Kuressaare Ametikool is a partner in the Jean Monnet program project EUClass Alliance, aimed at incorporating more topics related to the European Union and European values into vocational education.  

At the kickoff meeting held in the second week of December in Verona, Italy, participants acknowledged that while EU policies affect numerous professional fields, the European Union often receives little attention, and the benefits created collectively—such as free movement of labor or affordable mobile data roaming when traveling abroad—are not widely recognized.  

On November 4th, a cooperation project called the EUClass Alliance began with the goal of promoting awareness of the European Union, democracy, and civic engagement within vocational education.

The project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet sub-program, which is focused primarily on EU-related topics in education.

From 8th to 10th of October, Kuressaare Ametikool hosted partners from the VET SDGs project. Over three days, we discussed sustainable development and its complexities.

"All SDGs are wicked problems; we will never solve them completely," said the first speaker, Mihkel Kangur, scientist and Head of Teaching and Development at Rakvere State Gymnasium. Wicked problems related to sustainable development goals, such as sustainable transport, employment, living standards, do not have one clear cause or solution.

A new serious online game has been launched as part of the Erasmus+ cooperation project Pathway to Hospitality. The game can be used to introduce hotel and restaurant professions and for language learning.

Many European Union countries are facing a severe labor shortage in hotels and restaurants. The aim of the serious game is to break down stereotypes and present career opportunities in the hospitality sector in an attractive way.

From November 2021 to June 2024, Kuressaare Ametikool collaborated with a network of 14 VET institutions with the aim of enhancing networking skills and creating a network of technical vocational teachers in the transport sector to share best practices in electric vehicle teaching methods and tools. The project, funded by Erasmus+, was titled "European E-Transport Network for Vocational Education and Training" (ETN4VET) and included partners from 11 countries.

Under the Nordplus-funded project Young Sustainability Messengers, which received a positive funding decision, four seminars will be organized over the next two academic years to help vocational school students and teachers develop their green skills.

The partners of the Nordplus Junior project are vocational schools from Riga, Klaipeda, and Kajaani. Kuressaare Vocational School is the project coordinator.

Mid-May, along with Tiia Jõgi, Sille Lapp, and Erik Riige, we participated in a project meeting held in Espoo, Finland. The aim was to develop sustainability-themed educational projects.

The three-day meeting focused primarily on face-to-face collaboration among teachers.

For example, projects were developed to support the elderly using 3D-printed items, organizing recycling sales, introducing students to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, and more.

Green Diary for Erasmus+ VET Schools Doing Greenlink opens on new page project 

Sille Lapp, VET teacher 

Kuressaare Ametikool 

Estonia 

SDG 4 – Quality education. SDG 11 – Responsible consumption and production

Green Diary for Erasmus+ VET Schools Doing Greenlink opens on new page project 

Erik Riige, design teacher 

Kuressaare Ametikool 

Estonia 

Green Diary for Erasmus+ VET Schools Doing Green project 

Tiia Jõgi, English teacher 

Kuressaare Ametikool 

Estonia 

SDG 13 – Climate Action 

What is a Sustainable Lifestyle? Do we think about it, or do we follow it? 

Many questions, but not always good answers.