Overall objectives

The overall objectives of TASC can be summarised as follows: We want to provide future and current teachers with the necessary skills to become reflective and agile European teachers capable of preventing, reducing or eliminating violence, discrimination, polarisation, exclusion and bullying. Teachers grow in EU identity and EU values through skill training in non-violent, intercultural and restorative communication and action, thus contributing to lifelong learning cooperation. We summarise these skills as sustainable communication skills. 

The competence of ‘sustainable communication’ integrates attitudes, values, skills, knowledge and critical understanding or awareness.  

Note: With TASC we define sustainable communication as a new innovative construct for schools and society (see above). The word sustainable within TASC Teacher Academy Sustainable Communication, refers to the Sustainable Development Goals¹ of the VN where in TASC the focus is on 4 p’s. First the focus is on people with SDG3 (focus on well-being), SDG4 (quality education with focus on inclusion and lifelong learning , SDG5 (gender equality), secondly  on prosperity with SDG10  (reduced inequalities), thirdly on peace with SDG 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) and finally on partnership for with SDG17 (partnerships for the goals). 

Specific objectives based on the needs analysis  

We describe 5 specific objectives within the TASC project.

1. Develop competences of teacher educators, pre-service and in-service teachers in sustainable communication 

​​​To design, develop and enrol a TASC joint training programme (with a teacher training manual for teacher trainers and teacher toolkit for students of initial teacher training and in-service teachers) on sustainable communication. The TASC joint training programme has 20 ECTS with microcredentials, accredited by the partners of TASC. Awareness, skills, values and attitudes are the heart of the joint training programme. 
 

2. Enable teachers to grow in digital skills and the use of digital tools in sustainable communication  

​​Include, at least, 3 ECTS microcredentials of blended learning in the TASC joint training programme of cooperation through digital tools. 

3. Develop, test and put obstacles away, enable and fully integrate mobility models in initial teacher education and continuing professional development education in a green and inclusive way especially through communities of practice and EU-programs 

Test and integrate a virtual, blended and physical way of mobility models in order to stimulate exchange in the lifelong learning of teachers. The focus is on training the awareness, skills and attitudes of sustainable communication. ​ 

Achieve 42 mobilities for teachers trainers within the partner organisations during the second year of the project TASC (in order to test the trainer manual and the 5 devoloped modules). 

Achieve 126 mobilities for teachers trainers and teachers within the partner organisations during the third year of the TASC in order of piloting the TASC joint training programme of 20 ECTS.
 

4. Develop a European sustained and structured partnership between the providers of initial teacher education and continuous professional development to approve the quality of the teacher training on European and national levels. 

​​Implement the TASC joint training programme with 20 ECTS microcredentials in the different countries of the partners. 

5. Formulate guidelines and recommendations for policymakers to implement sustainable communication as a crucial cross-cutting competence for teachers and teacher trainers to respect diversity and promote responsibility and collaboration in the European education area. 

​Issue a recommendation report about the benefits of sustainable communication to respect diversity and promote responsibility and cooperation in the European education area.​