1. Prywatne Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie w Dąbrowie Górniczej E-portfolio 03.2011

2. Tasks and aims of the school system The aim of our didactic and educational operations is educating an individual with recpect of its own, unique and personal predispositions in social context, fitting it with abilities which are essential to function and building social relationships. We base our school system on radical educational and sociological knowledge, results of researches done by great authorities in this range, actual, European data bases, reports prepared by the country and the European Union on the basis of we improve and correct the system. We accept the challenge by introducing not only study of new civil abilities and methods of implementing them but most of all democratic ways of educating through democratic school management by students and parents who join to this process.

3. We create in our school walls a simplified mini-version of civil society connected with social agreement through establishment and usage of law and order rules, educating in freedom, building mutual trust and loyalty, being ready for cooperation, negotiations and achieve a consensus. We learn attitudes of mental pluralism placing our activity beyond structural and theoretical descriptions but using it practically at school, administering by autonomously and democratically chosen representatives on the model of adult world which functions outside the school walls. We introduce intercultural education resulting from natural process of migration and situation which causes a new situation at school when people with different heritage meet and it creates natural conflicts and antagonisms. We inculcate rules of discipline professing the theory that only disciplined human is really free, independent and can name and control own emotions and build strong social ties. Our credo is contained in Dante Alighieri’s words: "Now say, would it be worse For men on earth were they not citizens?"

4. The mini-version of civil society our classes implement through impersonating: neighbours – every day students make common agreements which concern organizational, obliging and self-government issues, they make a projection of every day life political parties – during primary elections, classes as parties get to know political structures, how elections are made, they learn the ability of argumentation, disscussion and debating.

5. countries – during celebrations of the Europe Day when the school changes into miniature European Union and classes change into neighbour countries. They learn intercultural cooperation, common policy and economy of the EU and at the same time they form community spirit and show interest of european tradition and culture through a rich programme of celebrations: competitions, debates and exhibitions.

6. other institutions and organizations – students carry roles and events from adult and civil life: they give Oscars, organise political debates, organise elections, give awards during Olimpic Games, they are responsible for matches like FIFA, create festivities connected with Christmas traditions, direct school ceremonies.

7. Main competences: A student: Knows the law Is awake to public rights Is awake to civil duties knows his own role at school and in the society Is ready for changes and taking risk Understands the connection between Polish and European law Knows the European Union’s structures and can distinguish its competences Knows the border of school and public democratisation Agrees with the outside Is connected with local surroundings

8. A teacher is awake to his role in the civil and informative society Arranges and regularises student’s knowledge Supports independent solutions to problems Selects the excess of available knowledge Knows educational, national priorities Uses modern vocabulary Knows IT technics and uses them in didactics Uses educational data bases Gets to know educational reports from the country and the EU systematically Knows fundamental competences

9. We crate modern understanding of patriotism as the idea of building civil society through: Creating the attitude of respecting national symbols, traditions of private eduacational system Creating proper civil attitude through fulfilling duties in every day life as: punching, paying, paying debts, electing, obeying proper speed on the roads, segregating rubbish or respecting things of other citizens

10. School’s educational activity in the range of social and civil competences includes creating abilities of communiaction in the intercultural surroundings, tolerance, negotation, empathy and building trust through: Cooperation of 3 schools in one campus which goes into the making of age variety of the school society

11. Get to know mutual social relations through common agreement about recpecting seperate territories and using them because of mutual permission Using sociology as study of every day and simple practices and introduce it to independent thinking We initiated sociological programme of research with the object of reason why students have difficulties with making relations to the surroundings

12. Prywatne Gimnazjum and schools accompanying it direct training and educating of citizens and the European Union by making the following didactic activities: Introducing to the system extra lessons of Knowledge about society, history and European education Making sociological and law class where, in a simple way, scientific reality is explained: surrounds students, social development at school, city, region, factors conditioning changes, social structures, arrangement of roles in which students take part, the influence of urbanization on their lives, it means understaning the world and gathering knowledge about it Active, regular school participation in EU projects which develops intercultural sensitivity Wide, two level European education in the city and region which consists of system of training for students, teachers headmasters

13. Directing of informative and educational activities in the European classroom where students get to know the main websites about EU and the European Parliament, they learn how to conntact with such institutions, petition or asking questions Eurodeputies with whom we organise meetings.

14. In creating the school civil system we base on alternative learning methods: W. Kilpatrick and J. Stevenson „The Project method” John Dewey „Learning by doing” Adolph Ferriere „Active school” Celestin Freinet „Problematic and complex learning” Carlton Washburne „The Winnetka Method”

15. The school cooperates with institutions and organizations which function in the local surroundings Students’ participation in the youth civil education programme „Młodzi Aktywni w Zagłębiu Dąbrowskim” organized by Stowarzyszenie CIVITAS in the school area

16. Cooperation with IPN (lectures concerning legislation and history of EU) in the aim of participating in the competition „My school in the European Union. 6th edition” organized by The Office of Committee for European Integration in Brussels Long-lasting cooperation with the orphanage in Sarnów and foster homes where we placed students to different classes in the aim od social adoption and preparing children for future social roles. nio

