BHAK/BHAS in Weiz Austria
BHAK/BHAS in Weiz, Austria
BHAK/BHAS center is a Handelsakademie. A center for Professional Training. Our main objective is business education and entrepreneurship. It is a priority set in the curriculum of each Handelsakademie in Austria.
The Weiz Business Academy is a business school with two main objectives: the acquisition of ICT skills and the teaching of languages. This is one of our great strengths. We teach 5 languages, students in addition to English and German must choose a third language (Spanish, French or Russian).
We have 400 students, half of them girls and half of them
Boys. Our students are between the ages of 14 and 19. The teaching staff totals 40 people.
We are located in Weiz, a town in Styria whose capital lies in Graz. Our identity as a small city at a relative distance from one of the largest cities in Austria has forced us to establish endogenous development strategies based on social entrepreneurship from the school that guarantee the employability of our students.
In fact the rate of unemployment of the graduates of a Handelsakademie is very low (the percentage among all the unemployed in Austria is around 1.8%). With this project we would like to collaborate in the promotion of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.
We want to give our teachers and students the opportunity to cooperate with their European colleagues in the search for opportunities to
social entrepreneurship at the transnational level; to promote the mobility of our students to know the problems that they
Europe faces from other perspectives; to improve our educational practice through the exchange of experiences and
contribute to smart, sustainable and inclusive economic and social growth.
What are the activities and experience of the partner organization in the relevant areas of this project? Which are the
skills or knowledge of the key people involved in this project?
Aspects of the methodology of our center that contribute to the achievement of the priorities and achievement of project objectives:
1) Entrepreneurship and business education is an essential part of the center plan.
2) Innovative practices that allow meaningful learning are carried out. Interdisciplinary projects for projects such as the creation of virtual junior companies.
3) A network of contacts with local companies has been consolidated (each course works with a company during the five years of training, companies give lectures and workshops and students visit these companies). Great experience in the analysis of the business situation in the area.
4) In addition, linguistic competence is a priority (teaching in five languages).
Where is BHAK/BHAS ?
IES Playamar in Torremolinos, Spain
IES Playamar in Torremolinos, Málaga ,Spain
IES Playamar is a Bilingual Secondary School located in Torremolinos, in the south of Spain. It was founded in 1998. It is an ICT center. This school year our educational center serves 912 students aged between 12 and 20 years old.
We offer ESO in fully bilingual (English) mode. And as post-compulsory education: Baccalaureate in the itineraries of Social, Humanities and Technology.
We also have two cycles of Vocational Training in the families of “Computer Systems and Networks” and “Electromechanics of Motor Vehicles in Dual Mode”.
The main problems of our context, based on the figures of the INE and the PISA report referenced to 2016 data, are:
-The high number of unemployed (22, 4%) and the consequent emigration.
-The growing number of students who leave school prematurely and the failure in education (25.8%, among the highest at the regional and national level)
-The low level of school performance (30%, among the highest at regional and national level)
Our school assists students from different socioeconomic contexts, and the training opportunities are not the same for everybody. We have a considerable number of immigrant students with special needs. Many families are not able to Give adequate support to your children in the school curriculum. These conditions lead to the direction and cloister of the school to take additional measures to balance them. We have a school accompaniment program during non-school hours in the center.
The school, as well as the region, possess an enormous natural heritage, in reality excessively exploited and deteriorated by the tourism and that, with the support of a good project, we are likely to make it sustainable by encouraging growth smart and inclusive (ET 2020). Through:
– Social Entrepreneurship, with a more efficient, supportive and responsible use of resources.
– Promoting inclusive growth through the promotion of multiculturalism among young people.
The teachers of the IES Playamar want to change this reality excessively dependent on seasonality and tourism.
Creating synergies, partnerships, initiatives that facilitate the start of a new development model, capable of giving an impulse, not only economic and sustainable, to our environment but also in solidarity.
A vision shared by all the partners of this project was that, to achieve success in its implementation, it was
It is necessary to guarantee a team of quality teachers, motivated and committed. Hence, we agreed on the following
criteria that we have applied in all schools of our association.
Where is IES Playamar?
C1 Canvas Workshop by Cade
On first day of C1 Mobility , we held the Model Creativity Workshop, Canvas, an essential element in both communication and business initiative.
