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Look at our school emblem. Do these colors remind you of anything?

Why?  we want to maintain the high quality of teaching to stand out from other schools.

How?  it is important that as many teachers as possible be ready for development.

What?  We want to learn and develop in all spheres.  W e want to share our knowledge and experiences. We want to adopt as many methods and forms of teaching as possible.

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INTRODUCTION: Why does our school need it?
Internationalism is increasingly being seen as a way to move schools into the future. Global issues are an important part of the lives of our students living in a world where global communication is a daily reality, where economies are increasingly interdependent, where gender and race equality are pursued and where climate change is more and more perceptible. Through the inclusion of an international focus in Don Boscocollege Zwijnaarde and by implementing international work in the lessons and other areas, we are able to offer to our pupils a range of experiences that will increase their learning and raise consciousness of their personal, national and international identity.

AIMS: How do we want to achieve the EU objectives/priorities?

to develop curiosity and an open attitude about/towards other cultures and our own bilingual Belgian culture

to enjoy regular contact with students and adults living in different countries and so improve the acquisition of language skills an awareness of linguistic diversity

to prepare students to live in a diverse global society by focussing on their basic and transversal skills

to embed the global dimension within the school internal and external curriculum and so promote the European lifelong learning way of life and in order to also respond to the modernization of our education system.

to encourage greater involvement in environmental issues: our pupils know that they can act now to develop fair responses to environmental change

to provide an added opportunity for the promotion of equal opportunities, racial equality and citizenship: our pupils are aware of the fact that all humans should be treated fairly

OBJECTIVES: What are we going to achieve?

convincing teachers of the added value of international projects

mapping international perspectives in the different subjects at our school (cf. audit template)

motivating teachers to work out / undertake cross-curricular international projects. Show them the added value of the seven key concepts of the global dimension; diversity, conflict resolution, human rights, interdependence, social justice, sustainable development, values and perceptions.

make access for all modern language students communicating with native speakers: actively encouraging the study of foreign languages.

continuing organizing teacher international professional development

gain accreditation for international work : try to achieve an international award

Our school community “De Bron” remains the link between the teachers who attend international in-service training courses and undertake projects, and organize meetings to share the good practices. Thus we share our rich and diverse heritage.

the community (parents, school council, parents' council, colleagues ...) is involved in the international projects. In this way we increase the awareness of the global dimension to the wider community across the whole school.

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Georgia: our pupils are the future of our country and our world 

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Georgia: our pupils are the future of our country and our world 

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Our aim as school is to make our pupils global citizens so the international policy of school should help pupils improve the level of key competences such as
Diversity
Conflict resolution
Human rights
Interdependence
Social justice
Sustainable development
Values and perceptions

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Our school has a strong international dimension. It does exist almost in every subject. We need to apply for accreditation and  consciously plan our future activities.
Let the school shine in sky!