Partnership with the Spanish University on the DeSTT project

In 2020, our university joined the international project "Competence Development and Teacher Training in Leadership /DeSTT" as part of the program's implementation of the European Union Erasmus+. It is aimed at financing, promoting modernization, sustainable development of the education and vocational training system, and youth policy around the world. The consortium of the DeSTT project includes universities from Europe (Spain, Italy, Poland), Kazakhstan, and Mongolia.

DeSTT is designed to make the training and professional development of teachers in the field of leadership more effective, aimed at maximizing their interaction with the local community, and the introduction of innovative methods.

This week, Kozybayev University was visited by colleagues from the Spanish University of Santiago de Compostela, Professors Bran Baral-Buseta and Francisco Eduardo Haz-Gomez. They met with students of international programs of the pedagogical faculty. The guests spoke about the analysis of the environment for leadership training and the involvement of stakeholders. We also talked to the audience about social capital as a key component of the process of leadership development in society.

It should be noted that the activities of the working group of the DeSTT Kozybayev University project are aimed at participating in educational seminars and pieces of training conducted by European partner universities to exchange experience in the field of educational leadership; passing international internships for the development and improvement of pedagogical leadership skills. The project will result in the development of disciplines in the direction of "Leadership in Education" and a textbook, writing scientific articles. In addition, conducting pieces of training aimed at developing the teachers' leadership skills and students of master's degree programs in the pedagogical direction.

The project completion date is May 14, 2023.