DATES & LOCATIONS

• 11 – 15 March 2019 – Istanbul, Turkey

• 15 – 19 April 2019 Barcelona, Spain
DONE
• 29 April – 03 May 2019 Barcelona, Spain
DONE
• 13 – 17 May 2019 - Paris, France
DONE
• 24 – 28 June 2019 - Barcelona, Spain
DONE
• 04 – 08 November 2019 - Paris, France
CONFIRMED
• 20 – 24 January 2020 - Barcelona - Paris

• 16 – 20 March 2020 - Brussels, Belgium
CONFIRMED
• 20 – 24 April 2020 - Barcelona, Spain

• 22 – 26 February 2021 - Barcelona, Spain

• 08 – 12 March 2021 - Brussels, Belgium

• 22 – 26 March 2021 - Paris, France
CONTENT
INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANT STUDENTS INTO EDUCATION
INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANT STUDENTS INTO EDUCATION
This will be an interactive course during which the participants will have a chance to demonstrate, present and give data related to the current situation in their own countries.
The course will mainly focus on:
- The situation of immigrant students in the education system;
- Enrolment in type of school,
- Duration of attending school,
- Indicators of achievement,
- School diploma
(the current system of all the participant countries will be mentioned and evaluated in that part of the course)
- Explaining underachievement;
- Conceptual and explanatory approaches,
- Discrimination as an explanation of educational disadvantage,
- Raising the opportunities of immigrant children in education;
- Policies and measures on the societal level;
- The political and societal definition of the situation
- Structural policies in the education system,
- Teachers and preschool educators: roles and training,
(the common definition and policy and the ones in the participant countries will be focused on in order to be clearer .)
- The single school matters: policies and measures in schools.
- The teacher-student relationship
- Organizational adaptations
- The school and its environment
- Early education programs and Early childhood programs for language learning in immigrant families
Learning Outcomes:
All the participants will:
- Learn about different policies used in integration of immigrant students
- Be aware of the possible problems the immigrants students faced and the possible solutions to these problems
- Understand the relevance of immigrant students’ achievement and their backgrounds
- Develop a school policy to integrant immigrant students successfully
- Be aware of the roles of other skate holders at local, national and international levels
- Find out the possible ways to prevent the discrimination at schools
- Find out best ways to create multicultural and peaceful environments at schools
Objectives of the Course:
- Understanding the different policies related to immigrant students in different education systems
- Understanding the nature, causes and possible remedies for the educational disadvantages experienced by immigrant students in schools
- Seeing the relevance of immigrant students’ achievement and socio-economic origin of the country they migrate
- Realizing the importance of early childhood education and care to adopt the immigrant students to the education system and the society they live in
- Developing a school policy plan on Integrating immigrant students to the schools
- Getting aware of the roles of some other skate holders such as NGOs, governors, etc to overcome the obstacles the immigrant students and their families face during the education process
- Working on the ways to prevent the discrimination at the schools the immigrant students attend
- Tips for how to develop strategies to improve the educational quality of the school
- Creating a forum to be linked to the webpage of the course provider in order to share the personal experiences in applying the strategies learnt through the course at their venue.
Methodology:
- Presentation
- Discussion
- Brainstorming
- Role playing
- Case study
- Developing plans and policies
Target Group
- Teachers, trainers, educators, school administrators, policy makers, etc.
Preparation:
Before the course
- A detailed pre-course questionnaire to indicate the level of experience, teaching backgrounds and training will be completed by participants.
- The participants will also prepare a presentation to reflect their own teaching method.
Validation
- A course participation certificate will be given to all participants.
- A Europass Mobility Certificate will be given if the participants demand.
DAILY PROGRAM:
1st Day:
- Getting to know each other
- Presentation of participant organizations (a five-minute presentation)
- Key Issues and Concerns about the course
- The situation of immigrant students in the education system
- Explaining underachievement
- The Current System of All The Participant Countries Will Be Mentioned And Evaluated
(positive and negative points, recognizing and solving the problems) - Understanding the integration, inclusion and importance concepts in multiculturalism education.
- Understanding multiculturalism
- Teamwork: understanding the perspective of others in communication.
2nd Day
- Dealing with cultural differences
- Desegregation policies and measures
- Mentoring: actors & methods
- Best practices, rules, ways etc. for adoption to class
- How teachers can plan their intercultural curriculum and lesson plans?
- Importance of intercultural communication
- Policies and measures at schools
- The teacher-student relationship
- The school and its environment
- Observing classes from Europe which has immigrant student.
3rd Day
- Crisis-management between students and teachers and
- teachers and families
- Early education programs
- Early childhood programs for language learning in immigrant families
- Providing supportive and multi-cultural school environment for all students.
- Planning follow up activities, dissemination and implementation of learning outcomes.
4th day
- The ways of understanding and overcoming emotional and psychological problems of immigrant children
- Teachers and preschool educators: roles and training,
- Providing supportive and multi-cultural school environment for all students.
- Planning follow up activities, dissemination and implementation of learning outcomes.
5th day
- Developing school policies to support peaceful and multicultural classes
- Overview of the course program
- Evaluation of the course program
- Filling the feedback forms
- Europass Mobility Certificate and Participation Certificate
- Ceremony of Certification