International Opportunities for Schools

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International Opportunities for Schools with
theBritish Council
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Types of opportunities available

• School linking and partnerships
• In-service training
• Assistants
• Support and resources through the
  Global Gateway
• Accreditation through the
  International School Award

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Schemes available to schools UK-wide

• Comenius
• eTwinning
• Connecting Classrooms
• DFID Global School Partnerships
• Fulbright UK/US Teacher Exchange
• Language Assistants
• International School Award

Lifelong Learning Programme
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Other schemes available to schools

• Bilateral Links through WL and Partnerships
  (England)
• DCSF Teachers International Professional
  Development (England)
• School Linking Visits (England and Wales)
• East-West programme with Republic of
  Ireland(England / Northern Ireland)

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Aims of Comenius

• To enhance the quality of European education
• To encourage the exchange of ideas and experience
  within the education systems of European
  countries
• To broaden the outlook and widen the experience
  of young Europeans
• To encourage a greater awareness of a shared
  European heritage
• Comenius manager Nicholas.Bridger_at_britishcouncil.
  org

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What does Comenius support?

• Comenius is part of the Lifelong Learning
  Programme
• and provides funding for
• Partnerships for schools and colleges
• Professional training and development
• Comenius assistants
• Comenius Regio partnerships for local
  authorities, schools and agencies
• Comenius preparatory visits and contact seminars

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2-week Primary Teachers Projectpart of Comenius
in-service training

• Part of Lifelong Learning programme funded by EC.
  DCSF funds the supply cover for
  teachers taking part.
• Supports the training of primary school teachers
  engaged in language teaching at KS2
• 750 for Regional Coordinators with
  responsibility for Primary Language Strategy to
  recruit and support 10 or 15 local teachers to
  undertake a 2 week trip to Spain, France, Germany
  or Italy
• Trip consists of 1 week of tuition in target
  language 1 week job shadowing in a school in
  the country of language
• Participants from England receive a contribution
  (up to 525) towards supply cover
• Deadlines 15th Sept 2009, activity starts on 1st
  Jan 2010
• www.britishcouncil.org/comenius-primary-teacher-pr
  oject.htm
• Contact Chris.Souvlis_at_britishcouncil.org

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Comenius assistants

• Student teachers or trainee teachers intending to
  take up a teaching career
• Work for 12-16 hours per week for between 3 and
  10 months in schools and colleges across Europe
• UK pre-primary, primary, secondary, special
  schools, sixth form, FE colleges and adult
  education institutions can host European Comenius
  assistants
• Comenius assistants whose native language is
  French, German, Italian or Spanish cannot be
  hosted in secondary schools (this is covered by
  Foreign Language Assistants)
• European Comenius Assistants often offer more
  than one language
• Up to 3 schools can share a Comenius assistant
• For 2010 deadlines check www.britishcouncil.org/c
  omenius-assistant or email comenius_at_britishcounci
  l.org

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Comenius in-service training

• For teachers and other school education staff
• Attend courses and other training activities
  available across Europe on a variety of subjects
  and themes
• Job-shadowing with an identified partner in one
  of more than 30 other European countries
• Courses for primary MFL might be eligible for
  DCSF or Welsh Assembly Government funding for
  supply cover
• Up to 2000 for 1 week, 2500 for 2 weeks and up
  to a maximum of 3000 for 6 weeks. A higher grant
  may be awarded where special needs or
  exceptionally high travel costs are involved.
• Deadline 15 Sept 2009
  
  for activities taking place between 01 Jan 30
  Apr 2010
• Email comenius_at_britishcouncil.org Tel. [phone]
  7755

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Comenius preparatory visits
Schools or other institutions
whishing to establish a Comenius School
Partnership (multilateral or bilateral), Comenius
Regio Partnership, Multilateral project, Network
or Accompanying measures project

