THE CONTEXT OF THE PROJECT The project is the extension of the LdV-HU-09-TAN-1044-1073-1087-1088 VET Mobility Certificate (LLP-VET-MOB-CERT) for the 1st Round of the Erasmus+ programme. THE AIM OF THE PROJECT The aim of the project is the implementation of VET student and teacher mobilities on the basis of the pedagogical programme of the sending institution, bearing in mind the current training and institutional development needs. THE PROFESSIONAL CONTENT OF THE PROJECT In the framework of this project, VET learners participate in mobilities in partner training institutes. In the majority of the time they spend their work practice working at an external training place of the host institute, and they spend at least one day per week at the host institute, participating in practical lessons. The work programme strictly suits the participants’ actual home training programme at the sending institution, and form an integral part of the fulfilment of their compulsory work practice course requirements. In our previous mobility certificate projects the students did only catering projects, but we recently introduced the tourism major in our initial vocational courses and our post-secondary courses, so we enriched the variety of Erasmus+ mobilities we offer. The prerequisite of the tourism final exam is the acquirement of a B2 level accredited special language examination certificate, so spending work practice in the target language context is a real need, where language skills and professional skills and competencies can be developed side by side. A brand new feature of the Erasmus+ programme is the involvement of the staff members on the basis of an integral institutional international strategy. The Leonardo Mobility Certificate did not allow us to include staff mobility. In this round we developed further our project by planning staff mobilities, too, thus fulfilling the institution’s professional and developmental needs. Our hospitality instructor’s Slovakian mobility is rooted in the development of our training courses on offer. We would like to introduce bartender and barista courses in the near future. The aim of our French teacher’s mobility in France is to experience new methods, and collect realia, authentic teaching materials, tests, etc. that can be used in French for Hospitality and Tourism lessons in the newly introduced dual vocational training courses. Such materials are not available at the moments, and the collection of methodology tools and authentic materials will enhance French teaching in these courses for all our French teachers. The need for our hospitality and tourism teacher’s mobility in the UK comes from the special modern methodology requirements of the newly introduced tourism and dual vocational courses. Our school trains the most, almost 50 special needs students in a vocational context in our area, among them several ones with multiple learning difficulties and behavioural disorders, as well as mental disabilities. We develop them individually, but at the same time we integrate them in the school community. Our learning support teacher is going to study the good practices of inclusive pedagogy in a vocational context in the UK, with special emphasis on the development of key competencies, the ability of self-support, social integration and finding way into the labour market. THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE PROJECT • 11th, 12th and 13th Year hospitality and tourism students • 1 hospitality instructor; 1 language teacher who teaches French for Hospitality & Tourism; 1 hospitality & tourism teacher; 1 learning support teacher PROJECT AVTIVITIES In the course of the project we would like to implement two main types of activities: I. Work practice for VET learners at host partner training institutions Flow 1: 09-10/ 2014, Slovakia: 3 students doing hospitality practice Flow 2: 11/2014, France: 5 students doing hospitality practice Flow 3: 11/2014, UK: 4 students doing hospitality-hotel-tourism practice The first 9 days of the mobility in case of each flow is supervised by an accompanying teacher. II. Staff training abroad at host partner training institutions in order to gain professional experiences: Flow 1:09-10/ 2014, Slovakia: 1 hospitality instructor, job shadowing Flow 2: 11/2014, France: 1 French for Hospitality & Tourism teacher, job shadowing Flow 3: 11/2014, UK: 1 hospitality & tourism teacher; 1 learning support teacher, job shadowing THE EXPECTED RESULTS At the institutional level: • motivation of students, increasing enrolment numbers • quality development in human resource capacity that enhances planned developments and improves the quality of teaching At the participants’ level: • development and enrichment of professional and language knowledge, skills and competencies • the acquired Europass Mobility Certificate will be useful in later career building (getting quality jobs for the students, as part of the compulsory teacher development for the staff members)