For Which Sector(S)

Transnational Cooperation Activity

Type of event:

For which sector(s):

X School EducationVocational Education and TrainingHigher EducationAdult EducationYouth

Key action(s) targeted:

KA1 XKA2KA3

Budgetary year: 2017

Hosting country: BG

Coordinating National Agency (use full name and abbreviation): Human Resource Development Centre, HRDC

Partner National Agency(s) (if applicable, use full name and abbreviation):

Title of event: Making the classroom more inclusive for students with additional needs

Event organiser
name: / address: / phone number: / email address:
Milen Petkov / 15, Graf Ignatiev Str., Fl. 3,
1000 Sofia
Bulgaria / +359888269 444 /

Starting date of the event: 27/05/2018

Ending date of the event: 31/05/2018

Event venue (city, country): Sofia, Bulgaria

Working language: English

Number of places in total: approximately 40

Profile of participants: Teachers and school staff from pre-school level to primary, secondary and special needs education, staff of non-government organizations and all those who are interested in creating a positive and inclusive environment where all children feel valued and all children can learn.

Themes and goals of the event:
The training goal is to improve the level of key competences and skills, related to professional profile of the participants, in particular through:

·  Encourage a greater understanding of equality in educational settings and inclusive education.

·  Exploring ways how to work with children with SEN in practice.

·  Explore examples of how todevelop suitable resources for students with different abilities

·  Sharing experiences of inclusive education from different organizations

·  Explore examples about classroom management strategies and how to create an inclusive environment

·  Participation in educational visit to Inclusive center

The objectives are as follows:

·  Provide participants with a theoretical framework of inclusive education in Bulgaria

·  Develop the participants’ skills for working with children with additional needs

·  Provide a space to participants for sharing experiences of inclusive education from different organizations

·  Develop participants’ skills to create an inclusive environment and to use different classroom management strategies

·  Develop participants’ ability to create their own suitable resources for students with different abilities

·  Participation in educational visit to Inclusive center

Expected results:

·  Increased awareness of a complex system to support children with SEN.

·  Improved competences, linked to the participants’ professional profiles.

·  Increased knowledge of different methods used in work with students with SEN and different abilities

·  Increased knowledge of different ways how to meet the needs of children with SEN

·  Increased creativity and motivation.

·  Intercultural awareness

Programme of event: coming soon

Event’s webpage (if applicable):

Travel information: Participants should book their flights to Sofia Airport and arrive if possible before 18:00 on the 27th of May 2018. Departure day is the 31st of May 2018 at a convenient time.

Event fee: No

Event fee (what covers the fee):

Travel costs (who covers the travel costs): sending NAs

Number of participants per country:

Deadline to which NAs inform organizer about number of participants, they will send: 01/03/2018

Deadline to which organizer confirms number of places reserved: 05/03/2018

Deadline for sending details of participants to hosting NA: 09/04/2018

Types of participant’s data sending to the organizer: Name and other contact details

Registration (if applicable): N/A

Is National Agencies staff welcome? Yes

If yes, what is role and rules of participation of NA staff in event (eg. limit of number of persons in general, from one country, financial rules, deadline for registration etc.):

Additional information (if applicable):