The IES Santa Engracia is a public vocational training center in Madrid with a total of 832 students and a staff of 47 teachers. The school offers Higher Education Vocational training (CFGS or Short cycles ) and non Higher Education Vocational Diplomas (CFGM):- Family of Personal Image : CFGS Image Consulting, CFGS Integral Aesthetics and Wellness , CFGM Beauty Therapy, CFGM Hairdressing and Cosmetics , CFGM Stage Make Up and Basic Vocational Training Hair & Beauty .- Family of Textile, Garment and Leather : CFGS Pattern Making and Fashion and CFGM Apparel and Fashion.It offers training in two shifts , day and evening .The center is located in a central district of Madrid. At the moment it is a leading center in its fields of knowledge.The "Sewing and Combing in Europe" project is aimed at students and teachers from Non Higher Education Vocational Diploma in Hairdressing and Hair Cosmetics and Tailoring and Fashion. Mobility of 4 students is proposed for a month and 4 teachers for a week for training in companies. The teachers' stay will take the form of Job Shadowing within the hosting companys' Training Centers. This project is intended to meet the objectives of the two participating partners.In the case of IES Santa Engracia it seeks innovation and improvement of the teaching, the possibility to observe in situ the operation of the german dual Vocational system, the improvement of teachers' and students' foreign language skills, and the increase of the students' employability.The host partners are:- The German hairdressing company Domino Friseur & Shop. It consists of a chain of hairdressing salons located in different cities in the center of Germany and a training center that operates under the dual system of vocational training.The company's knowledge base is located in Marburg, in the region of Hesse. The main objective of this partner is to find qualified personnel for direct recruiting. Also to learn about other teaching methodologies that are innovative in this field.- The Portuguese company La Gofra, a garment production and trading company located near Oporto. This company also provides tailoring training courses in his premises. Both the IES Santa Engracia and the German and Portuguese companies have previous experience in Europeran projects and human and material resources to carry out the project. It is expected that completion of the project will have an impact on the people involved as well as on the sending and hosting institutions. Some aspects to be measured to determine the impact are:Considering students mobility:- The level of language proficiency reached after mobility,- Increased employability.- Professional itinerary followed after mobility. - The interest in continuing to participate in European programmes.- A greater sense of professional motivation.And for the teachers involved :- Improved language skills.- The application of new teaching methodologies.- The use of greater diversity of educational resources.- The will to engage and collaborate with European programmess at the school.In the long term, the completion of this and other European projects is expected to impact on the institution with an improvement in the teaching provided, stablishing links between teaching institutions and companies and creating a greater interest in European programmes