EIRA — Erasmus+ School Accreditation

A consortium of school clusters in the Beja district, coordinated by Buinho, that takes teachers to learn from European schools and centres.

Programme
Erasmus+ KA120/KA121-SCH · Accreditation, School Education
Period
since 2022 · Ongoing
Buinho’s role
Consortium coordinator
Coordinator
Buinho Associação
Reference
2020-1-PT01-KA120-SCH-000094762

EIRA grew out of a question from inland schools: how can village teachers get the same training opportunities as their colleagues on the coast? The answer was an Erasmus+ consortium accreditation, coordinated by Buinho, with seven school clusters in the Beja district and a teacher training centre. For several of these schools it was their first Erasmus+ participation.

Since 2022 the consortium has received a mobility project every year. Teachers and school staff take part in structured courses and job shadowing at European schools and centres, and the consortium invites foreign experts to work in the Beja district schools. The focus is on digital and creative skills — robotics, digital fabrication, maker culture — and on responding to climate change.

The mobility plan is decided with the school directors, based on each school's priorities. Teachers bring new teaching practices back to their schools and share them with colleagues in their cluster.

  • Erasmus+ accreditation in the school sector since 2021 (2020 call); annual mobility projects since 2022
  • Three types of activity: job shadowing, structured courses and invited experts
  • 2026 mobilities: job shadowing in Munich and a structured course in Asturias

Partners

Consortium of 7 school clusters in the Beja district

Repository

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Erasmus+ Platform

2022–2024 accredited project on the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform
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Erasmus+ Platform

2024–2026 accredited project on the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform
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