BOUNCE BACK
School promotion of life skills and resilience

Title Development and implementation of a sustainable program to promote life skills and the resilience of students in the AT-HU border region.
Acronym
 BOUNCE BACK
Topics
 Life-Skills and basic skills, resilience, character development, social skills and learning ability, school development
Period
 01.02.2024 – 31.01.2027
Funding program INTERREG VI-A Österreich-Ungarn 2021-2027
Partnership
  • Management: Board of Education for Vienna – European Office/AT
  • University of Sopron/HU
  • State of Burgenland – Department 7/AT
  • Private University College of Teacher Education Burgenland/AT
  • ELTE – University of Szombathely/HU
Strategic partners
  • Federal Ministry of Education, Research and Science – Department I/2
  • Federal Ministry of Education, Research and Science Ombudsman Office
  • Collegium Hungaricum Vienna
  • Board of Education NÖ – Regions 5 / Baden, 6 / Wr. Neustadt
  • Board of Education Styria– Region 2 / Oststeiermark
  • University College of Teacher Education Vienna – Institute for general educational principles and reflected practice
  • University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria – Department for Diversity
  • University College of Teacher Education Styria – Institute for Educational Governance
  • OeAD – Agency for Education and Internationalisation
  • Austrian Library Association
  • Paris Lodron University Salzburg
  • Soproni Education District Center
  • Austrian Peace Center ACP Schlaining
  • Child and youth advocacy Burgenland (KJA)
  • Social services Burgenland GmbH.
  • Szombathelyi Education District Center
  • Nagykanizsai Education District Center
  • Vas Pedagogical County Service

Short description:

The BOUNCE BACK project develops and implements measures to promote the resilience and life skills of primary and secondary school students (focus on grades 3 – 7) in Austria and Hungary. Self-efficacy, emotional and social states, stressful events and content communicated through the media are prepared didactically in such a way that teachers, parents and students deepen the skills necessary to cope with life. The central focus is the development of an educational program of LIFE-SKILLS PEDAGOGICS, the transfer into teaching as well as into the professionalization and advice of those affected.

Offers & activities for Viennese schools (grades 1-8):

  • 1 cross border “Life Skills Pedagogy” – a guide for teachers of Austria and Hungary
  • 16 workshops on life skills pedagogy for teachers of project schools and their professionalization
  • 100 coaching and consulting sessions tailored to the needs of the involved school leaders and leadership teams
  • 30 learning settings and teaching materials on the skills required to cope with life for use in school practice
  • 32 workshops for school classes in the areas of creativity, resilience or values
  • 16 parent information events on life skills pedagogy and for good cooperation with the school
  • 10 study visits for teachers and school management for cross-border professional exchange between schools in Vienna, Burgenland and western Hungary