ByBGSZC
Design Thinking in Spain 2018.
ERASMUS+
Design Thinking: Social Entrepreneurship between European Schools
Planning Activity c1 Spain
2018.01.22-2018.01.26
Hi! I’m Donát Gerencsér, a student at Budapest Centere of Economic Vocational Training BGSZC. My school is participating in an Erasmus+ project, which is called „Social Entrepreneurship between European Schools”. This project has several activitys in different countries. The first activity (for the students) took place in Torremollinos, Spain. We spent a beautiful and very useful week in Spain, so let me sum up my thoughts, impressions and ideas about this week.
DAY 1.
(22.01.18, Monday)
In the morning, we met the students from other participating countries. We took pictures with the national flags and we started to make friends. An hour later, we started a workshop about self- employment vs. social business. We shared our thoughts about the advantages and disadvantages, of both business forms. It was really exciting to hear other teenagers’ ideas about business.
After this workshop, we had a coffee break. This break is a really social event in Spain. All of the students went (maybe the “ran” word would be a better expression) to the courtyard to play basketball, football or just to chit-chat with their friends. I had to introduce myself to almost everyone, but it was interesting to speak 1 or 2 sentences to a lot of people. I’m pretty sure, that I’ve made many more friends in this 15 minutes than at home during a month or a longer period 😀 .I was really happy, that the Spanish students were so friendly, so I couldn’t feel that I was lonely.
Then, we continued the workshop, but the topic was a bit different. We had to make a CANVAS. It’s a business planner help or something like that. If you are about to start your new business, this thing helps you to define your key partners, key activities, channels, key resources, etc. At the beginning, we spoke about things in general, and afterwards, we created teams and we made our business’s canvas.
The third and also the last workshop in Monday was a presentation about the efficient presentations. We learned, that we have to define our presentation’s audience, prepare for the presentation with this audience in mind and at last but not least we learnt that we have to maintain their interest during the presentation. At the end of the workshop, we did an elevator pitch; we to tried to convince our investors about our business idea with in- maximum 2 minutes.
This day was very useful, we could get an insight into the start of a business project. I was a bit tired after this, but I have to say, that this day was really worth all the energy.
We said goodbye to the day in the company of the workers of Andalucía Emprende.
Many thanks to them!
Day 2
(23.01.18, Tuesday)
This day was all about Granada. We had to wake up at 5:40 to arrive in time. Usually, I’m not an early bird, but it was worth getting up for this day. (The bus left at 6:40.)
Our first stop was the “Alhambra”
This is a palace and a fortress complex. It was originally constructed as a small fortress in AD 889 on the remains of Roman fortifications, and then the building was largely ignored until its ruins were renovated and rebuilt in the mid-13th century by Nasrid emir Mohammed ben Al-Ahmar of the Emirate of Granada, who built its current palace and walls. It was converted into a royal palace in 1333 by Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada. After the conclusion of the Christian Reconquista in 1492, the site became the Royal Court of Ferdinand and Isabella (where Christopher Columbus received royal endorsement for his expedition), and the palaces were partially altered in the Renaissance style.
The view and the feeling were indescribable. (By the way Alhambra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, so maybe that’s the reason why, :D)
After visiting this beautiful place, we continued our trip to Parque de las Ciencias.
Here we saw an exhibition about the human body, watched a special bird show and in the Planetarium we learned, how the stars ‘work’.
And at the end of the day, we climbed “Mirador de San Nicolas” to take some beautiful pictures from the Alhambra.
Day 3
(24.01.18, Wednesday)
In the afternoon, we participated in a programme called Financial Education. This was organised by the Edufinext team.
We learnt a lot about financial things like investments, loans etc. and how they work. We had to answer questions, for this we needed a little competitive spirit.
After the presentaion, we heard a lecture about the Andalusia Technological Park (PTA) and the development of this engineering enterprise as a successfull entrepreneurship case.
Later, we had an awesome snack time on the rooftop of the company’s building. Many thanks for that also! 😀 .
In the afternoon we went to Museum Pompidú, which is a modern art museum. It was pretty great.
When we finished the guided tour, we took some pictures in the port of Málaga. The sunset was just incredible.
