Proteforma – Formação e Consultoria em Segurança, Lda is a Specialized Training Entity in the field of Private Security that aims to provide the best services of consultancy, selection and training. It was founded in 2002 in Queluz, where is located its Centre for Training, Development and Study of the Private Security, also having certified training rooms in Almancil (Algarve). Proteforma gives training to 150 people annually and is duly accredited by ANQEP, Direcção Nacional da PSP and has the affirmation of courses from the National Training Programme in Civil Aviation Security. In what concerns the accredited and authorized TRAINING, Proteforma is oriented to provide training courses for security firms through protocols as well as for individuals interested in developing a career in this area of activity in its different aspects. The main NEEDS that this project will help to address are: ■ Understand ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF TEACHING THE CONTENTS ■ Implement the approaches in the courses of ISSUES RELATED TO SELF-CONTROL AND SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND ALSO TO EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE ■ Understand how in classroom DIFFERENT TRAINEES ARE MANAGED AND INTEGRATED ■ EXPANDED UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXERCISE OF PRIVATE SECURITY ■ Understand STRATEGIES TO INTRODUCE INTERNATIONAL COMPONENTS IN TRAINING ■ RETAIN SKILLS OF EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION ■ INTEGRATE NEW WAYS TO PROMOTE SOFT SKILLS ■ CONTACT WITH OTHER TRAINING MODELS ■ DEVELOP CORE SKILLS TO WORK AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AND IN PARTNERSHIP PROTEFORMA’s plan for this 1ª project is rather to create a solid network of partners promoting the exchange of knowledge and interexchange between schools and professional teachers and staff. Therefore, this application focus on the mobility of teachers and staff with the aim to suppress the above mentioned needs. The proposed activity is to carry out 12 job shadowing activities, with duration of five days to specialized Schools specialized in private security in Italy and Spain, and divided into two flows of 6 people. The participants are already identified and involved in this application. They are: 1 person from the Management Team, 1 Pedagogical Coordinator, 1 Training Manager and 3 Trainers. The OBJECTIVES are: 1- PROMOTE NETWORKING BETWEEN VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOLS WORKING WITHIN THE PRIVATE SECURITY FIELD 2-CREATE OPPORTUNITIES OF PEER-TO-PEER LIFELONG TRAINING 3- MATCH THE TRAINING OFFER, CONTENTS AND APPROACHES TO THE NEW REQUIREMENTS AND CHANGES The SKILLS and KNOWLEDGE expected to be acquired and consolidated are: ■ NEW TEACHING METHODS ■ NEW THEORETICAL APPROACHES ■ GREATER ABILITY TO EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ■ STRENGTHENING OF THE PEDAGOGICAL INTERDISCIPLINARITY ■ KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PRIVATE SECURITY IN SPAIN AND ITALY AND IN EUROPE ■ BROADER VIEW ON PRIVATE SECURITY ■ NETWORKS MANAGEMENT AND RELATIONS MANAGEMENT WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ■ IMAGE AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION ■ NEW METHODS OF WORKING AND INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT ■ LANGUAGE SKILLS ■ INTERCULTURAL SKILLS The expected impacts will suppress needs of knowledge, skills and work networks, which enhances the potential of the involved participants and organizations to fulfil its educational mission with increased quality at the European level. IMPACTS TO THE PARTICIPANTS: - MOTIVATION AND IMPULSE FOR CHANGE, CREATE AND INNOVATE, as well as being MORE PRODUCTIVE and having a greater identification with THEIR SCHOOLS AND WITH THE FIELD OF WORK - NEW TOOLS FOR TRAINING - LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN PEERS - INTEGRATION OF NEW APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS IN TRAINING - Improvement of language skills in the CONVERSATIONAL AND VOCABULARY TECHNICAL- PROFESSIONAL IN ENGLISH, ITALIAN AND SPANISH - Strengthening intercultural and interpersonal competences IMPACTS TO THE SENDING AND HOSTING ORGANIZATIONS: - INTERVENTION WORK AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL - GREATER KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRIVATE SECURITY TRAINING STATE OF ART - NEW FUTURE PROJECTS IN NETWORKING - IMPROVE IMAGE AND ATTRACTIVENESS AS A TRAINING ENTITY NEXT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC - RENEWED STRATEGIES of articulation with local partners - employment centres, employers, schools, among others AT THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL, Proteforma wants to remain a reference School and with this experience we believe that its visibility will be bigger and will be an example of dynamism, of networking and internationalization, which other schools will follow with their own projects or in partnership with Proteforma. AT THE EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, this project will open a new dialogue and work togetherness on a specific educational sector that so far does not exist. This working of encountering and comparison of contents and methods, sharing of good practices and staff interexchange, will later allow the mobility of trainees to receive training and/or to do internships with the possibility of mutual recognition of qualifications obtained in another country.