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Zwolnieni z Teorii

Zwolnieni z Teorii is an internet platform created by Zwolnieni z Teorii Foundation (aka. ZWZT), the largest educational foundation in Poland.[2][3] In recognition for the foundation's activities in Poland, Forbes placed the platform on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in 2016[4] and on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Poland in 2018.[5]

Exempt From Theory Foundation
Fundacja Zwolnieni z Teorii
AbbreviationZWZT
Formation2013; 11 years ago (2013)
TypeNon-profit public foundation[1]
PurposeEducation, Ending social injustice
HeadquartersWarsaw, Poland
Area served
Poland
MethodDonations, Grants, Social Project Method
Key people
  • Paula Bruszewska (Co-Chair)
  • Marcin Bruszewski (Co-Chair)
  • Rafał Flis (Co-Chair)
Staff
~50 (2019)
Volunteers
~250 (2019)
WebsiteZrób własny projekt społeczny
Formerly called
Fundacja Choćby Razem Dla Wspólnej Przyszłości

Genesis

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Zwolnieni z Teorii was established in 2013[6] as a response to growing problem of lack of competence of young people entering job market. Programme aims to help youth overcome problems with finding a first job.[7] As its goal,[uwaga 1] the foundation established limiting the entry barriers for the young people when they graduate from school and want to enter the job market. Research proves that employers indicate that the missing and desired skills are, among others teamwork or effective communication.[8] While participating in the program, participants are required to train these skills, planning and executing their own ideas as social projects. Projects done within a programme must focus on helping others and participants are encouraged to act for the benefits of others.[9][10] This is done to address the low civic participation rate of Polish society, as an EU Eurobarometer survey from 2011 shows that only 16% of Poles aged 15–30 are active volunteers.[11]

Formula

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Students

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Zwolnieni z Teorii cooperated with Project Management Institute and created a platform that grants its users access to practical information in the field of project management and related activities that enable effective action to solve the selected social problem.[12][13] During the school year, young people find the social problem they want to solve or raise awareness to and a mentor appointed by the foundation helps them successfully execute their project.

The goal behind the platform is to teach its users project management and other skills that may help them succeed in the future. After the completion of the project implemented, participants obtain international business certificates, signed, among others by The Coca-Cola Company, Google or Y Combinator.

Since the inception of the programme, more than 60,000 people took part in it and their actions reached over 40 million beneficiaries (8 million in 2019 alone[14]).[15][16]

Teachers

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In 2018, the foundation with cooperation from Google launched a programme aimed to the polish teachers with the aim to promote self-improvement and specialization among the polish teachers.[17]

As part of the programme, its members are able to benefit from the support of business experts, materials for lessons or training. Since September 2019 the beneficiaries also have access to educational platform created by Google.org.[18] This program has generated

During the 2019 polish national teachers strike,[19][20][21] the board of the foundation donated 108 000 PLN[uwaga 2] to the strike fund as a gesture of support toward the striking teachers.[22][23][24][25][26][27][28] This move has generated significant interest of the mainstream polish media.[29]

Schools

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Since 2017, foundation runs the Ranking Szkół Kompetencji Przyszłości.[uwaga 3][30][31] Ranking, prepared in cooperation with Rzeczpospolita, one of Poland's biggest newspapers, features Lyceums and Technikums whose students helped the most beneficiaries in the last school year.[32] In 2019 more than 100 schools all around Poland were awarded for their readiness to help student execute their own social project. Top 30 Headmasters were invited to take part in the 5th edition of the Grand Finale to receive their awards from the hands of US Ambassador to Poland - HE Georgette Mosbacher.[33]

Grand Finale

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2015 Grand Finale
 
2016 Grand Finale with Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki (in the middle)
Grand Finale Year Location Date Master of the ceremony Projects Finalists
I 2014 / 2015 Warsaw 23 April 2015 Bronisław Komorowski[uwaga 4] 213 1 443
II 2015 / 2016 23 April 2016 Mateusz Morawiecki[uwaga 5] 496 2 316
III 2016 / 2017 20 June 2017 Jarosław Gowin[uwaga 6] 850 4 781
IV 2017 / 2018 20 June 2018 1 240 6 230
V 2018 / 2019 24 April 2019 Georgette Mosbacher[uwaga 7] ~ 1 600 ~ 15 000

