited for a tour of the school premises. Ms. Joanna Marcol accompanied the group during the

visit and showed the modern languages’ labs; computer and sciences’ labs, consultation office, teachers’

room etc. while kindly answering all questions. 14.12.17 The first working day was opened by a lovely performance held by Polish students. The lovely music and the songs were followed by a presentation about the school. Ms. Zofia Jakubowska, a teacher in Polish literature, told a vivid story about memorable events in past and the history of the school in the context of the social life of the town. The attention-grabbing tale was accompanied with many photos of the town, the school, teachers and students.

The workshop “Taking Account of the Thematic Field. Hattie’s Visible Learning Concept” was held by the Polish partner school. The Power Point Presentation “Hattie’s Visible Learning Concept “effect size” was followed by assignment of group work tasks: Divided into four groups, the participants were asked to make their own evaluation of 11 influences on students’ progress outlined by Hattie in “Visible Learning for Teachers”.

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Teachers were asked to examine, reflect and contribute with ideas to various posters with the headline “I see learning through the eyes of my students”. The ideas were shared between the different groups. During the next assignment, all teachers (working in groups) discussed the most recently updated by Hattie list of 250+ influences on student achievement.

The Polish partners had arranged an exhibition of all students’ proposals for a project VT4P logo. The winner was the logo proposed by the German students. The badge competition was won by the Portuguese school.

During the next work session all partners presented their results from the Survey conducted in each partner school. The questionnaire was based on Hattie’s Check list for “Visible learning inside” and inspired much thought and plenty of insights.

The agenda also included presentations by the partners on drop-out rates in their countries at national, regional and school level. The information was compared and discussed in the end of the working day.

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The second day of the meeting began with visit in the Town Hall. The guests were warmly welcomed by the deputy mayor and his assistant.

Ms. Hanna Skowrońska briefly outlined the objectives of the project Visible Teaching4Performance to the representatives of the local government. The project members from the partner countries presented short information about their schools.

The project work continued with the topic “Identifying motivators of maximizing impact of learning”. Divided into groups, partners discussed their schools’ recent development plans and whether they

provided answers to the key questions: “Does recent school development plan match the outcome of Professor Hattie’s Survey?” and “Does it take account of these positive factors in order to improve the

performance of educational system?”

The Coordinator of the project VT4P – Ms. Hanna Skowrońska acquainted the participants with the communication channels for blended mobility and collaboration (Azendoo, Twinspace). The platform Twinspace provide students and teachers with safe working environment for blended mobility and for sharing project results.

All partners took part in the evaluation of the ongoing activities (SWOT analysis)

The coordinators from the partner schools held a meeting to plan their further work in the light of experts’ recommendations, future assignments and discussed blended mobility management, Gantt’s Chart table before and after TPM reduction and the Interim report with deadline 30.06 2018.

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The host school prepared an amazing cultural program and all participants learned about the history and the places of interest in Rybnik. The guests visited the St. Anthony Basilica in Rybnik and took a trip to the city of Krakow where the participants visited the Royal Chambers of the Wawel Castle, The Wawel Royal Cathedral and the Historical museum of Krakow. The final stop was the lively Christmas Market.

Due to the excellent organization, the warm hospitality of the Polish colleagues and the active participation of all partners and students, the first transnational meeting was successful and fruitful.

Report: Donka Georgieva – IV Language School “Frederic Joliot-Curie”, Varna, Bulgaria

Photographs: Donka Georgieva

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