Project Overview: The ?Escola Secundária José Saramago ? Mafra?, in developing its strategic plan, aims to modernize and upgrade its human and material resources to ensure quality educational and training solutions for all young people and adults of the county, with special emphasis on their educational and personal growth in order to provide them with tools that enable them to act as responsible and autonomous citizens at a European Dimension in a global world. The project implementation of good practices, which are visible in students? results as well as in numerous projects that complement the curricular activities aimed at the integral training of the students, will improve certain aspects, particularly in the use of new technologies in an educational context, in the area of leadership, organization and school management and in the support it provides to students with special educational needs or other problems. So the implementation and dissemination of this project made it possible for teachers to upgrade their skills in order to enhance the use of ICT in different subjects, projects and school organization, innovating methodologies and practices within the school thus contributing to improve teacher performance and student outcomes. Project objectives: This project arose in the context of our School?s Educational Project and that of the Municipal Educational Project, being consistent with their goals and objectives. We consider that the following objectives were achieved: - to improve language and communication skills; - to develop interpersonal and intercultural skills which will enable an effective and constructive participation in the educational community; - to develop diverse and innovative approaches in education in general, and in the context of the classroom, in particular; - to share life experiences and good practices; - to provide a personal , cultural and professional enrichment; - to improve the knowledge of different European countries? educational systems; - to enable participants to make better use of new technologies in the educational context , so as to make the most of existing resources in the school, promote motivation and subsequent students? academic success; - to contribute to an innovative approach to teaching both at a technological and a linguistic levels; - to improve the quality of services provided by the school in different areas. Number and profile of the participants: The twenty participants in the project, consisting of eighteen teachers, one of whom a male, all of Portuguese nationality and aged between thirty-eight and fifty-nine years, belong to different disciplinary groups: 3 Portuguese/French/Spanish teachers; 1 English teacher; 2 geography teachers; 4 mathematics teachers; 5 physical science teachers; 1 IT teacher and 2 Special Needs teachers. Description of activities: According to the project guidelines (ICT, quality improvements for the institution and Special Needs Education), the participants combined personal training needs with those of the school while choosing structured courses, conferences and job shadowings in educational organizations of reference. Results and impact: Participation in the various mobility activities contributed to the improvement of: - Technological, language, communication and intercultural skills; - The teaching activity performance; - Collaborative work between school teachers and between them and their students; - The use of new technologies in an educational context; - Institutional practices of the school, in general and in the special education area in particular. Medium and long-term benefits: - To develop the organizational structures of the School; - To promote overall improvement in the quality of the educational service; - To make the best use of the existing school resources; - To promote collaborative work between teachers both locally and at European/ International level and between them and their students; - To motivate school staff in carrying out their work functions, leading to the academic success of students; - To allow new European/ International educational projects to come about.