The European Education Policy Network has selected OSOS as one of the ten most relevant European Commission funded projects for teachers' and school leaders' more attractive career paths.
The search for the most relevant European Commission’s funded projects was based on the issues set by the members of EEPN, in which several factors affecting teachers’ and school heads’ work were brought up. These included teachers’ and school principals’ health, professional development opportunities, increasing professional demands and the need for more support. To expand on the topic, a search in the Tempus project database as well as the databases for Erasmus Key Action 2 (KA2) and Key Action 3 (KA3) was performed. The Tempus programme ran between 2007-2013. It promoted institutional cooperation between the EU and Partner Countries and focused on the reform and modernisation of higher education systems in the Partner Countries of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Western Balkans and the Mediterranean region. As for Erasmus KA2, the focus area is Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices. Erasmus KA3 funds projects supporting policy reform.
In the search, the following sub-categories were distinguished and some projects under them selected.
- Diversity in schools and adapting to local needs
- School Innovation
- Well-being and emotional intelligence
- Developing teacher education
- Support, mentoring and teacher development
OSOS was the project representing the “School Innovation” category.
The European Education Policy Network on Teachers and School Leaders is a Europe-wide network of relevant organisations (policymakers, practitioners, researchers and stakeholders) to promote co-operation, policy development and implementation at different governance levels, and to support the European Commission’s policy work on teachers and school leaders. This network is building on existing activities developed at European level, especially initiatives and projects supported through European Union programmes in the field of education.
You can see more about EEPN here
Read more about the report about the ten most relevant European Commission funded projects for teachers' and school leaders' more attractive career paths, here