• 1-5 days visit to work together with a partner
  institution in another country participating in
  the Lifelong Learning Programme
• 1 person per visit, but in exceptional cases 2
  staff from the same institution can be awarded a
  grant to undertake a visit together
• Funding travel subsistence costs (daily rate
  by country of visit details online)
• Application form and deadline for 2010 TBC. Check
  on www.britishcouncil.org/comenius-applications-fo
  rms-and-guidance

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Comenius contact seminars
Schools and other institutions keen to
work in Comenius Partnerships but dont have
partners

• 3 - 5 days partner finding seminars in Europe
• Teachers and LA (Comenius Regio) are eligible to
  apply for grants to cover their travel and
  subsistence
• LA interested in setting up a Comenius Regio
  partnership first Contact Seminar of 2009 takes
  place in Mayschoss, Germany, 17 - 20 September
  2009. Registration form online. Deadline 3rd
  July 2009
• Seminars 2010 dates soon TBC
  www.britishcouncil.org/comenius-contact-seminar
• email comenius_at_britishcouncil.org

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Comenius Regio Partnerships

• New Comenius action supporting links between
  local or regional education authorities in the UK
  and other European countries, with a 2-year
  duration
• 2 partner regions, each with 3 partners
• -a local/regional education authority
• -at least one school
• -at least another relevant local partner
  museum, art gallery, police, library, hospital or
  NGO
• Assessment of 2009 applications is in
  progress. Notifications
  sent after July 2009.
• deadline for 2010 TBC. For help and advice with
  the application process email comenius_at_britishcou
  ncil.org

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Comenius Schools Partnerships
Bilateralsecondary, special schools, 6th form
and FE colleges

• Aiming to improve pupils motivation for foreign
  language learning, exposure to other European
  cultures and education systems.
• 2 year partnership can include a reciprocal
  10-day exchange for face-to-face project work and
  fund escorts on the ratio of 1 teacher per 5
  pupils
• At least 10 students 2 teachers (small
  exchange, 17,000 grant) or at least 20
  students4 teachers (large exchange, 24,000
  grant)
• Involve collaborative cross-curricular work
  before, during and after the exchanges resulting
  in a jointly produced end product
• Support 20-40 hours language tuition (before the
  exchange) if target language is not taught in
  school
• For assistance and advice email
  comenius_at_britishcouncil.org

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Comenius School Partnerships
Multilateralnursery, primary, secondary, special
schools, sixth form and further education colleges

• 2 year partnership, minimum 3 schools from 3
  countries involved in Lifelong Learning Progr (at
  least 1 country must be EU member)
• Are collaborative either curriculum or
  issue-based, i.e. either pupil or teacher-based,
  or a combination
• Cover any theme such as citizenship, environment,
  stories, crafts or intercultural education
• Focus on learning processes but often result in
  end products and outcomes, teaching materials,
  etc.
• 9,000 14,000 17,000 22,000 for 4, 8, 12, 24
  mobility return visits. For example, 2 teachers
  2 pupils visit 4 mobilities
• Try to include MFL and CLIL (Content and Language
  Integrated Learning) where possible.
  keithkelly_at_factworld.org

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Comenius deadlines

• Comenius partnerships February 2010 TBC
• Comenius in-service training 15 September 2009
• Comenius assistants January 2010 TBC
• Comenius Regio February 2010 TBC
• Comenius preparatory visits and seminars rolling
  deadline, next 3rd July 2009
• www.britishcouncil.org/comenius

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eTwinning www.etwinning.net

• Part of Comenius and EU Lifelong Learning
  programme
• Enables you to work with other schools in Europe
  using ICT
• Lets you find partner schools across Europe
  quickly and easily (currently more than 41,000
  schools registered)
• Provides you with online tools, project ideas and
  support to enable you to work effectively
• Range of support, accreditation and professional
  development opportunities

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eTwinning key features

• Focus on how ICT can enrich all areas and stages
  of the curriculum
• Tools to share and exchange resources and develop
  joint web pages (TwinSpace)
• European community of practitioners linked
  through ICT, sharing experience
• Comprehensive support package (online and
  face-to-face)
• No application form and no administration

