Values for Inclusive Dynamics

Education plays the most important role in preserving the values of our European family for generations ahead. Human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, are values which are shared by EU Member States. Value education and inclusion in schools provide for character and personality development and a more effective citizenship education for teachers and students as well as the whole community. The results of the preliminary needs analysis we conducted as a consortium clearly specifies that the integration of common values into education has neither been exploited enough nor do the teachers think they have enough competences/expertise in doing so. With this project, we aim to promote common values by training, coaching and guiding teachers. To achieve this, VALID will provide teachers an Open Online Course to provide teachers with the competencies and tools they need to make Common Values a part of their teaching and a teacher community to share good practices to train, coach and guide to strengthen inclusive and high-quality education in European Schools grounded on Common European Values.

This project aims to provide schools and teachers with the resources, competences and tools they need to incorporate Common Values into their curriculum and to embed these values both in the school culture and the lives of all their stakeholders. Teachers will learn the most effective methods that can be used for values education and inclusion (classroom learning activities, practical activities, socialized techniques and incident learning) both in face-to-face and distant environments. By educating the teachers into transferring this awareness to the students, VALID aims to ensure sustainable development in the lives of the teachers and students to: Promote common values at all stages of education Foster more positive attitude towards the EU values Provide opportunities for professional development support to teachers and educational institutions Enhance the acquisition of social and civic competences, fostering knowledge, understanding and ownership of values and fundamental rights Encourage a European dimension of teaching, while strengthening the competence of national administrations in this field Offer a diverse range of support to teachers and educational institutions especially in the field of distant learning

3 transnational project meetings to monitor the implementation of the project, production of the Project Results, transfer of knowledge and good practices and evaluation of the project. 3 Learning Teaching Training Activities for Staff and one Learning Teaching training activity for the Learners. Participating teachers worked together to create best practices and innovative methods used in terms of common values, inclusion and conflict resolution. LTT activities will be used as building blocks to build the Project Results. While the staff of the participating organizations were working on the modules and research, the students were giving feedback about their needs and expectations. Each module of VALID Project Result 1 (O1) will be based on these needs and expectations. 1 Multiplier event with the participation of 30 people and 20 online participants for the launch of the Project Results. Logo competition Dissemination and visibility activities Creating and updating the website and social media platforms of the project Quality assessment, Monitoring and evaluation of the participants’ development Project evaluation and sustainability activities

R1:An online training course aiming to train the educators of the target audience in the field of values education and the tools, resources and approaches related to it as well as the importance of inclusion in education R2:An Online Teacher Community which will bring together teachers in many countries for exchange of good practices and experience sharing R3: A deep research and needs analysis about the place of global values in education and how better to incorporate it into educational systems R4: A website for teachers and students alike to learn about the project activities and all project related material Intangible Results Participants in the development of the methodology and the course: Acquired in depth understanding of cultural values, reasons for conflict and prejudice Understand the value of civic responsibility and activity Experienced the value of values and inclusiveness Reflected on and create their personal values and standards Developed mediation and negotiation skills