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TUTOR Newsletter Mobility Week in Vienna

New in our newsletter: Insights from the TUTOR Mobility Week in Vienna – How can teachers foster real inclusion in the classroom? This edition takes you inside a transformative week where educators from Austria, Ireland, Turkey and Greece explored diversity, equity and belonging through immersive learning experiences.

What to expect in this issue:

  • Visits to inclusive spaces such as the Q:WIR Youth Centre and Löwenherz bookshop
  • A city walk through Vienna’s hidden corners guided by lived experiences of homelessness
  • Workshops on anti-racism, gender diversity and migrant identity
  • Cultural visits to the House of Austrian History and the Vienna Museum
  • Reflections on power, privilege and practical strategies for inclusive teaching

Read the full newsletter to discover how inclusive education becomes a lived experience.

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Shaping education effectively and optimistically – launch of the EU project OPE

We’re excited to launch OPE – Optimistic Pathways in Education, a new EU project that brings together partners from Greece, Austria, Cyprus, Turkey, and Italy. Our shared goal: to strengthen educational optimism and self-efficacy across schools through a whole-school development approach.

At the heart of OPE are two key concepts:

🔹 Academic optimism – a shared belief in the value of learning, grounded in trust, collaboration, and a strong commitment to student success.

🔹 Teacher self-efficacy – the conviction that one can positively influence learning, which boosts teaching quality, motivation, and professional resilience.

To guide this work, we use the PROSPER framework – a school-based model grounded in positive psychology, defined by seven dimensions:

Positivity – cultivating a positive mindset
Relationships – building strong, supportive connections
Outcomes – maintaining a focus on learning goals
Strengths – recognising and using individual strengths
Purpose – fostering a sense of meaning
Engagement – encouraging active participation
Resilience – developing capacity to cope and grow

PROSPER builds on the well-known PERMA model and expands it with a practical focus on resilience and strengths – key to wellbeing and learning in school settings.

We look forward to exchanging ideas and sharing insights as OPE unfolds!

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