SWOT analysis after 1st year - Comenius project

1. Strengths
• Interesting visits in schools, learning about them
• Learning about cultures/languages
• Meeting new people, informal learning
• Increasing language skills
• Games and workshops
• Real-life skills, organisation and coping
strategies
Weaknesses
• Quality of work, not very serious approach to the project
• Short partner visits, tight schedule
• No lesson observation for students
• Lack of agreement on the organisation of after-school
activities during visits
• Not enough time for project meetings during school year
• Difficulties in involving the whole school
• Too few travelling students, too many traveling teachers
• Tiring journeys, difficulties during travel
• Promotion of the project
• Lack of some IT skills
• Edmodo
• Low number of countries invloved
Opportunities
 Increasing the level of English
 Teamwork
 Open-mindedness
 Time-management
 Organizational skills
 IT
 Self-efficacy, self-esteem, self-confidence
 Making friends for life
 Helping people in need
 Presentation skills
 Stress management
Threats
 Low teacher and student engagement
 Lack of support from management
 Too much work at the end of the project
 Lack of involvement from the school
 Deadlines
 Not remembering about the importance of the
topic
 Decreasing motivation