Awards

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Foundations received several awards for introducing an innovative method of education to the young people of Poland. Their Social Project Method is a combination of Massive open online course and Project Management Institute guidelines. For introducing this method to hundreds of thousands young people they were recognised by MIT Technology Review as Social Innovator of the Year in 2016.[34] Since 2016 the foundation has a representative on the jury of the Effie Awards Poland.[35][36] Between 2015 and 2019 Forbes placed the foundation on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe[4][37] and on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Poland.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Polish law requires that any established non-profit organisation must choose a charitable activity (pol. działalność pożytku publicznego)
  2. ^ equivalent of 29 000 USD
  3. ^ (eng. Future Competence School Ranking)
  4. ^ then-President of Poland
  5. ^ then-Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Finance
  6. ^ then-Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland and Minister of Science and Higher Education
  7. ^ then-United States Ambassador to Poland

References

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  1. ^ FUNDACJA ZWOLNIENI Z TEORII
  2. ^ "Exempt from Theory | European Youth Portal". europa.eu (in Greek). Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  3. ^ "Zwolnieni z teorii pokazują, że można!" (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  4. ^ a b "30 Under 30 2016 Europe: Social Entrepreneurs". Forbes. www.forbes.com. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  5. ^ a b "Lista 30 przed 30. Młodzi Polacy, którzy podbijają świat. Nie tylko w biznesie". Forbes.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  6. ^ Warchala, Magdalena (10 November 2019). "W korporacji dużo się nauczyłam, mogłam się rozwijać, zarabiać. Ale było to sprzedawanie proszku do prania..." www.wysokieobcasy.pl. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
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  8. ^ "Kompetencje i kwalifikacje poszukiwane przez pracodawców wśród absolwentów szkół wyższych wchodzących na rynek pracy. Wyniki badania przeprowadzonego przez Szkołę Główną Handlową w Warszawie, Amerykańską Izbę Handlu w Polsce oraz Ernst & Young" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-11.
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  10. ^ "#RZECZoBIZNESIE: Paula Bruszewska: Projekty społeczne to trampolina do wymarzonej kariery". www.rp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  11. ^ Komisja Europejska. "Flash Europbarometer 319a/2011" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-11.
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  17. ^ "Bądź ich inspiracją, czyli Nauczyciele Zwolnieni z Teorii". Onet Wiadomości (in Polish). 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  18. ^ "Nauczyciele Zwolnieni z Teorii - "Bądź ich inspiracją"". www.rmf24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  19. ^ Santora, Marc; Berendt, Joanna (2019-04-26). "Polish Teachers End Strike to Allow Exams but Tell Government It's Not Over". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  20. ^ "Teachers' Strike Sweeps Poland". Labor Notes. 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  21. ^ "Polish teachers strike over pay after talks with government fail". euronews. 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  22. ^ "Współtwórcy platformy Zwolnieni z Teorii wpłacili 108 tys. zł dla strajkujących nauczycieli". www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  23. ^ Karnowski, Jakub Ceglarz, Kamil (2019-04-12). "Strajk nauczycieli. Oddali 108 tysięcy z 500+. "Nie będę stał obok i milczał"". www.money.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-12-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  25. ^ "Bruszewscy wpłacili 108 tys. zł z własnych oszczędności na fundusz strajkowy nauczycieli". OnetKobieta (in Polish). 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  26. ^ Karwowska, Anita (22 April 2019). "Jesteśmy za każdym nauczycielem - mówią Paula i Marcin Bruszewscy, którzy przekazali 108 tys. zł na pomoc strajkującym". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  27. ^ "Fantastyczny gest rodziców dla nauczycieli. Oddali im całe swoje 500 plus". naTemat.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  28. ^ TVN, Dzień Dobry (2019-04-13). "Przekazali 108 tys. złotych z "500 plus" na "Fundusz strajkowy nauczycieli"!". dziendobry.tvn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-12-29.
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  30. ^ "Doceniamy szkoły, które sprzyjają rozwojowi praktycznych kompetencji uczniów". www.rp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  31. ^ Doceniamy szkoły, które sprzyjają rozwojowi praktycznych kompetencji uczniów
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  35. ^ "Effie". www.effie.org. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  36. ^ "JURORZY EFFIE 2016 PRZEWODNICZĄCY JURY I GRUP JURORSKICH. The Coca-Cola Company. Grupa Żywiec. Havas Media - PDF Free Download". docplayer.pl. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
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