PACIFICSTREAM

Albert Dock, Liverpool by Sebastian Koslinski

Pacificstream welcomed colleagues from Poland, Germany, Spain, Greece and Lithuania for the third meeting of the Au Pairs Leonardo project.
The aim of the project is creation of a professional 90-hour training course providing practical knowledge about child-care both in English and German at an intermediate level designed especially for people planning to work as au pairs in any English or German speaking country.
The course is going to integrate the study of subject matters connected with pedagogical aspects of child development and the practical nature of an au pair's job with improving language competencies necessary for the au pair to perform her/his duties and deal with everyday situations.
In order to meet the project targets the course package will be based on an especially designed CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) method.
Pacificstream is working with staff from Hope University, Liverpool on this project to provide the specialist knowledge in early years training.
At this half way stage there has been much progress and the meeting reviewed the work to date and planned for the second year of the project.
This Leonardo da Vinci is coordinated by the Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz, Poland.
The next meeting will take place in Greece, Rob Eakins, the project manager at Pacificstream is already getting his sun tan cream ready!