2ND VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL OF GIANNITSA

Dr. Kostas KechagiasHeadmaster

Where we are• Northern Greece• Municipality of

Pella• Giannitsa City– 30.000

inhabitants– Mainly

agricultural

2nd Vocational High School of Giannitsa

• Specialities– Health Care– Computers– Electronics– Applied Art

• 250 students• 35 teachers

Last Year

5

ACTIVITIES 2012-13

«Soft Skills Development»Leonardo Da Vinci, VETPRO

Scotland - Angus College15 teachers

6

NESSIELeonardo da Vinci, TOI

e-learning for Soft Skills Development

http://e.nessie-project.org 7

Gender InequalitiesComenius

Συμμετοχή 9 Ευρωπαϊκών χωρών

8

Leonardo Da Vinci, IVT (SEK)IT technology in Health Care Sector

Sweden16 students - 4 teachers

9

Youth in Action

Sexually Transmitted DiseasesNon Formal Health Group

10

Youth in Action

RoboticsNon Formal Robotics Group

11

5th Student Information Technology Conference

12

ExhibitionApplied Arts Sector

13

2nd Fairy Tale City

14

Short Movie on Violencehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=C1vvHTQe2GgElectronics Sector

15

SportsSchool championship

2 silver medals3rd place at volleyball

16

Educational Visits in Companies and Work Places

17

Psychological Support Programme Counseling of Students and Parents Prevention Projects in several subjects

(e.g. school violence, racism, stereotypes, conflict management, communication etc)

Linguistics Support Programme for the migrant students (not only)

 18

Collaboration with the Social Service of the Hospital of Giannitsa Guidance to students and parents not

having Health Insurance Help with various Social and Health

Services

Collaboration with the Municipality on Work Placement Programme

Support to students who face poverty

19

Other Activities «Teen Pregnancy» (General Hospital of

Giannitsa)

«Addictions» (NGO Orama)

«Value of Breastfeeding» (internal)

Chronic Lung Disease day

International Volunteer day

…and more20

This Year

A Disaster

• During summer Greek government decided:– Suspend 3000 teachers– Shut down• Health Care Sector• Applied Arts Sector

as not needed

• We lost half of our finest teachers and almost half of our students

“Active Citizenship” projects

• Continuation of– NESSIE – Leonardo da Vinci TOI– Comenius – Gender Inequalities

• Visit to CERN (Leonardo da Vinci, IVT)– 15 students, 6 teachers

• Participation to the Students’ ICT Conference

• A new Short Movie

• Application to new Erasmus+ projects

Thank you for your time

Dr. Kostas KechagiasHeadmaster of the 2nd Vocational High School of Giannitsa

kkecha@hotmail.com