Teacher exchange

Comenius 1
2006/2007

Vantaa Finlandia      May 2007

Meetings

Production

The following schools are taking part in the project “Investigating and  developing the teaching of occupational safety in European countries” year 1

The purpose of this project is to improve teaching methods for Occupational Safety and healhty within several technical branches. In addition, it is the aim of this project to compare the teaching of Occupational Safety and healhty in different European countries, and therefore the development and evaluation of education programs in the partner schools.

The elements of this project are aimed primarily at schools and Institutes involved in vocational  and technical education and training but other agencies could also benefit.  However, the real value of completing this project is the students´ increased know-how in occupational safety and healhty, and through that the    increased level of occupational safety in labour market.  

Mobility is included in the project as it is essential for every principal, teacher and student to keep in touch with European colleagues in order to meet other cultures and create a mutual collaboration net.

Reports of the experiences and Power Point presentations  will be inserted on the Comenius page too.

The project will develop in the following phases:

November 2006: Educational system description of the partner and coordinator schools at Milan Comenius project meeting

April 2007: Safety law description of every project school member at Vantaa Comenius project  meeting.

Comenius project meeting at Maxwell - Settembrini

16- 19 November 2006

The different teams got to Milan  in the late afternoon on Thursday.

The Swedish team composed of Marianne Moller, senior principal, Anne-Sofie Nilssonproject member, Susanne Kjellin, international project expert, Emma Wladimir contact person and two students Annie Jortby and Robin Westerstad Johansson were welcomed at Malpensa airport by  Comenius project members and the Italian students Magrini Diego and Chiodi Veronica who would host the Finnish students and Veronica’s mother too.

When they got to their hotel in Milan, they met the Finnish coordinator Juha-Ville Makinen and Vesa Kolehmainen. At dinner all the teams were joined by the German team composed by Gudrun Moelnitz, Comenius responsible, Regina Gabriel  and Roland Port project members and other 2 Italian teachers.

The following day the meeting at Maxwell was organized in the following way:

Official welcome , then Power Point presentations about the different educational systems:

After a break the school presentations were introduced  to students and teachers  from Settembrini Maxwell, company managers, and 2  Milan Council officers:
 

Italian students from Maxwell and Settembrini introduced their institutes and specializations:

After a buffet lunch offered by the school, in the afternoon the teams had the possibility to visit Palazzo Marino and learn about the history of the building. The European guests  were offered some printings representing the old Milan. The visit to the centre of Milan was particularly appreciated too.
 

The following day the two Swedish students spent all the morning with the Italian students taking part in  different classes while the teachers had the project meeting getting their feedback , discussing about the development of the project, the use of the latest technologies such as the Web page a Comenius corner , arranging the next meeting and the renewal including mobility too.

After these arrangements, the European partners visited some labs and met some Italian colleagues who explained them the different  activities and simulations done with the students.

In the evening  the teams went  to the traditional  Italian pizzeria, in a friendly  and relaxing atmosphere to taste  excellent Italian food.

Here is the coordinator’s comment about the meeting:

COMENIUS SEMINAR 17.11.2006

We had a seminar in Milan 17.11.2006 as a part of Comenius school development project. In the seminar were participants from Finland, Germany, Sweden and Italy. From Italy there were people from Milan city council and local companies. The seminar was organized by Mrs. Cupini and her colleagues.

I would like to thank all of you who took part of this seminar. Everything was organized very well and participants were impressed. Especially your students’ presentations were very fluently and well prepared.

We appreciate your work very much and we wish you very nice time during the other activities together with your European partners.

Yours sincerely,

Juha-Ville Makinen

Projects manager

Project meeting in Vantaa      May 2007 

From 10 to 13 May 07 two Italian teachers and two students took part in Comenius project meeting organized by the Finnish school in Vantaa vocational institute.

The German team composed of 3 teachers and the Swedish partner ( 2 members ) met their European colleagues in the late afternoon at dinner cooked by the Finnish catering department  and appreciated the meal.

The following day Makinen the coordinator introduced his new web site containing all production related to step 1- the educational system organization in Finland, Germany, Italy and Sweden and the description of the different schools.

During the meeting every team introduced  the legislation of occupational safety in their own countries to the other participants. Even the two students made a presentation of safety procedures in the aeronautical field. Presentation was kept in auditorium where more than 50 people( teachers and students ) were.

In the late afternoon the teams had the opportunity to visit Helsinki, its monuments and places of interest and take part in the Euro festival shows.

On Saturday morning at hotel Tikkurilla ( remember that schools are closed on Saturday morning in Finland) the partners met in order to get the feedback of the meeting, propose a questionnaire and arrange for the next step of the project ( institutions in charge), then altogether they went to visit Suomenlinna island,

The 250-year-old fortress, which has been preserved intact because of its military use, is today part of the world heritage.

In 1991 it was included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Suomenlinna is one of Finland’s most popular tourist attractions.

At the same time it is a suburb of Helsinki, with 850 people living in the renovated ramparts and barracks.

In the evening the official dinner offered by Vantaa Institute, in a typical Finnish restaurant, was appreciated by everyone (even the students); it represented the conclusion of step 2 and the start for the next meeting in Lubeck, including the participation of more students.