This project is going to be realized in a form of three – week foreign technical training, in companies dealing with IT, production, trading and service branches. The realization of this practice is going to take place from the 21 June till 12 July 2014. The participants of this project will be 33 students from Zespol Szkol No 3 in Wyszkow who educate in IT and economical areas. The offer will be directed to the students of the 2nd and 3rd grade (17-19 year-old). The main aim of this project is to improve practical skills of 33 students from technical classes (IT and economical specializations) form Zespol Szkol No 3 in Wyszkow so as to make their later professional and personal development easier. Detailed aims (hard): • Gaining additional qualifications, the expansion of 33 students’ knowledge in IT and economical professions. - the number of students whose qualifications grew in the professions of IT and Economy - the number of issued Europass Mobility • Getting to know the requirements which are put on students/ employees in a partner’s country by 33 students. - the number of certificates of completed training in the UK • The improvement of 33 students’ English language skills - the number of students whose English language competence and skills improved Detailed aims (soft): • the development of social and public skills (endurance, precision, dutifulness, cooperation in groups) • an increase in motivation towards learning, higher professional and personal aspirations • the alignment of educational chances, especially for students coming from villages or with special educational needs • enabling students to gain extra skills and knowledge which will make further education easier and/or the choice of a professional path • the improvement of the quality of provided educational services at school • an increase in key competence • a growth in students’ self-esteem • a better preparation of school graduates in labor market • the establishment of cooperation: between labor market institutions and school, in terms of two-directional information flow and the accuracy of offered educational services • transnational cooperation ( the introduction of innovatory system solutions in technical training, an increase in vocational students’ mobility, an increase in the number of graduates who are open towards other cultures and posses language skills at an extended level) The sources of verification: - attendment list - training register (every day) - evaluation forms (two during the project) - final reports - diagnostic vocational tests (two during the project) Products: 90 hours of foreign training per student 33 Europass Mobility 33 certificates of completed foreign training 6 multimedial presentations prepared by the participants of the foreign training 1 film showing the ZS No 3 stay in the UK a www subpage concerning the ZS No 3 stay in the UK two articles in a local newspaper 2 open lessons with the participants of the training concerning their stay in the UK which are aimed to promote their professional mobility 33 final reports from the foreign training Needs: • students’ needs ( the usage of theoretical knowlege in practice, vocational mobility, expanding language skills inc. technical language, the willingness to check onself in a stressful situation, becoming independent, making contacts with future employers) • school needs (the improvement of educational quality, a growth in educational competitivness, gaining prestige, recruitment improvement, giving the assurence of a good professional start to students) • Polish and foreign employers’ needs (raising demand for IT specialists with an international experience) • District, province and country needs (promotion, hiring skilled workers, the development of IT branch)