Fundacja Dom Kultury has received Erasmus+ KA122-ADU funding for the project “Learning to Teach Better.” In autumn 2026, a four-member team from the Foundation will travel to Dublin to take part in a job shadowing programme organised by Education Services to Prisons, a division of the City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB) responsible for education in Irish prisons. The mobility aims to provide first-hand insight into the Irish prison education system and create opportunities to exchange experience with professionals responsible for the education of people in custody.
Since 2011, Fundacja Dom Kultury has been delivering educational programmes in Polish prisons. We organise creative writing, journalism, theatre, music and visual arts workshops, publish the “W Kratkę” magazine, run the eWKratke.pl blog, and are developing an online Information Hub for people in prison and their families. Taking part in Erasmus+ gives us the opportunity to explore solutions used in another European prison education system and to exchange experience with Irish prison educators.
During the job shadowing mobility, we will observe the work of professionals responsible for prison education in Ireland. We are particularly interested in learning more about how the system is organised, the role of education in social reintegration, and the cooperation between prison services, teachers and external organisations. We also hope to explore how educational needs are assessed, how learning programmes are planned, and how educational opportunities are tailored to the diverse needs of learners.
Another area we will focus on is the way information is prepared and shared with people in prison and their families. This is especially relevant to our work, as we are currently developing an online Information Hub that provides clear and accessible information about imprisonment and the Polish prison system. The experience gained in Ireland will support the further development of this initiative.
We will share updates on the preparations, the job shadowing visit itself and its outcomes on our website and social media channels.
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