17. Study of 2 projects taking up the problem of increasing exclusion level and its spacious concentration which is in step with the strategy of city’s development strategy Dąbrowa Górnicza 2020 Priorytet III „Starzeć się aktywnie wśród młodzieży” in which our students take up cooperation with other schools, they join students from villages in active social life, immigrants, with low social status and children from Zespół Opiekuńczo-Wychowawczy nr 4 in Sosnowiec

18. The school uses specific conditions and stocks of the local environment including workforce in activities taking by Organising the system of creating foreign languages for headmasters and teachers in the aim of establishing proper international contacts Organising trainings in the range of EU projects for headmasters and teachers Presenting results of international researches by PISA, PIRLS, PIAAC, OECD and analysis SWOT concerning the students’ competence Presenting the main Polish and EU documents important for headmasters and teachers in the aim of increasing their knowledge Participation of teachers in the e-learning project „Intercultural ECO - Managment of Schools” in LLP Organising project meetings and exchanges of students in connection with wide international cooperation

19. Participation of the school in activities taken in the local environment and initiatives for creating civil individuals Students’ participation in an open debate with the president of Dąbrowa Górnicza wthin the framework of the Polish action „Masz głos, masz wybór” Surveys among workers and students’ discussions with owners of 2 great industries of our region: Koksownia „Przyjaźń” i ArcelorMittal Poland Dąbrowa Górnicza in the aim of creating environment’s description included in realisation of project’s activities

20. Students’ participation in „Manifestacja na rzecz obchodów 20- lecia uchwalenia Konwencji Praw Dziecka przez wyrażenie solidarności z innymi europejskimi szkołami (25.11.2009)” To initiate and continue charity actions for Publiczny Ośrodek Adopcyjno – Opiekuńczy in Sosnowiec Support in organising Piknik Rodzinny dla dzieci i rodzin adopcyjnych i zastępczych for Centrum Opiekuńczo – Wychowawczy Pomocy Dziecku i Rodzinie in Jaworzno Volunteer work for Schronisko dla Bezdomnych Zwierząt w Sosnowcu –Milowicach (gathering food and clothes), charity foundation „For Animals” and Wielkiej Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy Organising Kiermasz Rękodzieła Artystycznego for people living nearby in the aim of buying pictures and gathering money for disabled artists Active participation in forming new school: offer for cooperation with the newspaper „Perspektywy”

21. Because of the propagation EU ideas and approaching our city to EU standards, we initiated formation of Związek Szkół Zrzeszonych, people who want to cooperate activily in educational projects. The sense of our activity is organising cooperation system in the city and region by using Sokrates – Comenius programme and Comenius LLP through encouraging schools to active project work. Preparation of application – division of tasks Preparation of parties associated with the project Making project’s products and mutual help of partners Common dissemination of ideas and final project’s results

22. School’s participation in actions and projects realized within the voivodeship, country, and Europe From the year 2009 we realize the project Comenius1 LLP „ Active social and intercultural tolerance in face of european migration" with Germany, Turkey and Spain

23. Realization of the project Comenius 3 with the representatives from 23 countries EcomMedia Europe Net „Europe – in relation to various communication technologies and new media” – new media in education (2006 – 2008)

24. Realization of year-long project within the framwork Accompanying Measures „Improvment of national SchoolNets in Europe” about school websits Eurypides 2010.05. 09-14 organisation of the 5th Thematic Conference EcoMedia EuropeNet Greece/Kalamata „ICT and Lifelong learning In all types of Education: Does his promote Cultural Diversity?”

25. We took part in organising a competition „Bitwa pod Grunwaldem” by Centrum Edukacji Szkolnej In the Polish programme „Młodzi bliżej funduszy” about founds in the EU (theoretical and practical activities, team games, board games „Złap Fundusze”, „Zafunduj sobie przyszłość” and „Cashflow”

26. On the school initiative there were done the following meetings of headmasters, teachers and students of public schools in the city and region 2003.10. 10-14 Italy-Sycily, Austria – Wolfsberg 2004.04 Meeting with new Partners Slovakia – Cadca 2004.06 Project meeting Norway – Oslo / Sarpsborg 2004.07. 31-08.09 International youth camp St. Andrae / Austria 2004.10. 02-09 Great meeting of Europe in Dąbrowa Górnicza

27. 2005.01. 17-22 Winter camp in Wolfsberg 2005.02 Preparatory meeting Comenius 3 / Austria 2005.06. 03-05 Preparatory meeting Comenius 3 / Poland 2005.10 Conference of TeachersAustria / Wolfsberg 2005.11. 17-20 Project meeting Italy / Fermo 2006.01 Winter camp in Sattendorf / Austria

28. 2006.03.06 Meeting of the Project Committee Eco-media Comenius 3 Polska 2006.06.25 The end of the project year Comenius 1 in Gimnazjum nr 1 2007.04 Meeting EcoMedia in Ireland / Drogheda 2007.10.12 2nd International Thematic Conference in Katowice 2008.06 3rd International Thematic Conference Łotwa / Ryga 2009.05 Students’ meeting„Schwerin Insel” / Niemcy

29. 2009.10. 26-30 Meeting of the new project Comenius 1 Germany / Bremen 2010.05. 09-14 International Thematic Conference Greece „Polnische Tagen In Schwerin” within the framework of alternative project Jugendwerk Insel – celebrations of Polish days in Germany/Schwerin called Youth masterpiece – Wyspa Młodzieży, March 2009

30. Prywatne LO, SP, Gimnazjum im. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie w Dąbrowie Górniczej