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An extra hand, Training for Class assistants in Flanders

Name of institution: Plantijn Hogeschool, University College Plantijn
Type of the organization:
  • Education and training organisation
Country:
  • Belgium
Thematic scope of the project:
  • Access to employment and social inclusion
Problems to be solved (justification of the need of the transnational cooperation):

Problem 1: There is no tradition of teacher assistants or class assistants in the Flemish educational system.  A lot schools are dealing with a  high diversity of children with special needs so an extra hand in the classroom will be welcome.
Problem 2: In a lot of families with a low socio-economical status, or with another etnic-cultural background, new immigrants, … education is not often considered  important as in western European cultures. Children lack stimulation to start higher education and quit schools earlier. They enter the labour market without qualifications.
Problem 3: The Flanders region  has a high rate of unemployed immigrant women and youngsters.

Objectives to be achieved: Develop a training program for teacher assistantsGet unemployed youngsters and  immigrant women to follow the trainingObtain structural solutions for the employment of class assistants in cooperation with educational government and labour services Get them employed in primary schools with a high diversity of children with special needsSupport the schools and class assistants after the training.
Main transnational activities (as provisionally planned, to be confirmed with partners): Get expertise from countries who have training programs for class assistants: UK, FranceVisit these training programsVisit schools where class assistants work.
Planned deliverables & outcomes of TNC: Output:A qualitative and  sustainable teacher or classroom assistant programA service that brings, guides, follows and supports these assistants  in the schools Effects:By offering a training program for immigrant women and mothers, and unemployed youngsters or early school leavers, and by  employing them as a classroom assistant we want :•    To increase the importance of education in those  families where education is not evident because of their personal or cultural background•    To increase their self esteem and their position in society because the can function as a role model  for children•    Them to (re)connect with the labour market and education•    Support teachers in schools with a high diversity of children with special needsBeing a classroom assistant.
Target group:
  • Ethnic or national minorities
  • Long term unemployed
  • Immigrants Ex-offenders
  • Women
Stage of the implementation: Project Idea (projects in preparation phase without grant awarded)
Budget of the project in EUR: 200000
Budget of transnational activities in EUR: 50000
Duration of the project from (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy): 01/09/2012 - 30/09/2014
Duration of transnational activities within the project from (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy): 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2013
Contact person: Beno Schraepen
e-mail: beno.schraepen@plantijn.be
Phone: 03/220 55 12
WWW: http://www.plantijn.be
Project fiche: application/mswordfp_Plantijn Hogeschool_be.doc
Located in: Fishing Pool