OGEC de RUMILLY

Demotz school group, located in Rumilly in an area of strong demographic growth, is made up of four structures, including a multi-purpose high school for which this project is planned. Our classes range from year 6 to 12: secondary school with 700 pupils, a general and technological high school (Social & Health) with 280 pupils and a vocational centre with 130 students, a sandwich course NDRC (Negotiation and Digitalisation of Customer Relations). Our school employs 90 teachers, 4 school life assistants and around 30 administrative and technical staff. In addition to the national programs, the school offers activities like drama, programming and robotics, radio, participation in external competitive exams and guest speakers…

European and international openness is also an integral part of our school project, and several initiatives are carried out in this area. Demotz develops and has expertise in digital technologies. Since 2018, the school has obtained the Apple Distinguished School label and since its creation, “le label excellence numérique niveau 4/5”.

Pupils come from various social, religious, and cultural backgrounds. In this context, the school leads a pedagogical policy that is open to European citizenship, partnerships, development of languages, and cultural exchanges. Besides, we have been engaged for many years in different educational practices towards special needs pupils. These students receive support with the accessibility features of their iPads. The secondary school benefits from a room fitted out with special furniture and teaching materials for the manipulatives used in the remedial workshops. We hope to extend this practice to high school.

Moreover, we need to develop these practices on a European level, as we believe cooperation would leverage inclusion in our school. As an innovative school, we have chosen to integrate digital tools into our teaching to meet the challenges of today's world. The main objective is to ensure that every pupil benefits from learning about and experimenting with digital culture while maintaining a focus on sustainable digital development. The second objective is to offer the entire school community a digital culture that is open to the international community: sharing teaching practices with other European countries and comparing our sustainable digital actions. In this process, we hope to perfect our practices, to widen and embed them.

Ideally, we would like to create a grid of digital skills acquired throughout a student's secondary education. We will be keen to share our knowledge and experience of digital and international issues. In this context, the head of international relations will be the project coordinator in France. The international dimension is one of the pillars of our school project, and the Board of Directors has recognized it as indispensable and essential to our students’ education. Thus, each employee is expected to agree on this international policy.