Mobility in North Macedonia

 

After the approval of the project "Game for SEL," the coordinators of this project held the first meeting where they got to know each other, examined the project goals in detail, and distributed the tasks they needed to work on. The next meeting was to define the activities and dates of mobility in each of the participating countries. Once the mobilities were decided, North Macedonia was chosen as the first country to host.

Students from North Macedonia were introduced to the project and participated in it through various activities. First, they created flags through which they got to know the countries participating in the project. Then we joined a Zoom meeting to meet our classmates from other countries and together we celebrated Erasmus Days.
Next were the preparations for the mobility in North Macedonia. The planned activities are as follows:
Once the team from our project arrives in our country, all participants will get to know each other. They will present their country, get acquainted with the schools, the number of students, their plans and programs with special attention to classroom teaching and the age of children from 6 to 10 years, shift work in schools, the work of the professional staff, classroom teaching, meals for students, etc...

Then there will be a presentation on peer violence with a special focus on cyber violence, which is common today. All participants will get acquainted with cyber violence on social networks through a prepared digital game by the team of teachers. Through interesting windows, they should identify the real bully in a school, while the teachers will act as detectives. The game is created on the "Genially" portal. The next activity is a visit to the student dormitory in Macedonia "Tome Stefanovski – Senic." The goal is to get acquainted with a student dormitory in North Macedonia, its functioning, and to tour the premises. In the conference room, they will meet a representative from MAK PETROL, a fuel company in North Macedonia, which is a guide for the violence platform. The platform is called "Raise Your Voice against Peer Violence." This platform has already existed for two years in North Macedonia.

They will also get acquainted with many stories as part of the campaign through which classmates from North Macedonia have gone and which they have been encouraged to talk about.
The final activity will be the promotion of the Handbook "Don't Stay Silent, Break the Cycle, Stop the Violence," prepared by the team of teachers and professional staff in North Macedonia. Teachers, together with students, worked on this handbook for several months. In this handbook, there will be activities that can be implemented in all countries with their own students, created according to European standards. The students and teachers worked with dedication. The handbook also has an ISBN number and permission for printing from the University Library of the Republic of North Macedonia. The entire team of teachers involved in this project will receive the handbook, and the other teachers in their schools will receive a code to download it.

This manual will be uploaded to the school's website, on the Game for Sel blog, on social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, and will be shared with various associations related to education as well as with the Education Department of our municipality. After these activities, certificates for successfully completed work will be handed.