CARTA ERASMUS (ECHE 2014-2020)

Al IES Gabriel Miró se le ha concedido la Carta Erasmus de Educación Superior (European Charter of Higher Education, o ECHE, por sus siglas en inglés), bajo el programa Erasmus+. Esta Carta Erasmus constituye un marco general de calidad de las actividades de colaboración europea e internacional que todo centro de educación superior podrá llevar a cabo en el marco del programa. Estas actividades incluyen, por ejemplo, la movilidad de las personas por motivos de aprendizaje (acción clave 1 o KA1) y la colaboración en materia de innovación y buenas prácticas(acción clave 2 o KA2). La Carta se concede para toda la vigencia del programa 2014-2020.

 

Erasmus Policy Statement

IES Gabriel Miró is a current EUCX holder. Applying for this new ECHE is part of our own strategy for continuing on the process of modernisation and internationalization IES Gabriel Miro intends to focus its Erasmus activities on staff and student mobility in order to improve the quality of Child Care and Education and Social lntegration short cycle course and our students’ educational experiences. We will also participate in appropriate educational networks and explore the cooperation in intensive programmes.

Our institution has had four years of experiences of participantin in the ERASMUS programme.We have also had international student exchanges with Chicago (USA) as well as other European activities such as the European Youth Meeting of the 10 regions belonging to ERY which took place in Rimini ( ltaly) in 2008. Some teaching staff have also participated in other LLP such as Comenious courses and Study Visits.

We want a growing internacionalization of our institution and this is the reason why we have encouraged our students to do ‘On Job training module’ abroad. We have participated successfully in Erasmus mobility for student’s parctice programme since 2009. We need to obtain the new ECHE in order to gain acces to the Erasmus programme 2Q14-2020 for our students and teacher staff because we think it is the best way to fulfil our role in socie§ and contribute to Europe’s properity by improving the quality of our student’s workplacements and the continuous professional development for our staff.

Our objectives:

– Understanding the organisation and characteristics of the European Child Care Sector, Social lntegration, and the mechanisms of entry into the larbour market.

– Sharing staff experiences about other European training programmes.

– Supporting staff exchanges and including practical European experiences.

– Acquiring an European professional identity and maturity that motivates further training.

It is our goal to implement Erasmus agreements with European institutions and increase the number of Learning agreement. IES Gabriel Miro is open to participate in Erasmus intensive programmes, multilateral projects and networks.

We have applied an lntensive Programme as partners within the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme, 2013.The project”Education and literacy: innovative and inclusive practices” will be a turning point in our international cooperation projects in teaching and training.

A positive impact on the moderniEation of our insütution is expected by participating in Erasmus Programme 2014-2020. We would increase the number of higher education graduates by promoting further education at Universis afrer finishing our short cycle studies. The quality and relevance of Early Years teaching training will be improved by promoting Child Care and Education studenfs mobiliües, and we will equip Child Care and Education and Social lntegration with the knowledge and core transferable competenoes they need to succeed in their occupation field; will provide more opportunities for our students to gain additional skills through study or training abroad, and to encourage cross-border co-operation to boost higher education performance; We will also strengthen the “knowledge triangle”, linking education, research and business.