The 4th Geniko Lykeio school in Kalamata, Greece sent 6 teachers on staff mobility exchanges to Italy, Czech Republic, France, Spain, and Sweden between 2014-2015 funded by the Erasmus+ program. The goals were to enrich the curriculum, improve teaching methods, and enhance the school's European orientation. Teachers participated in job shadowing, training courses, and visited classrooms to exchange practices and learn about other education systems. Outcomes included improved digital, language, and social skills for participating teachers, who then shared experiences with other school staff.

1. Key Action1/ School Education Staff
Mobility
4th Geniko Lykeio of Kalamata(Greece)
co-funded by the European Union

2. The 4th Geniko Lykeio of Kalamata (Greece), has carried out six(6)
mobilities of its staff for educational purpose, within the frame of
Erasmus+/KA1, in the following countries:
 Italy
 Czech Republic
 France
 Spain
 Sweden
Duration of the mobility project: 01-10-2014 to 30-09-2015

3. The initial goals of the project were:
 The enrichment of the curriculum by implementing
interdisciplinary programs
 The participant teachers, but also all the school staff, to become
more skillful in implementing new teaching methods
 The enhancement of the school’s European orientation
 The creation of a long term development plan for the school,
based on the acquired experience

4. Participant Teachers
 Katsirou Kyriaki, in a job shadowing activity
 Sirma Eleni, in structured training course
 Magklari Christina, in structured training course
 Valsami Maria, in structured training course
 Margariti Maria, in structured training course
 Panomitros Eugenia, in structured training course

5. Katsirou Kyriaki (literature teacher)
• Country: Italy(Colle di Val d’ Elsa)
• Provider: Liceo Statale Scientifico e Classico ΄΄Alessandro Volta΄΄
• Subject: The teaching method of Ancient Greek
• Date: October 27-31, 2014
• Description: Through her integration in the daily program of the host
school , the teacher acquired experience of the way the subject of
Ancient Greek from the original text is taught in a Lyceum of Italy.
She also exchanged educational practices with Italian professors and
got familiar with Italian education system.

6. Sirma Eleni (literature teacher)
• Country: Czech Republic (Prague)
• Provider:International Training Center-ITC
• Subject: Human Resource Management in Education
• Date: March 16-20, 2015
• Description: The program included Management courses adapted in
the administration in the Education. It focused on the characteristics,
on the virtues and faculties of a school leader /Manager, but also on
the management of Educational human potential. Real cases of
crises’ management were studied, which came from the labour
environments of the participants.

7. Magklari Christina (literature teacher)
• Country: France(Paris)
• Provider: Ligue française de l’ enseignement
• Subject: the pedagogical use and digital resources in European school
collaboration projects
• Date: March 8-18 , 2015
• Description: The teacher familiarized herself with numerous of
educational software that can be used in the teaching process and in
European programs. She also created and materialized teaching
scenarios. During her activity, she joined classes in schools of
primary and secondary level. She also exchanged educational
experiences and practices with her French colleagues and got
experience of French school and educational system.

8. Valsami Maria(teacher of english)
• Country: Spain (Madrid)
• Provider:Cervantes Training
• Subject: Creativity in Teaching and Learning using ICT-The Digital
Classroom
• Date: July 27-31, 2015
• Description: The course was a mixture of theoretical and
practical knowledge. ICT, Web 2.0 tools, social networking,
histology, web pages, were used during the course. All teachers
who participated in the course exchanged experiences and
educational practices, in order to create the Digital Classroom.

9. Margariti Maria (literature teacher)
• Country: Sweden (Stockholm)
• Provider:Eucourses.eu
• Subject: Reading the city
• Date: August 2-8, 2015
• Description: The objective of the program was all the participant
teachers to acquire the necessary skills so that they can be able to
“read” the urban landscape exploring the aspects of its cultural
identity. The program focused on the following fields: urbanization
and learning, national heritage and city, city and learning on the spot,
aspects of city, urban space and minorities.

10. Panomitros Eugenia (literature teacher)
• Country: Italy(Tuscany)
• Provider: Eucourses.eu
• Subject: Reading the City
• Date: August 30 – September 5, 2015
• Description: The particular training program provided education in
sectors of pedagogy and new technology. It emphasized on team-
work learning and learning via autopsy, on the digital literacy and
the familiarization with the new means of technology, as much as on
the creation of suitable conditions of approach and deepening in
cultural elements of European culture. It also cultivates and promotes
the collaboration and exchange of good practices with European
colleagues.

11. Learning outcomes
 Improvement of participant teachers ΄ skills
• digital
• metacognitive
• language
• Social
• skills in taking initiatives
 Awareness of the big contribution of ICT for the creation of
dynamic environments of learning
 Getting familiar with ways of creative incorporation of ICT in the
educational process
 Improvement of the applied teaching methods by using practices of
active and problem solving learning
 Strengthening the professionalization of the teachers
 Developing the sense of European identity
 Strengthening the European school ΄s orientation

12. Impact
 Students acquired indirect knowledge of the learning environment
of their peers in another country
 The other teachers of the school exchanged experiences and
educational practices with the participant teachers
 The educational authorities at local and regional level became
aware of the activities and the learning outcomes
 All the activities and the learning outcomes were released in the
local media
 The activities and the learning outcomes were also published on
the school’s web page and on the social media, so that everyone
who is interested in the subject can obtain knowledge of it.

13. Initiatives for action
 To create more partnerships with other European
schools
• By creating collaborative eTwinning projects
• With the participation of the school in strategic partnerships
Erasmus + / KA2
 To Improve the digital infrastructure of the school