This document provides information about Comprehensive Secondary School No. 548 which has a focus on intensive English language study. It summarizes the school's aims, aspects of work, student and teacher numbers and qualifications. The school has achieved awards in innovative educational programs, teacher contests, and student participation in international conferences. The school utilizes information and communication technologies in its educational process including online testing, blogging, and a school website. Representatives are identified and their team expresses interest in cooperative work with Finnish partners on an integrated teaching approach to develop core skills.

1. WELCOME to Comprehensive Secondary School № 548 with intensive study of the English language

2. Our aim The programme of the school development comprehensibility quality comfort

3. The main aspects of work The development of material and technical base Professional skills improvement by annual staff training Work with students Creation of the student and teacher friendly environment: comprehensibility , quality, comfort Interaction with the community, parents whose trust and respect are important for school

4. The number of students attending our school Students Levels of education 2010/2011 Primary school 353 Lower secondary school 342 Upper secondary school 87 Total 782

5. Teaching staff Qualification Qualification categories Teachers’ staff higher 34 the first 20 The second 4

6. Our Achievements 2010 – the school was awarded for introducing innovative educational programmes and projects within the Priority National Project "Education" 5 teachers are the winners of the contest among the best teachers within the Priority National Project "Education" The school is the winner of the National contest “Publishing at school” The students of school are the participants of the annually held International Conference “Problems of studying information technologies at school” The school is the laureate of the City Contest “Healthy lifestyle”

7. Our Achievements The school was awarded with the Certificate of Merit for active participating in international educational programmes for teenagers organized by the British Council, Saint-Petersburg Association for International Cooperation and the English-Speaking Union The students of school are the participants of the annual language events “Do you know Scotland?”, “Shakespeare’s Days” organized by the British Council, Saint-Petersburg Association for International Cooperation and the English-Speaking Union. All the students were awarded with Certificates of Merit for excellence in project work, with Fine Arts Awards, with Certificates for the artistic performance and comprehension of the author’s idea. The winner went to Scotland in 2007. The students of our school are the participants and winners of the annual language contest “FLEX”, organized by the American Councils. 2 students won the contest in 2009/2010

8. Using Information and Communication Technologies in Educational Process of School №548

9. The Main Aspects of Work in the Sphere of IT On-line testing , Internet contests Publishing activity School site Teachers’ blogs , teacher-student collective blogging Using WEB 2.0 technology in teaching process Multi-media lesson resources Creation of Network teaching resource on the basis of Moodle Project activity School № 5 48

10. School Site http://sc548.narod.ru/

11. Publishing Activity School magazine “FOCUS” http://sc548.narod.ru/ focus.html

12. Our Expectations From the Project

13. Our team members Deputy Headmistress Teacher of English Olga Shramko e Headmistress of school Teacher of Physics Alla Kharitonova Deputy Headmistress IT Teacher Olga Pivnenko Teacher of English Anna Radchenko These people coordinate the work of the group which includes Primary School teachers, teachers of Biology, Geography, Math and History

14. Topic We Are Interested In “ Using an integrated approach in teaching to develop core skills”

15. Aspects We Are Interested In

16. Ready For Cooperative Work We are ready for cooperative and effective work with Finnish partners; We are mostly interested in creating teaching materials and support for teenagers (13-16); Teachers of different subjects can take part in this project. All of them have necessary IT skills to work and communicate in Moodle; Ready to discuss the topics you are interested in. We are sure we have something in common…

17. THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION P.S. LOOKING FORWARD TO CREATIVE AND CHALLENGING WORK IN A FRIENDLY TEAM 