Career development opportunities

Continuous personal and professional development and training programmes

"Smart Teaching Experiences & Practice – STEP" training programme

The purpose and objectives of the STEP program

The training programme Smart Teaching Experiences & Practice (STEP) addresses doctoral students and teaching staff in their early career (R1-R2), providing training and training experiences in course design and learning design based on the integration of innovative pedagogies.

The mission of the STEP programme is to engage PhD students, teaching assistants, and assistant professors in a suite of learning activities designed to familiarize participants with student-centered pedagogies to maximize learning outcomes.

Participants are involved in short, intensive training modules for 10 weeks, which involve various activities, such as: master classes, workshops, webinars, challenge-based learning, integrating work in small teams (2-3 students) to co-participate in the design of courses, seminars, laboratories or other types of learning activities specific to technical higher education.

Other professional and personal development training programmes

Name of programme	Competences	Duration (hours)
Digital competences	Creation, use and distribution of digital multimedia content in the education process.	20

Name of programme	Competences	Duration (hours)
Leadership in engineering. From management to leadership	Personal skills: Developing self-awareness; Self-management for managers and leaders; Problem solving and decision making; Stress management. Interpersonal skills: Effective communication in organizations; Relationship management. Management skills: Strategic management, teamwork, empowerment and delegation. Leadership skills: Leadership styles; Power and influence; Organizational culture and identity.	75

Name of programme	Competences	Duration (hours)
STOP BULLYING - Effective management of Bullying aggression in school.	Understanding the concepts, causes and way of manifestation in specific contextual situations of the phenomenon of aggression in the school environment. Understanding and knowledge of effective communication and relationship tools for managing a bullying situation identified in the school environment; The proper and effective use and application of intervention methods in the management of a bullying situation identified in the school environment, depending on the role assumed and the appropriate legal framework; Knowledge of regulations and legislation regarding the bullying phenomenon in the school environment.	250

Name of programme	Competences	Duration (hours)
Innovative Teachers - Entrepreneurial Students	Psycho-pedagogical cross competencies.	125

Name of programme	Competences	Duration (hours)
Innovation in education through service-learning	Creating a stimulating and supportive learning environment for the optimal use of service-learning potential as an innovative pedagogy. Designing, organizing and conducting didactic activities through the effective integration of service-learning. Designing, organizing and carrying out extracurricular and extra-school activities based on community involvement through service-learning methodologies. Optimal relationship with educational actors in educational ecosystems by respecting ethical and professional standards. Critical thinking (critical-constructive approach to instructive-educational situations) Empathic communication in the relationship with students and other categories of beneficiaries of the educational act Teamwork	25

Name of programme	Competences	Duration (hours)
Diversity in Education and Research	Planning of prevention and intervention activities in order to respect the principle of equal opportunities, gender equality Diversity management Management of cases of non-compliance with the principle of equal opportunities and gender equality Analysis of public policies from the perspective of integrating the principle of equality and non-discrimination	30

Name of programme	Competences	Duration (hours)
How to become a senior learning facilitator (English, MOOC course)	Talent Management Innovation and Ecosystem Development Learning Design Communication Creating Value Taking Responsibility and Initiative	60

Name of programme	Competences	Duration (hours)
Efficient communication	Understanding the concepts, principles and common tools used in communication. Detecting the logical structure of reasoning in the text, debates and arguments; The ability to identify and critically articulate different perspectives, signalling their consequences; Identifying the assumptions a question relies on: the ability to see implicit or explicit statements in a question; The ability to analyse communication dilemmas/problems that arise in daily or professional life;	250

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