European Mobility Program

Erasmus Policy Statement

GSD organizes mobility programs with the support of European Union agencies. These programs allow us to offer our students places subsidized with European funds so that they can carry out internships in companies in EU countries. These programs, at this stage called Erasmus+ (2021-2027), are aimed at students of Intermediate, Advanced Levels and Postgraduate courses.

The project is part of the center's educational strategy, since our mission is to assist people in their development and training in the different stages of life, in order to improve society.

From the very beginning, we have always been committed to developing educational projects and creating employment from a social economy model. Our vision is to consolidate the GSD cooperative group by promoting its growth and being recognized nationally and internationally for our dynamism, quality services, capacity for innovation and continuous improvement, as well as job creation.

Transnational mobility is a fundamental objective within our cooperative, to such an extent that we have an International Relations department, responsible for finding and organising exchanges with other schools during the school year, as well as speci?c summer courses and trips with visits to vocational training centres. Our hope is to also have European students come to carry out their workplace training here, which will allow us to establish relationships with other educational centres, promoting the professional development of the teachers involved. For the innovation and continuous improvement of production processes in Europe, it is essential to have an educational system that is interrelated with the companies and countries of a Europe in continual integration.

The specific objectives of our international project are:

To make lifelong learning and mobility of future professionals a reality.
To improve the quality and efficiency of education and training.
Promote equity, social cohesion and active citizenship.
Increase creativity and innovation at all levels of education and training, promoting basic skills as well as initiative, leadership, interpersonal and entrepreneurship skills.

The main objectives of the internship abroad are:

That the student is able to:
- Work in companies of the chosen sector, regardless of their location.
- Develop the skills acquired, using another language.
- Develop themselves in another country.
- Improve their linguistic ability by practicing another language for personal and work purposes.
Improve their linguistic ability by practicing another language for personal and work purposes.
Broaden the knowledge of foreign companies on the different qualifications of our students.

Obtain feedback on how different European companies work.
Qualitatively improve and quantitatively increase the mobility of people in Europe in initial and continuing vocational training.
Qualitatively improve and quantitatively increase cooperation between centers and organizations providing learning opportunities, enterprises, social partners and other relevant bodies throughout Europe.
Enable the development of innovative practices in the fields of non-tertiary vocational education and training and their transfer, including between different participating countries.
To improve transparency and the recognition of quali?cations and abilities.

Selection criteria for
European mobilities

Students applying for European mobility will be selected according to the following qualification criteria:

•Motivation and maturity (30%)

Applicants will have a personal interview with teachers designated for each stage. All candidates for Intermediate or Advanced courses will have interviews with the corresponding panel for their stage, which will give the applicants a numerical grade.
All candidates will have a personal interview with the selection board corresponding to their level, which will grade the applicants with a numerical mark.

•Assessment by the tutor (15%)

Commitment and classroom attendance.
Attitude and classroom attendance and teamwork.

Students who have the Leisure Monitor Certificate will obtain 1 extra point and those who have the Leisure Coordinator Certificate will obtain 2 extra points.

•Grades (15%)

The average mark of the first year of the study will be taken as the basis for the weighting, independently of the different professional branches of all the applicants.

•Languages (25%)

Level of communication and written comprehension and fluency and level of oral comprehension in a foreign language, which will be graded in a test carried out by teachers from the Foreign Languages Department.
The foreign languages assessed will depend on the destination. Knowledge of more than one foreign language will be valued positively.
Candidates must bring their ID card for the test.

•Socio-economic situation (15%)

Economic situation: Provide documentation as a family benefiting from CAM scholarships.
Family situation that accredits the effort made by the candidate and his/her family to participate in the programme, from a socio-economic point of view.

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