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In this proposal we will report the outcomes of a module (Module 2) of the projet named "Together we can do more". The purpose of the project was providing a team work between primary school teachers and kindergarden teachers on junior high school subjects. Project participants are Fourth "A" preparatory group "Smile" DG No 66 "Children's Paradise" (Stara Zagora) and First "D" class PS "Kiril Hristov" (Stara Zagora). The cooperation between two institutions will continue in the 2020-2021 school year. The project gave the teachers the opportunity to get acquainted with the specifics of the work in the different stages of education; a partnership with the pedagogy specialists, increase the quality of the educational process by ensuring a smooth transition between kindergarten and first grade and more effective adaptation of the children from the preparatory group in the first grade. Main goals of the project can be listed as: -providing opportunities for applying an individual approach in education, based on systematic monitoring of students' achievements and reporting their progress from the preparatory group to the completion of primary education; - facilitating the transition between the different stages of education; - creation of partnerships between the school and the kindergarten; - updating and expanding the knowledge and skills of teachers about the age characteristics of students during the transition periods. The project has three basic activities and four success indicators: Activity 1. Conducting pedagogical situations in the kindergarten. Activity 2. Planning and creation of didactic materials for lessons. Activity 3. Teaching lessons from first to fourth grade The success indicators are a) effective communication and cooperation between teachers from different stages of education, b) providing a unified methodological approach taking into account the individual characteristics of students, c) manifestation of the cognitive activity of the children, increase of their independence and creative expression and d) increased motivation to enter the first grade. While the expected results of the project are 1) planned and conducted working meetings between teachers from the kindergarten and the primary school; 2) visits of the primary school teacher in a kindergarten to get acquainted with the individual peculiarities of the children who are about to enter the first grade; 3) realize teaching activity in the kindergarten and in the school, related to more successful adaptation of the children to their new social role as a student; 4) developed materials supporting the smoother transition from kindergarten to first grade. Achieved results can be listed as follows: - creating a partnership between the pedagogical specialists from the school and the kindergarten; - providing opportunities for applying an individual approach in education, based on systematic monitoring of students' achievements and reporting their progress from the preparatory group to the completion of primary education; - improving the quality of the educational process by ensuring a smooth transition between kindergarten and first grade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