Day 4
(25.01.18, Thursday)
Thursday was the day of the workshops.
We had an E-twinning and Radio Podcast workshop with a Spanish teacher called Alfonso. It was really useful, I hope that we will use these skills in the future.
After these activities a really elegant guy came, and he spoke about the importance of golf in the sustainable development of the Costa del Sol.
He asked us, if we liked golf? We replied by saying maybe or no. His answer was: We will see that this will change after an hour of golf.
So, in five minutes we were on the way to the golf centre. We tried to do our best on the fields.
For lunch, we got a traditional Spanish food called paella. It was really tasty.
In the evening we could cheer for Basket Unicaja. This basketball match was really exciting even if Unicaja lost. I have to say, that Spanish people can cheer very well! :D.
Day 5
(26.01.18, Friday)
We spent our last day in Málaga and visited the Polo Digital ( a place for young programmers), the Museum of Málaga, and the Acazaba (Málaga’s fortress).
Short Summary
We had a pretty great time in Spain. We learned a lot about business and financial issues. I think that this project was very useful for teenagers and this week also proves that. I’m really glad, that I could participate in this project.
Meeting C1 in Torremolinos – view of students from the Czech Republic
From 21. 1. 2018 to 26. 1. 2018 we spend time with our teachers (Monika Kubiszova and Zdenek Matus) in Spain in the city named Torremolinos thanks of activities C1 – program Erasmus+. Some of us lived in Spanish families, others in a hotel but all of had the chance to communicate in foreign language with students and teachers from Spain, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria and Italy. The whole week we were getting to know Spanish culture and taking part in workshops about social entrepreneurship. During the workshops we were working in groups and we had to talk in English. Besides Torremolinos we also visited Granada and Malága.
On the first day we were mostly at school working in different workshops (we learned for example the method CANVAS, coaching, the creating websites) There we discussed how to run business work together.
On Tuesday we went on trip to Granada, where we visited La Alhambra (medieval complex of places belonging to Arabic sovereigns), Parque de las Ciencias (interactive museum of science and technique), The centre of Granada and Mirador de San Nicolás with the beautiful view on the city.
On Wednesday we had another workshop named Financial education for entrepreneurs. The workshop was held in the financial centre of Malága and it was a presentation about finances in everyday life. We had participate actively because we voted in different cases to choose the right way how to solve financial problems. After the presentation ended we went to company Ingenia. That company has already 25 years. They told us how the company had grown up. After that we saw one of the greatest exhibitions in the museum Pompidú.
On Thursday morning we were at school again (workshops Podcast Radio and how to use E-twinning), then we had a class of golf, where we had a chance to try a traditional Spanish dish Paella.
Our last evening was very exciting because we had the opportunity to watch a basketball match between Spanish teams Unicaja and Baskonia. During our trip we gained a lot of experiences and it also gave us the opportunity to talk with people from other countries.
Jana Blažková, Lucie Skýpalová, Natalie Kladivová (students of 2.A)
Video SSC N Kretzulescu Activities 17-18
SSC N Kretzulescu, Bucharest , Romania
Activities from December 2017 to January 2018
Erasmus project DTSE in “20minutos” newspaper.
Erasmus project DTSE in “20minutos” newspaper.
“20minutos” Newspaper is the most important free diary in Spain, They describe this important financial educational activity in its pages
Unicaja.- Estudiantes europeos asisten en Málaga a una jornada de educación financiera impulsada por Unicaja
Erasmus Project DTSE in “ECONOMíA DE HOY ” Magazine.
One of our C1 activities in Spain, the Educational Financial workshop made by Unicaja educational service has been remarked in the Economy magazine “ECONOMíA DE HOY -. ”
Unicaja promueve la educación financiera entre estudiantes de seis países europeos | Formación | ECONOMíA DE HOY –
We would like to thanks “ECONOMíA DE HOY ” Magazine for its attention.
C1 DTSE Activity in “La Opinion de Malaga” Newspaper.
La Opinion de Malaga is one of the most important newspaper in Malaga and Andalucia Region. They have commented the importance of our project and the activities developed.
Estudiantes de seis países reciben formación financiera con Edufinet
We would like to thanks “La Opinion de Malaga” Newspaper for its attention.
