Achieve! The goal of the Accessible Future

Together towards substantive equality

Achieve! The goal of the Accessible Future training project is to promote a communal and inclusive operating culture in educational institutions, the realization of true equality, pedagogical accessibility and well-being, and attitudinal accessibility. The project is implemented by Humak and HAMK University of Applied Sciences and funded by the Finnish National Agency for Education.

The aim of the project is to strengthen the professional competence, pedagogical courage, and flexibility of educational staff. The training focuses on considering different perspectives on accessibility and promoting accessibility in diverse learning environments and communities.

Forms of support and remedial teaching that meet the diverse needs of students, as well as peer activities, are examined as ways of strengthening attachment to the professional field, education, and community, as well as a sense of belonging, participation, and study skills. In student future and career guidance, the focus is to concede prospects for hope and opportunities and strengthening students’ sense of self-efficacy and identity of competence.

In training, promoting pedagogical well-being and accessibility is seen as the responsibility of the entire educational community.

The training project consists of three 2-credit training modules: We as equal actors, Milestones in pedagogical well-being, and Professional agency and the future.

Training sections 

1. ‘We as equal actors’ adds perspectives on working in diverse educational and work communities. The training provides concrete tools for promoting accessibility and developing an inclusive operating culture.

2. ‘Milestones for a pedagogical well-being learning community’ focuses on the factors and management of pedagogical well-being. Inclusive thinking is examined as the starting point for pedagogical accessibility and a prerequisite for its promotion.

3. ‘Professional agency and the future’ deepens understanding of the development of professional identity and the possibilities for strengthening self-efficacy and belief in the future. The focus is particularly on accessible learning in working life, career guidance, and support for employment.