IES l’Om is a public high school located in Picassent (Valencia, Spain), that depends on the
Department of Education, Universities and Employment of the Valencian Government. It
provides school education and basic, intermediate and higher-level Vocational Training. The
current distribution of the population of Picassent is around 19,000 people in the urban area and 1,660 in the urbanizations. It’s a unique high school of its kind in the area and, as a result, we find a wide spectrum of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds among the students. The HEI specializes in basic, intermediate and higher-level vocational training focusing on electricity and electronics (Higher Technician in Electrotechnical and Automated Systems, and Technician in Electrical and Automatic Installations). The HEI is a member of the Novigi network: the collaborative network between Vocational Training centers and between the teachers who teach in said training field, for the revitalization and consolidation, throughout the public Vocational Training system of the Valencian Community, of pedagogical and organizational innovation as a key element of change in the learning models of Vocational Training, evolving from traditional teaching-learning models to active methodologies in which students intervene as active protagonists in their process of acquiring skills.