IES Arca Real
We are a public secondary, vocational training, and higher vocational training school, in the community of Castilla y León (Spain). Last year, we were declared an excellent center of vocational education, thanks to our good practices in increasing our student’s employability, answering the labor market demands, digitalization, and internationalization. It is our aim to keep on excelling at these, therefore we plan to develop innovation and modernization through international cooperation and to collaborate and create networks with other COVES, organizations, and companies abroad. We hope this will bring many opportunities for shared learning, and projects among all the participants. We are especially interested in projects that focus on our students/teachers' entrepreneurial, digital, and green skills.
About us
| Country | Spain |
| Type of collaboration | Potential partner |
| Contact | Sandra Mangas |
| E-mail address | smangash@educa.jcyl.es |
| Type of organisation: | VET provider |
| Education level: | ISCED 2: Lower secondary education ISCED 3: Upper secondary education ISCED 4: Post-secondary non-tertiary education ISCED 5: Short-cycle tertiary education |
| Sector of expertise: | Administrative and support service activities Education |
| Current level of involvement in Vocational Excellence: | As a COVE, we have recently started collaborating in the ENE Network managed by the European training foundation (Open Space) openspace.etf.europa.eu/user/2917/stream. Also in our school, ?we have set up a simulated company in a classroom, as a pedagogical tool to train our students in business in a practical way (learning by doing). We get them to run their own company, performing actual business tasks like buying and selling their virtual products all around the world, and getting to know the ins and outs of running a small business (SMEs make up 98% of all enterprises in Spain). We use a virtual platform to buy and sell goods from other practice firms. In this virtual platform, we find all the usual actors a company will be working within real life: there are different banks, suppliers, customers, supply services, transport services, governmental institutions,... You can have more info here openspace.etf.europa.eu/blog-posts/learning-and-skills-training-virtual-practice-firm. Soon, we will be having an entrepreneurship dedicated classroom, where we will develop the entrepreneurial competencies in our students, in accordance to the European framework EntreComp. We have already created a tool to evaluate these competencies. openspace.etf.europa.eu/resources/entrecomp-evaluation |
| Existing activities: | C&P: Apprenticeships, Upskilling and reskilling C&P: Business incubators & Entrepreneurship C&P: VET Internationalization strategies T&L: Innovative teaching and learning methods |
| Envisioned activities: | C&P: Apprenticeships, Upskilling and reskilling C&P: Business incubators & Entrepreneurship C&P: Business-education partnerships, Pact for Skills C&P: International VET campus/academies C&P: Knowledge creation and dissemination C&P: Skills competitions C&P: VET attractiveness campaigns C&P: VET Internationalization strategies G&F: Bringing together all relevant stakeholders G&F: Co-creating skills ecosystems G&F: Effective use of EU and national funds G&F: Sustainable financial models T&L: Feedback loops and graduate tracking T&L: Guidance and validation T&L: Higher level VET and flexible pathways T&L: Innovative curricula T&L: Innovative teaching and learning methods T&L: Learner centered excellence approach T&L: Life Long Learning continuum, Initial and continuing VET T&L: Professional Development of teachers and trainers |
| Type of partner(s) wanted: | Chamber Company Development Agency Innovation Agency National Authority Professional/ sector association Public/Private Employment Service Regional Authority Research Institute Sector Skills Council Social partner Tertiary education VET provider |
| Priority countries for cooperation: | Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of the Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Holy See Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) Korea, Republic of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Moldova, Republic of Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine, State of Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin (French part) Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan, Province of China Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States Minor Outlying Islands United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Virgin Islands (British) Virgin Islands (U.S.) Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe |
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