𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 6 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿!

Our Erasmus+ course “𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵” 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘁 from 11 – 16 May 2026, at the Centre of Excellence of Split-Dalmatia County brought together passionate educators from different European countries, 🇦🇹Austria, 🇮🇹 Italy, and 🇸🇮 Slovenia, for unforgettable days filled with professional growth, collaboration, creativity, and intercultural exchange.

Successful opening of 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗘𝗱𝘂 𝗘𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗺𝘂𝘀+ 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 “𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿s’ 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵” 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘁 at the Centre of Excellence of Split-Dalmatia County started with exploring 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 through a series of creative and reflective workshops focused on 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀. Through discussion, self-assessment, artistic expression, and collaborative activities, participants reflected on what inspires them in their teaching practice and how motivation influences both educators and students.

Our wonderful participants and educators, actively engaged in all activities showed openness, creativity, and positive energy. Their collaboration and thoughtful reflections created a truly inspiring international learning atmosphere.

Following days participants also explored mindful goal-setting through motions, thoughts, observation, and self-reflection, mindfulness techniques for maintaining stable and progressive motivation, breathing and awareness practices for focus and emotional balance and creating a personal mindful development plan using the SPARK method.

Participants successfully identified the relationship between thoughts, emotions, values, and motivated behaviour, differentiated between automatic cognitive reactions and mindful, values-based responses, constructed a own professional development plan aligned with their needs and goals, and their school development plan as well, reflected on and articulated their own motivational journey through hands-on activities and shared experiences.

As a special bonus, participants also had the opportunity to experience and explore cultural heritage of great importance in Omiš and Split, adding an intercultural dimension to our shared learning journey.

By the end of the course participants continued learning by doing and gained valuable learning outcomes focused on developing strategies for contributing to the professional community through leadership, mentoring, and shared practice, creating actionable school-level plans to support teachers’ motivation, listening actively and communicating mindfully, creating collaboration project blueprints, understanding the role of teamwork in sustaining motivation and exploring co-teaching, peer observation, and the importance of learning communities.

A special surprise and bonus of this course was a meaningful job-shadowing activity hosted by the incredibly dedicated teachers Ms Danijela Radić and Ms Zrinka Banić at Elementary school Brda in Split. First, the school principal, Ms Katarina Zelić, greeted the participants and wished them an enjoyable learning experience at the school.

Then the teachers Danijela Radić and Zrinka Banić presented some of the highest peaks of successful school practice, as well as their own pedagogical and methodological achievements with their students, especially those related to ecological programmes and the school garden. Following this, participants attended the inspiring workshop: ” “𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄: 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆”.

This experience showcased outstanding pedagogical and methodological best practices in teacher motivation and the implementation of foreign languages within the eco-school programme. Participants actively engaged in hands-on learning activities in the school garden and witnessed how motivation, sustainability, and collaboration can successfully come together in everyday school practice.

The school’s teachers and students have received important recognition and award from the Regional volunteer center Split for their dedication and achievements in eco-education and sustainability.

Concluding activities followed: active listening and mindful communication, co-teaching, peer observation, planning creating learning communities, and as a final one – designing collaboration project blueprint.

An especially engaging activity perfectly wrapped up the whole course experience. It was the educational game with the gamification elements “Discovering Split”, created by the course educator Ivana Bokavšek. Through puzzles, teamwork challenges, and interactive tasks, participants developed teamwork, media literacy, scanning and skimming reading skills, while activating knowledge across multiple subjects.

Participants also explored the purpose, structure, and motivating activities of field classes, the implementation of cultural heritage in experiential learning and in a real-life context, and successful cross-curricular approaches in education.

The game took place in the remarkable cultural heritage locations of Diocletian’s Palace and the historic centre of Split, creating a unique learning atmosphere where education, culture, and collaboration blended perfectly together.

Thank you to all participants for the positive energy, openness, creativity, and international spirit you brought to this course. We are proud to learn, grow, and share together! 🌿📘✨