Creative teachers – creative children

Topic(s) addressed

• Improving the effectiveness of pedagogical work

• Self-development and development of teachers' professional competencies in modern methods of creative learning and education

• Stimulating the cultural and individual development of children.

Target groups

• 5 teachers - participants in the job shadowing

• 100 children included in project activities

Methodologies

Teachers have: 

• improved and developed their professional competencies in modern methods of teaching and education 

• improved their work by learning about and comparing different educational systems, curricula and teaching methods

• developed their language skills, gained new perspectives for diverse communication and opened to the world of others.

• The motivation and satisfaction of the children have increased and their creative potential has developed. 

• This humane goal, in its essence, has been realised in the conditions of a positive emotional environment for the children, directing the children's emotions towards the development of creativity, so that by creating something, they could feel significant.

Environments

• The project has brought an exchange of good experiences and productive ideas. 

• Together with the partner kindergarten, we have achieved very good communication at the European level.

• It motivated our teachers to strive for innovation and constantly improve their teaching skills,

• contributed to the exchange of experience and productive ideas between teachers.

• The teachers gained more confidence in their new skills.

• The project has implemented interactive methods and creative techniques and approaches to pedagogical interaction.

• Working on the project has also improved the general cognitive culture and professional competencies of the teaching staff.

Teachers

Teachers have: 

• improved and developed their professional competencies in modern methods of teaching and education 

• improved their work by learning about and comparing different educational systems, curricula and teaching methods

• developed their language skills, gained new perspectives for diverse communication and opened to the world of others.

• increased their ICT skills and competencies related to project development and implementation;  

• learned new and better international project management and planning skills;

• created new contacts as a basis for new conceptual projects and their successful implementation.

Impact

• The project has contributed to the improvement of pedagogical work and the refinement of teachers' professional competencies 

• It stimulated the cultural and individual development of children by applying creative techniques of education and training in kindergarten

• Lead to the discovery and development of the interests and talents of the children and the development of their creative potential.  

• Parents have adopted and applied some of the techniques and methods to stimulate creativity in children. 

• The effectiveness of the educational process has improved in the long term which has helped to improve the quality of the educational services.