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eTwinning key features

• TwinSpace is at the heart of your project
• Shared, secure online space
• Upload materials, presentations, video clips, etc
• Keep it private to your partnership, or publish
  on WWW
• TwinBlog
• Project blog
• Means of easily sharing progress with the British
  Council and others

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eTwinning recognition and rewards

• Schools can apply for the Quality Label, a mark
  of recognition for successful projects
• Apply through the eTwinning Desktop
• If your partner school gets the Quality Label,
  you are awarded the European Quality Label
• The best projects are rewarded through both
  national and European awards
• Etwinning contact isabel.lalsingh_at_britishcouncil.
  org
• etwinning_at_britishcou
  ncil.org

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Lifelong Learning info sites

• www.britishcouncil.org/comenius
• www.britishcouncil.org/etwinning
• www.etwinning.net
• http//etwinninguk.typepad.com
• for UK eTwinning blog with regularly updated
  news and information

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Other initiatives of the
Lifelong Learning Programme

• Leonardo da Vinci (vocational training)www.leonar
  do.org.uk
• Erasmus (higher education)www.britishcouncil.org/
  erasmus
• Grundtvig (adult education)www.grundtvig.org.uk
• Transversal Study Visits(for decision makers)
  www.transversal.org.uk

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Commonwealth Teacher Exchange

• LECT managed
• Funding for TIPD study visits for teachers in
  England and Northern Ireland. Open to groups 5-10
  teachers
• 1 year exchange of individual teaching positions
  and homes with a colleague from Canada,
  Australia and New Zealand
• British Council one of 4 organisations appointed
  to
• deliver TIPD
• Email tipd_at_britishcouncil.org
• Tel [phone] / 4813

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Connecting Classrooms

• Funded and managed by the British Council
• Sustainable partnerships between groups of
  schools in the UK and around the world
• Develops trust and understanding between young
  people in different societies
• The focus is on skills and cultural understanding
  to enable young people to live and work in a
  global society
• Aims to bring about long-term change through
  working with teachers, school leaders, local
  authorities and policy-makers
• Do not need to have an international partner to
  apply. We establish the link for you
• British Council offers grants to support the
  development of partnerships and to cover
  project-related costs. The level of funding
  available depends upon the countries involved in
  your partnership. Enquiries connectingclassrooms_at_
  britishcouncil.org or call
  0207 389 4096
• application deadlines visit www.britishcouncil.or
  g/connectingclassrooms

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Connecting Classrooms

• Schools get support to find international
  partners
• Funding available for first three years of
  partnership for joint projects and activities
• Work with partner schools on joint curriculum
  projects
• Receive professional development for teachers and
  school leaders
• Get support and advice on ICT tools that will
  help you set up, sustain and develop your
  partnerships
• Become part of online community of schools that
  can support your international work
• Become eligible for DCSF International School
  Award accreditation (here and overseas)

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DCSF Global Gateway (worldwide)
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Global Gateway

• A DCSF initiative managed by the British Council
• Identified in the DfES (DCSF) International
  Strategy (2004) as a principal driver for
  internationalism in schools
• Launched in February 2004
• Global partner-finding database
• Team who support you through partner-finding
• Over 18,000 schools from Accra to Zagreb
• Tailored advice on communication and
  collaboration and on how to start a project

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Global Gateway what is it for?

