Project of the Vocational Secondary School “Gospodarska škola”:
Tolerance – that’s our style!
Specific project’s objectives:
- To improve inclusive practice in classrooms with pupils with special education needs
- To strengthen Inclusive practice among pupils in the school
- To improve cooperation between head of class (teacher) and parents of pupils with special education needs
- To develop pupils awareness of the value of the tolerance
Project’s main activities:
Activities for pupils
- Two new extracurricular activities :
- - Tolerance, yes - that’s my style!
- - Roma traditional clothing
- Equipping the corner for pupils to spend their leisure time
- Participation in International Roma day event
- Participation in workshops for pupils
- Participation in extracurricular activities
Activities for teachers:
- Workshops for teachers
- Specialized training for teachers on Roma culture, customs, language, as well as on inclusive practices in work with pupils with special educational needs
- Equipping the corner for pupils to spend their leisure time
- Teachers will visit and personally meet Roma families, tell them about project activities and help those families with useful gifts
- Organization of the International Roma day event
- Organizing and conducting workshops for pupils
- Organizing and attending workshops for teachers
- Attending a course on Croatian sign language. The course is conducted by the Croatian Association of Deafblind “DODIR”. The first degree course lasts for two semesters. Classes are organized once a week. Three teachers from Gospodarska škola will attend a seminar. Teachers attending the seminar will be from different educational sectors.
- Developing and leading two new extracurricular activities („Tolerance, yes - that’s my style!” and “ Roma traditional clothing”)
Activities for parents are:
- Visit to Roma families
- Participation in International Roma day event
- Informing Parents council about projects activities
Activities for local community:
- Attending an International Roma day event
- Helping teachers organize visit to Roma families
Project’s target groups
- Direct beneficiaries: 30 pupils of Roma nationality and 25 pupils with special education needs attending the School, 6 members of the project team and all 77 teachers
- Indirect beneficiaries: all the pupils (551 ), families of pupils of Roma nationality and pupils with disabilities (30 family members), local community (500 people)