The 4th Geniko Lykeio of Kalamata in Greece sent six teachers on educational staff mobilities to Italy, Czech Republic, France, Spain, and Sweden from 2014 to 2015 funded by the Erasmus+ program. The goals were to enrich the curriculum with interdisciplinary programs, enhance teaching skills, and strengthen the school's European orientation. Teachers participated in activities like job shadowing, training courses, and visiting classes to exchange practices and learn about other education systems. Outcomes included improved digital, language, and social skills as well as a more creative approach to teaching using technology.

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