• A first port of call for all matters
  international
• Register to find partner schools in other
  countries
• Find example projects and activities
• Find comprehensive information on funding
  programmes available to you
• Aimed at teachers, school leaders and local
  authorities
• Email Liz.Hitchcock_at_britishcouncil.org or
  editor_at_globalgateway.org

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Global Gateway resources and advice

• Advice on funded programmes and how to apply
• Details of all opportunities and schemes
  available to schools
• Guidance on professional development and training
• More than 100 searchable case studies from the
  British Council and other providers
• Searchable database showing support and champion
  schools by UK region

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DCSF International School Award (ISA)

• Accreditation scheme for curriculum based
  international work in schools.
• Recognises and celebrates good practice
• Develops and encourages a whole-school approach
  to internationalism
• All inclusive covers ages 3-18
• Free of charge and open to all schools in the UK
• ISA Manager John.Rolfe_at_britishcouncil.org
• ISA Team 0207 389 4116

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ISA the benefits

• A framework for developing international work
• Helps enrich the curriculum
• Supports a whole-school international ethos
• Results in a portfolio of achievements of
  international work
• Enables good local/regional/national PR
• Helps develop staff and pupils as global citizens

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ISA a staged approach

• Foundation for schools beginning their
  international journey and who do not yet have a
  partner school
• Intermediate for schools that are starting to
  work with a partner school in another country
• Full ISA schools with a fully-embedded
  international ethos and curriculum
• Schools can enter at whichever level they feel is
  most appropriate for them
• Taking part in eTwinning or Comenius activity
  qualifies your school for at least Foundation
  level ISA

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ISA how to apply

• Conduct an audit of international activities in
  your school and select the level you wish to
  apply for
• Download the relevant form from the Global
  Gateway and return to the British Council
• Apply at any time for Foundation or Intermediate
  levels
• Full guidance available at www.globalgateway.org/i
  sa
• Email isaschemeenquiries_at_britishcouncil.org

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DCSF Teachers International Professional
Development TIPD (England)

• DCSF programme enabling teachers to experience
  alternative practice abroad for one week
• Study visits with a focus on CPD and school
  improvement
• Programme based over a 30-month period
• Local authorities promote the scheme, select
  teachers and themes they will study. Individuals
  can also suggest visits to their LA
• There are four providers for the TIPD programme
  LECT, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, The
  British Council, HTI
• For visits between Jan - March 2010 we will need
  the TIPD3 (Project Proposal) by 15 July 2009 and
  the TIPD4 (Teachers application form) by 30 Sept
  2009 . Both forms online at www.britishcouncil.org
  /learning-tipd-monthly-update
• Email tipd_at_britishcouncil.org Tel 0207
  389 4846
  British Council TIPD managed by
  gaza.westfall_at_britishcouncil.org
• www.globalgateway.org/tipd

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DfID Global School Partnerships
(DGSP)Pre-schools, primary schools, secondary
schools, special schools and sixth form colleges

• Partnerships between UK schools and schools in
  Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
• Advice and guidance for schools interested in
  global dimension goals
• Professional development opportunities for
  teachers
• Support for community involvement in school
  partnerships
• Funding to support equitable, sustainable
  learning partnerships, and reciprocal visits.
  2000 early stages of partnership, 6000 for
  established partnerships. 2010 deadlines TBC
• Email globalschools_at_britishcouncil.org
  www.britishcouncil.org/globalschools

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eLanguages

• Funded/supported by DCSF and managed by British
  Council
• All inclusive covers ages 3 -18
• Projects for Teacher Development
• Free to use, online collaborative programme
• Multilingual site
• Up to 100 MB for each project on various formats
  movies, sound files, forums, documents, etc.
• Chris.Gallacher_at_britishcouncil.org
• www.eLanguages.org

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Fulbright UK/US Teacher Exchange

• Post-to-post job swaps with teachers in the USA
  (head teachers included)
• Any level of education from nursery to post 16
• Transport costs funded by the programme
• Retain UK salary whilst on exchange
• Deadline 5 December each year for exchanges from
  the following autumn
• www.britishcouncil.org/learning-fulbright.htm
• Email fulbright_at_britishcouncil.org Tel
  0289 024 8220

