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3. College Jean Claude Izzo- Marseille, France
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COLLEGE JEAN CLAUDE IZZO- MARSEILLE, FRANCE
The “Collège Jean Claude IZZO” is a Lower Secondary School. It is located in the center of Marseille in the heart of Euroméditerranée, a recent business district very near the port. We are in its seventh year of running. We welcome 450 pupils from 11 to 16 y. old. Among them, 80 percent from a poor family environment, according to French poverty standards. As Marseille is a natural door to and from North Africa, we face the problematics of immigration. It is classified as a priority educational area because of its characteristics. As our public is naturally turned towards North Africa because of their origin, it looks very interesting to enhance their European awareness have them discover the belonging to the European Community and share common points in English.
I have built up a project to focus two classes of school leavers on vocational goals with some motivated colleagues. The results are really encouraging because it has increased their motivation and curiosity as well as their well-being in school.
Beside this, many tutorings are run too to help pupils as well individually as in groups.
The practice of sport is encouraged by the presence of an association strongly linked to the school that offers free and multiple sports practice after school.
Every month, we gather with all the part-takers in and outside the school to identify school leavers and try to give them an adapted answer on every class-level. It has created strong links with the net of institutional and associative workers that interfere with our school.
This leads to a better caring to pupils who consequently become less likely to leave school.
The parents’ association has become a partner in many initiatives and we regularly meet them to organize the school’s life.
As partners in the project, we will share our experience. We will also lead the sharing among pupils, video productions and conferences, and make sure it shall work well, as well technically as in coordinating these exchanges. We will take part to acollective writing by pupils of stories about school leaving, sharing good practices on a common tool (book of good practices), participate to the making of an evaluation grid. Our staff will visit schools & colleagues members of our project to discover good practices from other countries to take distance in their own practice & get new ideas. We will bring to other countries motivated pupils to give life to their relationship that began with video & internet exchange.