During the years 2020-2023, Tervakoski Comprehensive School implemented the Erasmus+ KA101 project titled “Happy Community, Better School Life”, funded by the European Union. The project enabled teachers and student support personnel to participate in international training in other European countries. 

The aim of the project was to find ways to support students’ school well-being and staff’s work resilience, as well as to increase international cooperation between European schools. New teaching methods learned during the project have been implemented in the school’s daily activities. For example, in class advisor lessons, well-being courses, the Kiva club, and student support work. In the spring semester of 2023, we also received international guests when two Czech teachers spent a week in Tervakoski learning about the Finnish school system and the everyday life of Janakkala High School and Tervakoski Community School. 

With the help of the images and videos found on this site, you can get to know the project in more detail.

FEELINGS FROM CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES

ERASMUS+ PROJECT IN SOCIAL MEDIA

During the project, participants also shared their experiences on social media. You can read about the experiences of the principal and the curator in Italy at the Coaching and Mentoring course from this Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/TervakoskenYhteiskoulu?locale=fi_FI

At the Motivation Up! course in Malaga in October 2022, two of our teachers took over the Finland Erasmusplusfinland Instagram account and shared their experiences as Erasmus+ Instagram ambassadors. You can explore the content of the account from this link: https://www.instagram.com/erasmusplusfinland/?hl=fi. Content related to well-being and increasing school motivation has been utilized in the school’s daily activities, including in class advisor hours, clubs, and elective courses. Teacher Marianne Suomi was also awarded for her work promoting youth well-being in November 2022 with the Kanta-Häme Psychological Association’s Mental Health Act of the Year award https://www.hameensanomat.fi/paikalliset/558184

INTERNATIONAL GUESTS

In the spring semester of 2023, two teachers from the Czech Gymnazium Ceska Lipa school visited Tervakoski Community School and the Tervakoski branch of Janakkala High School for a week. During the visit, teachers Jitka and Jana attended classes and got to know the Finnish school life. The ninth-grade students of Tervakoski Community School interviewed the guests. You can watch the interview from the link provided. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1npTQ7tEdAbsn7WMx7MnbVBbMQ_ldVjbh/view?usp=sharing