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Foreign Language Assistants

• Language support in-school from assistants from
  21 countries
• Speakers of French, German, Spanish, Italian,
  Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese and Russian employed
  by schools
• Application in early March each year
• Assistants work 12 hours per week paid from
  school budget
• UK Primary and Secondary schools are welcome to
  apply or to share an assistant between up to
  three schools
• www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistants
• Joan.Hoggan_at_britishcouncil.org

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Lefévre

• For young people aged 11-19 in the UK to develop
  a collaboration with a French partner group
• Schools, youth groups, sports teams, theatre
  groups and extra-curricular clubs are encouraged
  to apply.
• Funding to support one-way or reciprocal visits
• Up to 5,000 for one-way UK-France visits
• Up to 10,000 for reciprocal visits between
  Metropolitan France and the UK
• Up to 10,000 for one-way or reciprocal UK
  French départements doutre-mer (overseas) visits
• Deadlines 31 May 2009 for activity taking place
  in summer 2009
• October 2009 (date TBC) for
  activity starting 2010
• Enquiries to stephen.hull_at_britishcouncil.org
  Tel. [phone] in the first instance.

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Prime Ministers Global Fellowship

• School and college leavers aged 18 -19
• Tailor-made 6 week programme
• Visits to the emerging major world economies
• Brazil, China and India
• Online applications www.global-fellowship.org
  must include a supporting
  statement from a teacher, principal or youth
  leader
• chloe.ewing_at_britishcouncil.org
• celine.laurence_at_britishcouncil.org
• Tel No 44 (0)207 389 4826 for 2010 dates

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School Area Linking Visits

• Teachers and Head Teachers from primary,
  secondary, special schools, sixth form and
  further education colleges in England and Wales.
• Funded by DCSF and DCELLS (Department for
  Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and
  Skills, Wales)
• Visit your partner school anywhere in the world
• Aim to set up or develop further a curriculum
  link
• Apply as a school or as a Local Authority-led
  cluster of up to nine schools plus the Local
  Authority. Both applications forms online at
  www.britishcouncil.org/schoolpartnerships-study-vi
  sit-funding.
• Funding of up to 500/person for partner schools
  in Europe up to 1000/person for schools further
  afield
• Deadline 1st Oct 2009 for visits taking place
  before 1st Sept 2010
• Phone [phone] or email  world.links_at_britis
  hcouncil.org

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World Links and Partnerships Bilateral links
with language focus (England)

• For teachers and pupils, England only
• DCSF grants to support links with China, France,
  Germany, Ireland, Japan, Portugal and Spain
• Funding for area links involving local
  authorities and school clusters
• Funding for joint curriculum projects
• Language immersion courses for pupils in-country
• www.britishcouncil.org/schoolpartnerships-france
  (or china, germany, spain, etc.)
• Telephone [phone] Email
  world.links_at_britishcouncil.org

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East-West programme

• Partnerships between schools in England /
  Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
• Annual contact seminar to generate new
  partnerships
• Funding for teachers to plan/develop projects
  within an existing partnership
• Joint curriculum project grants up to 3,000 per
  annum to include field trips for pupils. 2010
  dates TBC
• Job shadowing for teachers involved in the
  project
• E-maileducation_at_leargas.ie
  www.leargas.ie/education
• Luke.Harris_at_britishcouncil.org Tel [phone]
  4247
• www.britishcouncil.org/schoolpartnerships-ireland.
  htm

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Enquiry email addresses

• general.enquiries_at_britishcouncil.org
• llp_at_britishcouncil.org
• comenius_at_britishcouncil.org
• etwinning_at_britishcouncil.org

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Further information points

• Learning World (quarterly magazine from the
  British Council) www.britishcouncil.org/learning-w
  orld
• British Council Information Centre Tel [phone]
  7755
• British Council offices across the UK
• www.britishcouncil.org/england
• www.britishcouncil.org/northernireland
• www.britishcouncil.org/scotland
• www.britishcouncil.org/wales
• Presented by Peter.Vasilescu_at_britishcouncil.org
• Programme Promotions Team

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International Opportunities for Schools with
theBritish Council