Portugal – Taking groups out-of-door
Develop your leadership outdoors and share experiences with teachers and leaders from different counties.
Be inspired in authentic nature around most western point in Europe – cape Cabo da Roca close to Sintra and Lisbon.
TERMS
19.4. – 24.4. 2026
18.4. – 23.4. 2027
THE COURSE OFFERS YOU TO
- develop your leadership skills and strategies to be a flexible outdoor leader
- discover the potential of leadership in the education process
- try experiential learning, experience methods of reflection and develop your ability to give feedback
- exchange and develop skills of leading groups outdoors together with colleagues from Europe
- know how to calculate risks involved and avoid critical situations in outdoor learning
- gain knowledge about the theoretical basis of recent outdoor learning pedagogy, research and literature
- develop a personal activity plan – how to put new knowledge into action back home and how to support the school development
- meet colleagues of different nationalities within the EU, engage in cross-cultural learning experience, exchange ideas and build a network for future international cooperation
- enrich communication skills, improve foreign language competencies, broaden professional vocabulary and promote EU’s broad linguistic diversity
TARGET GROUP
- Teachers of pre-primary schools, primary and secondary schools and vocational schools
- Adult education teachers
- Teachers of special needs
- Teacher trainers
HOW DO WE WORK?
The main methods will be through practical training, cooperative work, various activities and discussions. The content is thematic and interdisciplinary and based on ”learning by doing” combined with “reflection upon action”.
Through experiencing by heart, hand and head meet the three key parts of Outdoor Education (personal and social development, outdoor activities and environmental education).
Positive atmosphere, exchange and fun is a part of the process during the week. The course will take place mainly outdoors close to nature, in the rural as well as the urban landscape, visit the local schools.
Every day we reflect up on what have we done, what was the purpose and how can we use this back home/professionally, how can we adopt it to our professional life, schools – and learning conditions in Europe.
DURATION
6 days
(Sunday afternoon – Friday afternoon)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
Each participant obtains The Certificate of Attendance and confirmation to Europass.
PLACE
The course is residential, accommodation, food and local transport will be arranged by an organizer.
The course is held at Guincho beach close to Cascais in Portugal (Lisbon area). We stay near Atlantic ocean in a beautiful natural setting in the typical landscape among cliffs and close to historical city of Sintra (UNESCO).
PRICE
650 € (EUR) course fee/participant
975 € (EUR) subsistance cost/participant
IN TOTAL 1625 € (EUR)
Price includes:
- all inclusive servis – accommodation, food, coffebreaks, local transport
- programme (40 hours), materials and equipment
- field trips, excursions
- all meals including coffee breaks
- accommodation (5 nights)
- local travel
- organizational support before, during and after the course
- administration and certificates
HOW TO COVER THE PRICE FROM YOUR ERASMUS PROJECT
We will charge you 650 € for the course fee. This fee consists of two parts:
- Course fee – 480 € / 6 days course which will be fully covered from your project (You obtain 80 €/ day)
- Additionl costs 170 € / participant – The price is higher due to high-quality and intensity of the course program, the rest of the amount could be covered from other budget categories and savings or with participant contribution.
We will charge you 975 € for subsistence cost, which could be covered from project budget – subsistence costs.
