Digital Academy in teaching practice for a seamless transition from pre-service to in-service

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The project proposes the development and validation of a European approach based on a digital platform for the support of teacher practice for schoolteachers in transition. The platform will be a virtual common environment for teachers in transition (pre-service teachers or students, newly qualified teachers, beginning teachers or in-service teachers), school-mentors, HEI teachers and continuous education trainers. This project benefits from the methodology of Problem-Based learning (PBL) and the development of a reflective practice guided by a trainer/mentor and shared with a Learning Community. During the project lifetime, the partnership will: 1. Define a European approach for the transition period from pre-service to in-service including the definition of roles for the actors and involved institutions. 2. Develop and validate a European digital platform for teacher transition integrating an international Learning Community, a reflective process methodology for school teachers and a repository on study-cases. 3. Raise stakeholders’ awareness (teachers, mentors, learners, economic, politic and social actors) of the potential of a common model for teacher’s practical training in EU countries. The target groups participating during the project will be: 1. In-service newly qualified primary and secondary school teachers (> 300) 2. Pre-service teachers: HEI teacher students (>250) 3. Higher Education Teacher educators (>35) 4. Primary and secondary school mentors (>250) 5. Continuous education trainers (>50) 6. Primary and secondary experimented school teachers (>100) 7. Policymakers in education (>25) As a result of the project, a new model of practical trainings will be developed and supported on a digital platform, ready for teachers in transition in order to follow up their personal challenges with the Learning Community and useful for teachers during their tutoring process considering the involved institutions (HEI,continuous training centre,school).